Editing Decimal separator (section)

====Countries using decimal point====
Countries where a dot ({{code|.}}) is used as a decimal separator include:

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* Australia
* Bahamas, The
* Bangladesh
* Botswana
* British West Indies
* Cambodia
* Canada (when using English)
* China
* Cyprus (currency numbers)
* Dominican Republic
* Egypt
* El Salvador
* Ethiopia
* Ghana
* Guatemala
* Guyana
* Honduras
* Hong Kong
* India
* Ireland
* Israel
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kenya
* Korea, North
* Korea, South
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Macau (in Chinese and English text)
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Malta
* Mexico
* Myanmar
* Namibia (uses both marks)
* Nepal
* New Zealand
* Nicaragua
* Nigeria
* Pakistan
* Panama
* Peru (currency numbers)
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Somalia
* Sri Lanka
* Switzerland{{efn|group=lower-roman|name=switzerland|The decimal point is used in some [[cantons of Switzerland]] (for example the [[Canton of St. Gallen]]<ref>[http://www.schule.sg.ch/home/volksschule/unterricht/lehrplan/_jcr_content/Par/downloadlist_0/DownloadListPar/download_6.ocFile/8_Fachbereich_Mathematik.pdf Lehrplan Fachbereich Mathematik] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323143437/http://www.schule.sg.ch/home/volksschule/unterricht/lehrplan/_jcr_content/Par/downloadlist_0/DownloadListPar/download_6.ocFile/8_Fachbereich_Mathematik.pdf |date=2017-03-23 }}, p. 14 (PDF; ≈&nbsp;257&nbsp;kB) – from ''schule.sg.ch'' (german)</ref>). It is used in [[IT]] and with [[currency]] values. On the other hand, the decimal comma is used in federal publications<ref>''[http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/sprachen/04915/05016/index.html?lang=de Schreibweisungen; 514: Dezimalkomma und Dezimalpunkt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122114658/http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/sprachen/04915/05016/index.html?lang=de |date=2017-01-22 }}'' – Issuer: ''[[Federal Chancellery of Switzerland]]'', 2nd issue 2013, p. 80 (German).</ref> and some other cantons.}}
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tanzania
* Thailand{{efn|group=lower-roman|name=software-devs|According to several software developers, Spain and Sweden both use a comma as a decimal separator while Thailand uses a dot instead.<ref name=software>{{cite web|publisher=Oracle|title=Decimal and Thousands Separators|url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-0169/overview-9/index.html|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Igor|last1=Krupitsky|publisher=Microsoft|title=International Number Formats|date=May 2010|url=https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/78175/International-Number-Formats|access-date=2019-03-18}}</ref>}}
* Uganda
* United Arab Emirates
* United Kingdom
* United States (including [[insular area]]s)
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'''Notes'''
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