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How to change decimal marker to period insted of comma in version 27

  • 1.  How to change decimal marker to period insted of comma in version 27

    Posted Tue March 02, 2021 05:10 PM

    Hi!

    How can I change my decimal marker/separator to period instead of comma (which is now being used). I tried to go from edit --> options --> currency --> decimal separator --> period, but it doesn't make any difference. I also tried to use syntax command but again it did nothing (SET LOCALE = “en_US”)

    And if I write e.g. 1.8 myself (instead of 1,8) it changes the type to string instead of numeric (and numeric is the one I need to be able to set it to measure in scale and be able to make a bar chart with the write things






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  • 2.  RE: How to change decimal marker to period insted of comma in version 27

    Posted Tue March 02, 2021 05:44 PM

    It depends somewhat on where you are entering the text, but try running

    SET DECIMAL DOT.

    You can run SHOW DECIMAL to see the current setting (also run SHOW LOCALE), but in the US English locale, it should already be dot.






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