[Gambas-user] Format$ with different LANG

[Benoît Minisini]

> For LANG="POSIX"
>
> ? Format$(Val("14555888") / 1000, "#,###.000")
> 14,555.888
>
> ...this is OK
>
> LANG="es_ES.utf8" and for LANG="it_IT.utf8"
>
> ? Format$(Val("14555888") / 1000, "#,###.000")
> 14 555,888
>
> There is a space  where should be a . but I can cope with it
>
> For LANG="ru_RU.utf8"
>
> ? Format$(Val("14555888") / 1000, "#,###.000")
> 14??555,888
>
>   where ?? are 3F3F . These are not recognised as UTF-8 valid characters.
>
> In my GAMBAS program actually the two "3F" are rapresented by squares.
>
> ( http://www.qsl.nqt/zp4kfx/Linux/dblog.html )
>
> Best regards
>
> Pino

On my Mandriva 2009, for es_ES.UTF-8, it_IT.UTF-8 and ru_RU.UTF-8 I get "14 
555,888".

Maybe this is a bug in the GNU spanish locale if you get a space whereas you 
want a point. I'm not spanish, so I can't be sure.

And "3F3F" is a perfect valid UTF-8 byte sequence. It is actually ascii: "??"

-- 
Benoît