Editing Decimal separator (section)

===Other numeral systems===
Unicode defines a ''decimal separator key symbol'' (⎖ in hex U+2396, decimal 9110) which looks similar to the [[apostrophe]]. This symbol is from [[ISO/IEC 9995]] and is intended for use on a keyboard to indicate a key that performs decimal separation.

In the [[Arab world]], where [[Eastern Arabic numerals]] are used for writing numbers, a different character is used to separate the integer and fractional parts of numbers. It is referred to as an [[Arabic (Unicode block)|Arabic decimal separator]] (U+066B, rendered: {{Script|Arab|٫}}) in [[Unicode]]. An Arabic thousands separator (U+066C, rendered: {{Script|Arab|٬}}) also exists. Example: {{Script|Arab|۹٬۹۹۹٫۹۹}} (9,999.99)

In [[Persian language|Persian]], the decimal separator is called {{translit|fa|momayyez}}. The Unicode Consortium's investigation concluded that "computer programs should render U+066B as a shortened, lowered, and possibly more slanted [[Slash (punctuation)|slash]] ({{Script|fa-Arab|٫}}); this should be distinguishable from the slash at the first sight." To separate [[sequence]]s of three digits, an Arabic thousands separator (rendered as: {{Script|fa-Arab|٬}}), a Latin comma, or a [[space (punctuation)|blank space]] may be used; however this is not a standard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/Archives-Old/UML024/1289.html |title=Persian decimal separator |last=Pournader |first=Roozbeh |date=2000-10-15 |work=Unicode Mail List Archive |publisher=Unicode Consortium |access-date=2008-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.fazel.de/dastur/EN/2-1-05-001-1-3_decimal_numeral.html 
 |title=The Decimal Numeral 
 |work=Academic Grammar of New Persian 
 |access-date=2006-06-19 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620042521/http://www.fazel.de/dastur/EN/2-1-05-001-1-3_decimal_numeral.html 
 |archive-date=2006-06-20 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fazel.de/dastur/EN/2-1-05-001-1-3_decimal_numeral.html |title=Descriptive Grammar of New Persian (archived) |access-date=2019-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711041230/http://www.fazel.de/dastur/EN/2-1-05-001-1-3_decimal_numeral.html |archive-date=2007-07-11 }}</ref> Example: {{Script|fa-Arab|۹٬۹۹۹٫۹۹}} (9,999.99)

In [[English Braille]], the decimal point, {{bc|46}}, is distinct from both the comma, {{bc|2}}, and the full stop, {{bc|256}}.