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Posted by Jochem Maas on 11/02/05 16:53
Jim Moseby wrote:
>>Shaun wrote:
I would say that requiring explicit use of the chars (')
and (") to denote imperial measurement is probably the neatest
way to go (and that you can assume that lack of these chars and
or use of the (.) entails metric data. ... assuming you have/want
a single text box for data entry ... you could consider having 2
boxes for large and small unit values combined with a dropdown
to select the measurement type (imperial/metric)
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> Americans would also commonly write:
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> 10'-5 3/4"
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> To mean 10 feet, 5 and 3/4 inches
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> JM
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