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Re:Design Better Data Tables by shezi on Monday March 06, 2017 @04:38AM (#13801640)
In Germany we don't use the apostrophe as a digit group separator. Instead, we use a small space, like so:

1 234 567

Edit: others suggest that a dot is used as group separator and it is sometimes seen. I believe that it is a more recent development, adding _even more_ confusion, if that is possible. DIN 1333 actively suggests _not_ to use a dot as group separator (WP: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schreibweise_von_Zahlen#Deutsc...)

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Re:Design Better Data Tables by tauchunfall on Monday March 06, 2017 @04:43AM (#13801653)
Yes. Spaces or periods.

(Periods like in this sentence from a front page article on ZEIT online: "Dafür erhält GM weitere 900 Millionen Euro, so dass sich ein Gesamtvolumen von 2,2 Milliarden Euro ergibt. Betroffen sind rund 40.000 Angestellte in zwölf Fabriken.")

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>I believe that it is a more recent development, adding _even more_ confusion, if that is possible.

Interesting. Using spaces in handwriting is more confusing though. We never used spaces on blackboards in school (at least in the 90s).

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