Quiz time -- "euronum" edit

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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:00 AM
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> Subject: Quiz time -- "euronum" edit
> 
> Quiz time!  (I hope everyone studied.)
> 
> I recently posted the following edit:
> 
>     euronum   \ N N N euron2 | N N euron2 | N euron2
>     euron2    [{ <.> N N N }] ( <,00> @ | "," NUM NUM )
> 
> This takes numbers and puts them in the European style, where 
> digits are separated by periods and the decimal is a comma.  
> For example:
> 
>     123.456.789,01
> 
> My questions to you are:
> 
>     Why wouldn't the following, simpler, edit work?
> 
>         euronum   \ N N N euron2 | N N euron2 | N euron2
>         euron2    [{ <.> N N N }] <,> NUM NUM
> 
>     And, how does the "corrected" version above fix the problem?
> 
In your new example, the @ sign insures that ,00 is the end of the field when
not present and the edit adds it. 

Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting