Re: fortran character set

None of the Fortran compilers I use offer currency editing in the
format statement and therefore the concept of a currency symbol did
not exist in my productive days, in the Fortran language. Maybe
something strange happened since; I'm sure I don't like the way it's
going...

However, if you write your own currency editing routine, you can make
use of the hex 9B through 9F symbols for Cents, Pounds, Yen, Pesetas
and Francs respecively; (@24 of course giving a $ sign). You can also
offer to intersperce a comma (or a dot in Spanish/Portugese usage)
every third digit, and alternate "decimal" points with decimal commas
(again Spanish/Portugese, possibly others).

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