Unicode for repeated digits notation (WAS RE: Vulgar fractions (w as: 8859-1, 8859-15, 1252 and Euro))

From: Paul Dempsey (paulde@microsoft.com)
Date: Fri Feb 11 2000 - 17:45:54 EST


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary L. Wade [mailto:garywade@desisoftsystems.com]
> Subject: Re: Vulgar fractions (was: 8859-1, 8859-15, 1252 and Euro)
>
>
..."Do we have encodings for the
> repeten digits
> to handle cases as mentioned below?"
>
...

No, and they're not needed. You can create them by composition using
0305;COMBINING OVERLINE

> FYI, the repeten digits (or whatever others call them) are the
> representations of the digits that denote that a digit repeats
> infinitely. For example, the graphic representation of 7 1/3
> would look
> like 7.333 with a horizontal bar above the rightmost "3".



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