Re: Bug (?): The LC_NUMERIC variable

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: address@hidden
> Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:21:55 +0100
> 
> I looked in the gawk manual and found out about the LC_NUMERIC
> variable.  I tried both it internally at my code (an assignment
> LC_NUMERIC=C in the BEGIN statement) and externally (at the DOS
> prompt, before launching the gawk interpreter) but nothing
> changes. (I also would like to know where to find a list of the
> possible values for the LC_NUMERIC variable, since I found it
> nowhere throughout the Internet...).

Alas, NS-Windows does not support the LC_NUMERIC feature.  You need to
change the Windows locale information to get what you want.  I don't
have W2K handy and don't remember off-hand what to do exactly, but I
think you will find it in Control Panel, under Regional Settings or
something.