Last modified: 2008-10-28 08:17:59 UTC
sort table sorts on . for decimal sign, dutch uses . als a number grouping symbol and , as a decimal sign: 234 567.7865 (en) = 234.567,7865 or 234 567,7865(nl) neither does it sort correct on dates: nl uses dd-mm-yy
This would be very much appreciated for Wikipedia in Swedish as well. As an example, see the article "Lista över grundämnen" http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lista_%C3%B6ver_grund%C3%A4mnen&oldid=3480541 and try sorting by "Atommassa" (atomic weight).
There is currently a hack in place on svwp that fixes this: http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&diff=3698408&oldid=3664899
(In reply to comment #2) > There is currently a hack in place on svwp that fixes this: > > http://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&diff=3698408&oldid=3664899 > If we used this function: function ts_parseFloat(num) { if (!num) return 0; num = num.replace(/\./g, ""); num = num.replace(/,/g, "."); num = parseFloat(num); return (isNaN(num) ? 0 : num); } we need a distinction of cases based on $wgUserLanguage for a language specific handling of . and , in numbers.
(reply to comment #3 by Raimond Spekking) I don't think we should use $wgUserLanguage, since this needs to be a per-wiki setting, not a per-user setting. Maybe something like this: --------- ts_decimal_separator = "."; function ts_parseFloat(num) { if (!num) return 0; num = num.replace(/\s/g, ""); // remove whitespaces num = num.replace(/'/g, ""); // remove apostrophes; used in German-speaking Switzerland as thousands separator if (ts_decimal_separator == ",") { num = num.replace(/\./g, ""); num = num.replace(/,/, "."); } else { // TODO: handle the "Momayyez" character, used in Arab countries and Iran num = num.replace(/,/g, ""); } num = parseFloat(num); return (isNaN(num) ? 0 : num); } --------- This handles most cases. Then wikis can set "ts_decimal_separator" to "," in their [[MediaWiki/common.js]] to get comma style. Maybe there is a better way to do this..? "Momayyez" should maybe be handled for Arab countries, but I don't know what the code point for that is; [[en:Momayyez]] doesn't say.
(In reply to comment #4) > "Momayyez" should maybe be handled for Arab countries, but I don't know what thecode point for that is; > [[en:Momayyez]] doesn't say. You mean "The Momayyez ("٫", Unicode U+066B) is a decimal separator used in the Arab world and Iran"? I would assume that "U+066B" is what you are loking for?
A major problem for Arabic and Persian language is their Unicode digits: I tried a code in my monobook: http://fa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266410
The numeric part of the report is fixed in r42715. For dates please see bug 8226.
