Monetary Format

You can choose the following monetary format characteristics:

• Local currency symbol: The currency symbol that is used within the territory. For example, ¥ is the symbol for yen (TERRITORY=JAPAN).
• Alternative currency symbol: For example, you may want to include the Euro symbol (€) as an alternative currency symbol for European territories that represent countries that are members of the European Economic Community.
• Currency presentation: The menu contains several possible sequences of the local currency symbol, the debit symbol, and the number.
• Decimal symbol (usually . or ,): For example, one and one-half can be expressed as 1.5 or 1,5, depending on the territory. The decimal symbol in a monetary expression does not have to be the same as the decimal symbol in a numeric expression, specified in the number format.
• Group separator: The character that is used to separate groups of digits in a number (usually . or ,). For example, 1 thousand can be expressed as 1.000 or 1,000, depending on the territory. The group separator in a monetary expression does not have to be the same as the group separator in a numeric expression, specified in the number format.
• Monetary number grouping: The number of digits that are grouped between separators in a number (usually 3). For example, 1 million is expressed as 1,000,000 in the United States (TERRITORY=AMERICA). The number grouping in a monetary expression does not have to be the same as the number grouping in a numeric expression, specified in the number format.
• Monetary precision: The number of digits to the right of the decimal symbol
• Credit symbol: The character that denotes a positive value in financial statements (for example, a space or +)
• Debit symbol: The character that denotes a negative value in financial statements (for example, -). If you want to specify parentheses as the debit symbol, you must do it by choosing the appropriate currency presentation. For example, choose ($100) or (100$).
• International currency separator: The character that separates monetary expressions. The default is a space.
• International currency symbol: The ISO currency symbol. For example, JPY refers to the Japanese yen.

For the decimal symbol, the group separator, the international currency separator, and the international currency symbol, you can choose values from the menu or you can enter a symbol of your choice.

For the local and alternative currency symbols, you can choose from the menu or you can enter a symbol that is not in the menu. If you want to enter a symbol that is not on the menu, choose other... from the menu. When the field appears white, enter the Unicode value (UTF-16) for the symbol, using the format \uxxxx, where xxxx is the hex Unicode value.

For the currency presentation, monetary number grouping, and monetary precision, you must choose values from the menus.

To save information that you have changed or added, see Defining a New Territory.