On Thu, 10 Jun 2010, Henrique Andrade wrote: > Dear Gretl community, > > When I try to export some data to a .csv file (using the following menu > path File -> Export data -> CSV) I get "." as the decimal point instead > of ",". I'm using a Mac with the pt_BR.UTF-8. In the Gretl's preferences > menu, the option "Use locale setting for decimal point" is checked. > > How can I fix this behavior?
Define "fix". IMHO, CSV files should only use the dot as decimal separator, in the interest of portability across countries. I am aware that not everyone agrees with me on this, one notable case being ISTAT, the Italian Statistical Institute (which I find very annoying). But if the Academy of Science of Berzerkistan decided to use "@" as the decimal separator, you would still find it mildly funny to open a CSV file coming from your Berzerki co-author, full of gems like 1(a)234. The preferences checkbox is there to ensure that, as a proud citizen of your home country, you don't have a fit any time you see a dot instead of a comma and are reminded of how evil Anglo-Saxon cultural imperialism is. Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti Dipartimento di Economia Università Politecnica delle Marche r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti
