Re: Recurring decimal - international question

In article <1139349781.558685.277850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Randy Poe" <poespam-trap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've occasionally seen the parenthesis notation. Never
the dot. How would you indicate more than one repeating
digit with the dot notation?

By using 2 dots, one each over the first & last digits
in the repeating part.

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Gerry Myerson (gerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) (i -> u for email)
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