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As can be seen by the blue shade of the action gear menu there is an additional option for the action, specifically you can //Format the Result// using [[https://www.stairways.com/action/linkthru?unicodenumberformat|Unicode Number Format Patterns]] such as //#,##0.##//. | As can be seen by the blue shade of the action gear menu there is an additional option for the action, specifically you can //Format the Result// using [[https://www.stairways.com/action/linkthru?unicodenumberformat|Unicode Number Format Patterns]] such as //#,##0.##//. | ||
- | (i) Note that numeric values in Keyboard Maestro allow only “full stop” decimal (.) and no thousand separators (except optional underscores), so the output of this action with formatting will likely not be a valid number for a Keyboard Maestro calculation. **It should be used only for display purposes.** | + | (i) Note that numeric values in Keyboard Maestro allow only “full stop” decimal (.) and no thousand separators (except optional underscores), so the output of this action with formatting will likely not be a valid number for a Keyboard Maestro calculation in many locales. **It should be used only for display purposes.** |