Space before Percent Sign
Space before Percent Sign
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I continue to lurk, mostly, in an editor's facebook group. They bring up technical stuff from time to time.
Do you place a space between a number and a percent sign, or units in general? Do 37.6% of us make up statistics on the spot, or is it 48.2 % of us that do it?
Do you place a space between a number and a percent sign, or units in general? Do 37.6% of us make up statistics on the spot, or is it 48.2 % of us that do it?
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I think I am afraid to loose the % so I stick together with the number and then I sleep better.
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1) % may be used in headlines only. In text, it should be spelled out 'percent.'
2) When % is used, no space after the number as the others have said.
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http://www.spe.org/authors/docs/styleguide.pdf
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Most arguments like this are either based on preference or clarity. This one seems to be preference, no loss in clarity either way.
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It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)
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On my original post, I applied a non-breaking space between the number and the percent sign. The HTML code for non-breaking space is &nsbp;. You place this between square brackets and the Tecumseh editor converts it to HTML.
If you cannot apply non-breaking spaces, then your concern is correct, and fairly nasty.
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JHG
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It happened when I was filling out an excel spreadsheet and I was instinctively sticking like hell the number and percent sign.
I even tried to put a space but I did not feel good about it...
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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