#N canvas 258 73 499 407 12; #X text 5 35 That file states things like the following:; #X text 47 215 0.000001ยท; #X text 147 228 you get 1e-006; #X text 134 215 < if you don't use middle dot; #X text 6 -2 As an introduction for this \, read: text-help.pd (right click on this text that you're reading and choose Help).; #X text 6 176 My idea is that \, by using middle dot (INTERPVNCTVS) \, we can avoid those problems and preserve any number:; #X obj 6 60 cnv 15 360 80 empty empty empty 20 12 0 14 -162280 -66577 0; #X obj 10 58 cnv 15 360 80 empty empty empty 20 12 0 14 -262006 -66577 0; #X text 19 61 Phone number with hyphens: 555-555-5555; #X text 19 81 Same phone number without hyphens: 5.55556e+009; #N canvas 328 211 486 137 Some_Comments_On_Comments 0; #X text 14 64 If you close this subwindow \, then open it again \, the period you added will be gone.; #X text 14 14 Try adding a period at the end of this sentence \, which ends with the number 1; #X restore 151 111 pd Some_Comments_On_Comments; #X text 4 267 MIDDLE DOT is Unicode U+00B7; #X text 57 111 Click here >; #X text 5 287 Visit Wikipedia and learn more about it \, and how to type a middle dot (according to your system) \, just search for interpunct. ; #X text 323 345 LandonPD 2015;