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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@comment $Id: ledger.texi,v 1.5 2003/10/01 21:55:40 johnw Exp $ @comment $Id: ledger.texi,v 1.6 2003/10/01 22:11:23 johnw Exp $
@comment %**start of header @comment %**start of header
@setfilename ledger.info @setfilename ledger.info
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@section Commodities and currencies @section Commodities and currencies
@code{ledger} makes no assumptions about the commodities you use. It @code{ledger} makes no assumptions about the commodities you use; it
only requires that you specify which commodity. The commodity may be only requires that you specify a commodity. The commodity may be any
any non-numeric string that does not contain a period, comma, forward non-numeric string that does not contain a period, comma, forward
slash or at sign (@@). Here are some valid commodity specifiers: slash or at sign (@@). It may appear before or after the amount,
although it is assumed that symbols appearing before the amount refer
to currencies, while non-joined symbols apearing after the amount
refer to commodities. Here are some valid currency and commodity
specifiers:
@example @example
$20.00 ; twenty US dollars $20.00 ; currency: twenty US dollars
20 USD ; the same USD 20 ; currency: the same
AAPL 40 ; 40 shares of Apple Computer stock 40 AAPL ; commodity: 40 shares of Apple Computer stock
DM 60 ; 60 Deutsch Mark DM 60 ; currency: 60 Deutsch Mark
£50 ; 50 British pounds £50 ; currency: 50 British pounds
50e ; currency: 50 Euros (use appropriate symbol)
@end example @end example
@code{ledger} will examine the first use of any commodity to determine @code{ledger} will examine the first use of any commodity to determine