OKB (not okblacke) BrenBarn at aol.com
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Peter Otten wrote:

>> Then, for AL runs, you need to replace European numerals with
>> Arabic numerals (but keeping the LTR order). 
>  
> I always thought of numbers as most significant digit first. But
> the above suggests that they are least significant digit first,
> preserving the original RTL directionality.

    	In Arab countries which use the Indian numerals (not the "Arabic" 
ones that we use in the west), the numbers are written with the most 
significant digit at the left.  This is indeed "last" with respect to 
the normal right-to-left direction of Arabic.

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