The leading zero is dropped from the character strings
00205, 099, and 0660, because the leading zero
maps to a zero-digit selector in the picture.
The period (.) message character in the 0.99 picture is
dropped because the leading zero maps to a zero-digit
selector.
Because the period message character is dropped, the
format definition for the range 0.99 – < 1 requires a
prefix of '.' in the NOZEROS. format to format a
decimal number.
7Prefix any characters that are
specified ...
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