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Example in base 10: 100.5

100 is the integer to the left of the radix point and 5 is the fractional part to the right.

Example in base 2: 1100100.1

1100100 to the left of the radix is the binary representation for 100 base 10. To the right of the radix point is 1 which is the binary representation of the fraction 1/2.

Note that in many non- English speaking countries, a comma ',' is used instead of a point or small dot '.' (see the entry on Decimal Separator for a more complete list).