The guidelines in the Splunk Style Guide establish best practices for writing technical documentation. Search docs.splunk.com to find documentation related to Splunk products.
Fractions
When writing about numbers that appear in a Splunk product UI, duplicate them exactly as the UI displays. Otherwise, follow these guidelines.
Generic fractions
If you're referring to a generic fraction and not one that refers back to a specific number, hyphenate the spelled-out fraction.
Review the following table for an example of a correctly formatted generic fraction:
| Do this | Don't do this |
|---|---|
| The system parsed two-thirds of the events. | The system parsed 2/3rds of the events.
The system parsed 2/3 of the events. |
Numerical fractions
Use numerals and forward slashes with no additional formatting to represent numerical fractions. Add a space and remove the hyphen between a whole number and fraction.
Review the following table for examples of correctly formatted numerical fractions:
| Do this | Don't do this |
|---|---|
| 1/2 | ½ |
| 3/4 | ¾ |
| 70 1/2 | 70½
70-½
|
Last modified on 11 January, 2024
| Commas and decimals | Measurements |
This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Style Guide: current
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