Fractions

When writing about numbers that appear in a Splunk 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.

Correct

The system parsed two-thirds of the events.

Incorrect

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.

Correct

1/2

3/4

Incorrect

½

¾

Add a space and remove the hyphen between a whole number and fraction.

Correct

70 1/2

Incorrect

70½

70-½

70-1/2