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0 pointsjohngladtj11mo ago0 comments

Leading zeros are not extraneous and should not be removed though

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ziml7711mo ago

For numbers they are extraneous, for strings of digits they are not.

wruza11mo ago

They are never extraneous, cause no automatic calculation process produces them. If they are there, it's intentional.

otikik11mo ago

Aren't they exactly the definition of "extraneous"?

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