force arabic character to follow left to right order

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I have a page with an amount and a currency symbol (unicode characters). I need the symbol to always be to the left of the amount. I've tried many things and no matter what the symbol appears on the right. Any ideas?

<span dir="ltr">&#x62f;&#x2e;&#x625;12.11</span>

Please don't answer something like "if the currency symbol is in Arabic it should be right to left". This is the business requirement I was handed and is non-negotiable.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 03 '16 at 23:15

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well how about this?

<span dir="ltr">د.إ <span dir="ltr">12.11</span></span>

answered Oct 03 '16 at 23:15

Motassem Kassab

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it works thanks! I tried so many combinations of ltr and spans / divs and though I was going to have to resort to using a table . – George Oct 06 '16 at 16:14
well, the right way is the simplest one. good luck – Motassem Kassab Oct 06 '16 at 19:04

force arabic character to follow left to right order

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