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It is now accepted in the UK that a billion is 1,000,000,000 (one thousand million), (it used to be 1,000,000,000,000 ie, one million million). We use the comma, though I believe the period is used in the USA? Therefore, where I've shown a comma, simply assume it is a period if you are in the USA!
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