A simple {} question
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Anyone could tell me how do you call those in english? "{}". Braces came to me, but I'm not sure and after a google search less sure :) Thanks!
My $.02...
**()**- Parentheses or Parens**[]**- Brackets or Square Brackets**{}**- Curly Braces or Braces (and neverBEGIN/END:omg: :))**<>**- Angle Brackets Open and Close are used to describe which one when talking about a specific character. For example,**[**isOpen Bracket, and**)**isClose Paren. Except when talking about the Angle Brackets, where it becomesLess-ThanandGreater-Than***. If you have a DOS/*nix CLI background, you might call themRedirect-InandRedirect-Outdepending on the context. Peace! *** At least, I have never heard anyone say "open angle bracket" and "closed angle bracket" before.-=- James
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Curly brackets / curly braces. No preference between the two. FWIW: () == parentheses / parens [] == square brackets (never braces)
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Anyone could tell me how do you call those in english? "{}". Braces came to me, but I'm not sure and after a google search less sure :) Thanks!
Curly brackets or curly braces.
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Anyone could tell me how do you call those in english? "{}". Braces came to me, but I'm not sure and after a google search less sure :) Thanks!
Curlies.
Matt Gerrans
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Curlies.
Matt Gerrans
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My $.02...
**()**- Parentheses or Parens**[]**- Brackets or Square Brackets**{}**- Curly Braces or Braces (and neverBEGIN/END:omg: :))**<>**- Angle Brackets Open and Close are used to describe which one when talking about a specific character. For example,**[**isOpen Bracket, and**)**isClose Paren. Except when talking about the Angle Brackets, where it becomesLess-ThanandGreater-Than***. If you have a DOS/*nix CLI background, you might call themRedirect-InandRedirect-Outdepending on the context. Peace! *** At least, I have never heard anyone say "open angle bracket" and "closed angle bracket" before.-=- James
If you think it costs a lot to do it right, just wait until you find out how much it costs to do it wrong!
Avoid driving a vehicle taller than you and remember that Professional Driver on Closed Course does not mean your Dumb Ass on a Public Road!
DeleteFXPFiles & CheckFavorites (Please rate this post!)Great explanation, James. And now just to show how confusing Plain English can be, if I wanted to brace something, I'd use a bracket, sometimes even an angled bracket. But I must admit that I've never braced anything with a parentheses. (Although I've been know to use parentheses to bracket sentences.) :)
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Anyone could tell me how do you call those in english? "{}". Braces came to me, but I'm not sure and after a google search less sure :) Thanks!
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Anyone could tell me how do you call those in english? "{}". Braces came to me, but I'm not sure and after a google search less sure :) Thanks!
OK - to compound this. The forward slash / is called a virgule. Now, if you use this in a more horizontal fashion, e.g. in a fraction, then it's called a Solidus. Well, there you go, English for the terrified.
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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OK - to compound this. The forward slash / is called a virgule. Now, if you use this in a more horizontal fashion, e.g. in a fraction, then it's called a Solidus. Well, there you go, English for the terrified.
Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Pete O`Hanlon wrote:
Well, there you go, English for the terrified.
:omg::omg:
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