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July 3, 2024

#2954: Bracket Symbols explain

Bracket Symbols

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Bracket Symbols

and what they mean

( ) Regular parentheses for setting stuff aside

[ ] Square brackets (more secure)

{ } This stuff is expensive so be careful with it

" " Someone is talking

’ ’ Someone British is talking

‹ › An Animorph is talking

« » A French Animorph is talking

| | I’m scared of negative numbers but these sigils will protect me

* * _ _ / / I have a favorite monospaced font

~ ~ I’m being sarcastic and I had a Tumblr account in 2014

[ ( [ { ( ) } ] , ) ] These Python functions are not getting along

⌊ ⌋ Help, I’m a mathematician trying to work with actual numbers and they’re scary

ʃ ʅ Why are you trying to read my violin?

| ⟩ Don’t stop here–this is quantum country