From: mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl (Ruiter de M)
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Subject: Re: or symbol
Date: 24 Sep 1997 11:15:45 GMT
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Ben Shadwick (bshadwick AT juno DOT com) wrote:
: The vertical lines '|' are called pipe characters, btw =)

$ ascii '|'
ASCII 7/12 is decimal 124, hex 7c, octal 174, bits 01111100: prints as `|'
Official name: Vertical Bar
Other names: Pipe, Bar, Or, V-Bar, Spike, Gozinta, Thru

Oops, very off topic, this one...
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