From: "Doug Gale" <dZgale AT mailexcite DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Language question
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"Rafał Maj" <r_maj AT poczta DOT onet DOT pl> wrote in message
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> I need to know english names for these symbols :

>   ( )
parenthesis (for one), or parentheses (more than 1)

>   [ ]
brackets

>   { }
braces

> '    like for example char x = 'a';
quote (or "single quote")

> ""  like for example *char s = "abc";
Double quote

> `
open quote (or just "quote")

(Actually ' is the foot mark, and " is the inch mark, but the standard
character set in original IBM PCs don't have "real" quote characters)

> ~
tilde

Here's a few more:
^
caret

&
ampersand

*
asterisk

#
pound symbol

|
pipe

\
backslash

/
slash

@
at

> can anybody help ?
>

Well, it's the wrong newsgroup, but the number of off topic questions is so
high lately, I thought I might as well answer your question.

Doug