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What do we call the symbol<

16th Jun 2018, 2:01 PM
sugunakar
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This is a collection of questions that come up every now and then about syntax in PHP. This is also a Community Wiki, so everyone is invited to participate in maintaining this list. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3737139/reference-what-does-this-symbol-mean-in-php
16th Jun 2018, 2:07 PM
Alexander Sokolov
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markup
16th Jun 2018, 2:53 PM
PRAMOD JANA
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Hi sugunakar! I like Alexandar's answer. If you're speaking more generically though, like what you might say to a non-programmer who points to the applicable key on your keyboard and asks you what that symbol is called... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillemet ... is also accurate. If I were talking to a child though, I would say caret (like carrot) because it's more memorable, but less accurate (because a caret points upward). :)
16th Jun 2018, 10:36 PM
Janning
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