Ühel kenal päeval, N, 2010-06-03 kell 21:53, kirjutas Marcin Floryan:
> 2010/6/3 Cristian Secară <[email protected]>:
> > In some strings the measurment notation is in normal paranthesis
> > (example: Vertical shift (px)), while in other strings the notation is
> > in square bracket (example: Radius [px]).
> >
> > Is there any particular reason for one or another ?
> 
> I wouldn't think there is really. I suspect it simply depends on who
> wrote the initial string.
> 
> Perhaps someone who knows English punctuation and editorial rules
> could say which is correct.
> 
> Regards,
> Marcin
> 
Square brackets [] are sometimes preferred enclosure for dimensions, at
least in physics, I myself like this style.

You even could define dimension for a variable apart from value like
[v]=m/s or have a heading for table like "Length l [m]".

Mattias


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