Deirdre wrote:
Those two phrases sound overly complicated to me -- numerical
characters sounds like a complicated way of saying numbers and
ditto alpha characters for letters.
Well, if we're going to be completely accurate, we should distinguish
numerals and digits, which are symbols, from
Hi Deirdre,
I tend to refer to numbers as either "numbers" or "arabic numbers,"
depending on whether I am also using "roman numerals." Alphabetical
characters I refer to as "lowercase letters" or "uppercase letters,"
with the obvious distinctions.
It's all very interesting isn't it? Yes,
Deirdre wrote:
>Those two phrases sound overly complicated to me -- "numerical
>characters" sounds like a complicated way of saying "numbers" and
>ditto "alpha characters" for "letters."
Well, if we're going to be completely accurate, we should distinguish
numerals and digits, which are
Hi all:
The documents I am working with refer to numerical characters and
alpha characters.
Just out of professional curiosity, is this terminology correct?
Those two phrases sound overly complicated to me -- numerical
characters sounds like a complicated way of saying numbers and
ditto alpha
Hi Deirdre,
I tend to refer to numbers as either numbers or arabic numbers,
depending on whether I am also using roman numerals. Alphabetical
characters I refer to as lowercase letters or uppercase letters,
with the obvious distinctions.
It's all very interesting isn't it? Yes, alpha,
Many programming languages contain functions to recognize alphabetic or
numeric characters (isAlpha, isNum, isDigit). To get an idea what words
other people choose, you can look up these functions on the Internet.
I would drop the al suffix, but if you're addressing a programming
audience,
Hi all:
The documents I am working with refer to numerical characters and
alpha characters.
Just out of professional curiosity, is this terminology correct?
Those two phrases sound overly complicated to me -- "numerical
characters" sounds like a complicated way of saying "numbers" and
ditto
Many programming languages contain functions to recognize alphabetic or
numeric characters (isAlpha, isNum, isDigit). To get an idea what words
other people choose, you can look up these functions on the Internet.
I would drop the "al" suffix, but if you're addressing a programming
audience,
