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With apologies for dampening the mood of the original post... () == paranetheses [] == brackets {} == braces http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket http:/
by dboyd 17y ago
With apologies for dampening the mood of the original post...
() == paranetheses
[] == brackets
{} == braces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket
- jcl 17y agoFor completeness, the INTERCAL standard naming convention: ( wax ) wane [ U turn ] U turn back { embrace } bracelet
- Semiapies 17y agoThus, a counter-suggestion: [ == "open-brack" ] == "close-brack"
- acangiano 17y agoIn Italian, we qualify them by their shape: () == parentesi tonde (round) [] == parentesi quadre (squared) {} == parentesi graffe (claws)
- ciupicri 17y agoIn Romanian: () == paranteze (rotunde); the "rotunde" (round) adjective is optional [] == paranteze pătrate (squared) {} == acolade (braces)
- alextgordon 17y agoIn British English it's much the same: () == "round brackets" or usually just "brackets" [] == "square brackets" {} == "curly brackets" or "braces"
- spectre 17y agoIn New Zealand: () == "round brackets" [] == "square brackets" {} == "curly brackets" <> == "pointy brackets"
- code_devil 17y agoI grew up in India and am familiar with this, used to always wonder if I was wrong and why i often get confused when people say parentheses instead of brackets.(I have been in the US since the last 10 years)
- sh1mmer 17y agoIn England I learned the version further up this thread. Computer Science nomenclature doesn't really follow British vs. American English separations as much as natural language. In fact I don't recall anyone in Britain use those terms to me, either in university or at work.
- bugs 17y agoInteresting, I'm from the US and I do call () parenthesis but the last two are the same from what I've learned and what other people say (usually in math classes).
- mivok 17y agoThat's how I learned it (although I never used 'round brackets' explicitly). This gets really confusing when you begin to talk to Americans and refer to 'brackets', thankfully everybody understands parens, and the others are the same.
- pygy_ 17y ago> {} == parentesi graffe (claws) I initially read that as "parentesi giraffe" which could have been plausible... ,-{ __ }-, in French, they are (plural form): ( parenthèses ) [ crochets ] => "hooks" { accolades } => "hugs" Some computer scientists split the word in two to distinguish the opening one from the closing one (like Physicist do with the bra-ket notation). ( a b c ) is then pronounced "Paren, a, b, c, thèse".
- The_Tester 17y agoYes but in Physics the bra & ket vector notatin (kind of) mis-uses '<' & '>' to denote vectors as in <Ψ|H|Ψ> = E, for example (and if my memory servers right…)
- ramchip 17y agoI've never heard the "split parenthesis" - perhaps Quebec is different. I have a Lisp teacher in Japan who has an interesting way of reading code. He says 'kakko' for '(', which is the usual Japanese word for a parenthesis. For the closing one, he says the word in reverse: 'kokka'. So "(def a (fn))" would be read "kakko def a kakko fn kokka kokka". It's quite effective.
- armandososa 17y agoIn Mexico: () == Paréntesis [] == Corchetes {} == Llaves (keys)
- thirdusername 17y agoIn Swedish: () == Paranteser (Parentheses) [] == Hakparanteser (Hook parentheses) {} == Måsvingar (Gull wings) Klammerparanteser (Brace parentheses) Krullparenteser (Curl parentheses) Spetsparanteser (Tip parentheses) Ackolader (Swedification of the French accolades => Hugs) Swedish uses left, right or more commonly amongst developers start and end prefixes. Måsvingar seem to be winning as the word of choice for braces amongst developers.
- jacquesm 17y agoIt's parentheses.
- d_c 17y ago.de: () = runde Klammern (round) [] = eckige Klammern (angled) {} = geschweifte Klammern (cambered)
- steamer25 17y agoI find the following nomenclature to be both concise and descriptive e.g., "open square" or "close paren": () == parens [] == squares {} == staches (formerly curlies)