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Why not use good ol 'x' for multiplication? :-)
by yesenadam 8y ago
Why not use good ol 'x' for multiplication? :-)
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- computerfriend 8y ago'x' is a letter, not the times symbol.
- janaagaard 8y agoBut if you have to choose between '\*' and 'x', then 'x' might well be the best choice, no? :-)
- rjeli 8y agoIf they had used ‘x’ instead, I would be scouring the comment for where the variable had been introduced.
- yesenadam 8y agoOk, use 'x' and write "(note that 'x' means multiplication)" instead of "(note that \* means multiplication, there doesnt seem to be a way to escape an asterisk)". More legible and shorter and 'symbol is already used for the purpose' and..
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoIt is _a_ multiplication symbol. Why not use period ".".
- yesenadam 8y agoBecause there are a lot of those in the vicinity and it's very small?
- manwithaplan 8y agoI keep AltGr+8 mapped to × for just such an emergency.
- frosted-flakes 8y agoThe Compose key works great for this (I use WinCompose on Windows). Most of the time I can guess the key combination. I think × is Compose, x, x.