Have to confess I have NEVER been able to remember which is which. I mean, does forwards mean it leans forwards: / or does it mean it goes forwards from top to bottom: \
I am usually very particular about typographic correctness (being first and foremost typesetter, not database designer!) and get cross about people confusing brackets and parentheses, incorrect use of straight and curly quotes and all that sort of stuff. But (as I have demonstrated today!) I am challenged by those damn slashes. May be something to do with female brains and poor sense of direction! On 22/10/09 17:02, "Richard S. Russell" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2009 Oct 22, at 10:37, Lee Hoong wrote: > >> >> Emma, >> >> >> >> >> >> You don't have to escape the backslash character. Simply using: >> >> >> >> >> >> Position(Dimensions;"/";1;1) >> >> >> >> >> >> should work. >> > > > Has anybody besides me noticed that people have taken to referring to the "/" > character as a backslash? This is especially frustrating when you hear it on > the radio and don't have a chance to visually verify it. > > The "/" is known variously as a slash, virgule, solidus, slant, stroke, > oblique dash, separatrix, diagonal, forward slash, scratch comma, over (as in > "4 over 5" for 4/5), slak, or whack. It is not now, nor has it ever been, > known as a backslash. > > THIS is a backslash: \ > > The backslash is also known as a slosh (variant on "slash"), hack (takeoff on > "whack"), bash, or reverse solidus. > > > > > Inbound email scanned by Mimecast <http://www.mimecast.co.uk> . > > <BR> Emma Glaisher Artworker and Database Development Fourninety Limited <BR> Tel: 0113 238 2447 http://www.fourninety.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fourninety Limited, a member company of the Media Square plc group. Registered in England No. 3737606. Registered address Clarence Mill, Clarence Road, Bollington, Cheshire. SK10 5JZ Confidentiality Notice: The information in this document and any attachments are confidential. It is intended only for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately and delete this document. The contents on this document must not be disclosed to any other person nor may any copies be taken. The views of the author may not represent the views of the Company. Security Warning: This e-mail has been created in the knowledge that Internet e-mail is not a 100% secure communications medium. All liability for any claims arising as a result of using this medium to transmit information by us or to us is excluded to the extent permitted by law. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
