Deidre, Yes, they ARE numbers. However, in an attempt to avoid confusion, the characters themselves are referred to as numeric characters because 123 is itself a number MADE UP of those characters 1, 2, and 3. So, to try and prevent people from confusing the NUMBER of 123 with the CHARACTERS of 1, 2, and 3, the term numeric characters comes into play. Does that help any?
Samuel I. Beard, Jr. Technical Writer OI Analytical 979 690-1711 Ext. 222 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 3:39 PM To: Rene Stephenson Cc: Framer's List Subject: Re: question about usage Thanks all for the responses about alphanumeric characters and the use of that terminology. I get that 123ABC consist of alphanumerical characters. However, does 123 consist of numerical characters? I would say it consists of numbers. Does ABC consist of alpha characters? I would say it consists of letters. In the documents I am working with, 123 is refered to as numerical characters and ABC is refered to as alpha characters. Here's what I'm talking about: "Move the part numbers that begin with a numerical character to the end of the list after the part numbers that begin with an alpha character." I'm just wondering how widespread this usage is. Are these terms just in my documents in my company, and I should make the correction, or do technical writers the world over use "alpha characters" to refer to letters and "numerical characters" to refer to numbers? Thanks! Deirdre _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
