Hi Deirdre
The term alphanumeric covers both alphabetical and numeric characters.
Regards,
Roger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deirdre Reagan
Sent: July 23, 2008 3:38 PM
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Subject: OT: question about usage
Hi all:
The
The term alphanumeric characters avoids the slang alpha and also addresses
numbers as individual characters, rather than things like 1.8956132 and
218,555,123 and 1x10^6...all of which are numbers.
;-)
Rene L. Stephenson
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From: Shuttleworth, Roger [EMAIL
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
, 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
In this case I agree with you that number and letter are better choices.
Deirdre Reagan wrote:
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
Deirdre Reagan wrote:
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.
Here's what I'm talking about:
Deirdre Reagan wrote:
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
Thanks everyone for your responses. I appreciate all the feedback!
Deirdre
On 7/23/08, Combs, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deirdre Reagan wrote:
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
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
Punctuation is typically referred to as special characters - whereas
alphanumeric means it's alphabetic or numeric, e.g.: letter or number only.
Rene L. Stephenson
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From: Mike Wickham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Others have mentioned alphanumerics as including both letters
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