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So, I'm curious, what is the escape character's other use that wasn't discussed in the comic? [[User:Monolith|Monolith]] ([[User talk:Monolith|talk]]) 06:51, 22 September 2015 (UTC) | So, I'm curious, what is the escape character's other use that wasn't discussed in the comic? [[User:Monolith|Monolith]] ([[User talk:Monolith|talk]]) 06:51, 22 September 2015 (UTC) | ||
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| + | They are also used to add special characters or certain instructions. For example, in LaTeX (a document typesetting system) I could type "\Omega" and in the final document the Greek letter omega will be in its place. I could also type "\newline" and the final document will have a line break at that point. In either case the backslash lets the compiler know that what follows is not to be treated as ordinary text. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.180|108.162.250.180]] 08:02, 22 September 2015 (UTC) | ||
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So, I'm curious, what is the escape character's other use that wasn't discussed in the comic? Monolith (talk) 06:51, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
They are also used to add special characters or certain instructions. For example, in LaTeX (a document typesetting system) I could type "\Omega" and in the final document the Greek letter omega will be in its place. I could also type "\newline" and the final document will have a line break at that point. In either case the backslash lets the compiler know that what follows is not to be treated as ordinary text. 108.162.250.180 08:02, 22 September 2015 (UTC)
