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Where should questions about web searches for special characters live?
A useful thing for programmers and other users of mathematical symbols is searching for special characters on search engines. E.g. searching for the meaning of $~ in Perl, or named mathematical sets ...
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How to type a dash (— or –) instead of a hyphen(-) in Stack Exchange?
On Mac and some other systems, typing two hyphens quickly "--", would be automatically converted to an em dash "—" or an en dash "–" depending on the setting. But Stack Exchange fields are different, ...
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Unable to search for === [duplicate]
I had a question the differences between Javascript and PHP's handling of == vs === (== vs === in Javascript). I tried to be a good user and do a search but it looks like it errors or least returns no ...
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What are the numbers / symbols to the right of my reputation counter?
I'm referring to the colored circles with numbers next to them on the top of the page, to the right of my reputation counter. What do they represent?
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How do I search for syntax stuff like "==="? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to search for punctuation/special characters?
I just did a search on javascript === on StackOverflow, and was taken to the page with all questions tagged ...
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What does @user mean? [duplicate]
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What is the relevance of “ @ “ in comments?
I often see @user here and there in the comments.
What, pray tell, does it mean and what is it used for?
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