🔣 Keyboard Symbols
➡️ Whenever are talking about indentation in code, we are referring to the offset that is created using either the Tab key (4 spaces) or to a consistent sequence of spaces created using the spacebar (usually 2 or 4 spaces).
⌨️ Top Row Keys
From left to right:
| Symbol | Common Name in CS | Other Names |
|---|---|---|
~ | Tilde | |
` | Backtick | Back quote |
! | Exclamation mark | Exclamation point |
@ | At sign | At, at symbol |
# | Hashtag | Number sign, pound sign, or octothorpe |
$ | Dollar | |
% | Percent | |
^ | Caret | |
& | Ampersand | “And” symbol |
* | Asterisk | Star |
( | Open parenthesis | Left parenthesis |
) | Close parenthesis | Right parenthesis |
( ) | Parentheses | Round brackets |
_ | Underscore | |
– | Minus | Hyphen, dash, minus sign |
+ | Plus | Plus sign |
= | Assignment operator | Equal, assignment |
⌨️ Right Side of the Keyboard
From top to bottom:
| Symbol | Common Name in CS | Other Names |
|---|---|---|
{ | Open Brace | Open Curly Bracket |
} | Close Brace | Close Curly Bracket |
{ } | Curly Brackets | Braces |
[ | Open Square Bracket | |
] | Close Square Bracket | |
[ ] | Square Brackets | Brackets |
| | Bar | Vertical pipe |
\ | Back Slash | Backward slash |
: | Colon | |
; | Semicolon | |
" | Double quotes | Quotation mark |
"" | Double Quotation Marks | |
' | Single quote | Apostrophe, prime |
'' | Single Quotation Marks | |
, | Comma | |
< | Less Than | Left angle bracket |
> | Greater Than | Right angle bracket |
. | Period | Decimal, dot, full stop |
/ | Slash (Forward Slash) | Forward slash, fraction slash |
? | Question Mark |
Acknowledgement
Content on this page is adapted from Yekaterina Kharitonova with reference to 1 and 2.