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Andy Mackie

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Jan 21, 2002, 8:44:22 AM1/21/02
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"caret"

See http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?query=caret

Search http://www.m-w.com/home.htm to hear the American pronunciation
(slightly different to the British pronunciation). I've also heard it called
"circumflex", and sometimes the "hat symbol".

Regards,
Andy.


Paul Gertzen

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Jan 21, 2002, 8:27:27 AM1/21/02
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It is a caret, pronounced: karey.

Paul


"TFireIce" <TFir...@nomail.com> wrote in message news:3c4c1648_2@dnews...
> Hi everybody!
>
> I am a Romanian teacher and I found no book here explaining how to read
and
> pronounce the sign "^", used for access the memory with a pointer. Please
> tell me the word(s) for this and the pronounciation too.
>
> Thanks in advance !
>
>


TFireIce

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Jan 21, 2002, 6:22:41 PM1/21/02
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Eric Hill

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Jan 21, 2002, 9:07:25 AM1/21/02
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It is "caret".

But when reading, it's "dereference".

"AVar^ := 3;" = "Dereference AVar and put 3 in its' location."

Eric

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Gary Williams

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Jan 21, 2002, 9:53:48 AM1/21/02
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Everyone I know prounces it karat, with no silent letters.

-Gary

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Espen Leknes

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Jan 21, 2002, 9:48:18 AM1/21/02
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Hi,

What I have learned is "hat", same as you put on your head.

Hope this helps.

Espen

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Greg Lorriman

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Jan 21, 2002, 10:58:52 AM1/21/02
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It;s a carrot.

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TFireIce

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Jan 21, 2002, 9:15:51 PM1/21/02
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"Greg Lorriman" <greg_l...@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> It;s a carrot.
>

Thanks again for the answers! There are interesting, except carrot, which is
the best :) I'll prefer "hat" to "dereference ... ", which is exact (and
I'll tell once to the students), but too complicated when I want to focus
another thing.


Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

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Jan 21, 2002, 3:31:20 PM1/21/02
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In article <3c4c1a8e_2@dnews>, Andy Mackie says...

The "circumflex" and "hat symbol" are only valid when used on top of
other characters, like ā, ź, ī, ō and ū, AFAIK, not when used
standalone, like ^a.
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Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

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Jan 21, 2002, 3:31:41 PM1/21/02
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In article <3c4c3a55_1@dnews>, Greg Lorriman says...

> It;s a carrot.

LOL!
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Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

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Jan 21, 2002, 3:29:08 PM1/21/02
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In article <3c4c16c3_1@dnews>, Paul Gertzen says...

> It is a caret, pronounced: karey.

Huh? I pronounce it karret.

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?caret

Main Entry: car·et
Pronunciation: 'kar-&t

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Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

Martin Kammann

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Jan 21, 2002, 5:18:04 PM1/21/02
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> I am a Romanian teacher and I found no book here explaining how to read and
> pronounce the sign "^", used for access the memory with a pointer. Please
> tell me the word(s) for this and the pronounciation too.

Don't listen to the others.

It is clearly a roof!

<G>

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Martin

Kunst ist das, was man nicht kann;
denn wenn man etwas kann, ist es ja keine Kunst mehr

Paul Gertzen

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Jan 22, 2002, 1:56:39 AM1/22/02
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Looks like you guys are right although it could be the difference between
English and American.

Paul

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Paul Gertzen

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Jan 22, 2002, 1:45:56 AM1/22/02
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Do you pronounce "beret" "berret" too?

Paul

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Martin James

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Jan 22, 2002, 3:02:05 AM1/22/02
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TFireIce <TFir...@nomail.com> wrote in message news:3c4c1648_2@dnews...

It's a caret when referring to the character. Everyone I know uses 'hat'
when the '^' refers to a pointer/indirection:

pMyData^.thisField:=1;

"pee my data hat dot this field equals 1" sounds kinda simple & is easy to
say. Putting "caret" in makes your data sound like a vegetable patch.
Incidentally, I always use 'equals' when speaking about assignments.
Everyone knows what you mean except the purists.

Rgds,
Martin

PS. I wonder what the C'ers have thought up for '*'. I used to use
"splat".

Kristofer Skaug

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Jan 22, 2002, 8:19:08 AM1/22/02
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"Martin James" <jame...@nortelnetworks.com> wrote in message
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>
> Incidentally, I always use 'equals' when speaking about assignments.
> Everyone knows what you mean except the purists.

purists can be /so/ dumb! <g>

> PS. I wonder what the C'ers have thought up for '*'.
> I used to use "splat".

You can't /pronounce/ C/C++. It's meant to be pipelined, digitised and
etched, not fit for human speech (or thought). How do they read " ( x ==
*&lpzARGH) ? {--ict}:{ict++} "?

Billy Bob

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Jan 22, 2002, 12:15:57 PM1/22/02
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 15:22:41 -0800, Tony wrote:
It's a dunce cap if you fall in the trap of using it too much.
>

Peter Below (TeamB)

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Jan 22, 2002, 3:28:12 PM1/22/02
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In article <3c4d65ed_2@dnews>, Kristofer Skaug wrote:
> How do they read " ( x ==
> *&lpzARGH) ? {--ict}:{ict++} "?
>

The ARGH is no problem at all.
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Rudy Velthuis (TeamB)

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Jan 22, 2002, 4:32:52 PM1/22/02
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In article <3c4d0c9e_1@dnews>, Paul Gertzen says...

> Looks like you guys are right although it could be the difference between
> English and American.

Merriam-Webster is US. I'm pretty sure the English also say "karret".
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Kristofer Skaug

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Jan 23, 2002, 3:24:44 AM1/23/02
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"Peter Below (TeamB)" <10011...@compuXXserve.com> wrote in message

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> The ARGH is no problem at all.

LOL


Jerry Blumenthal

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Jan 23, 2002, 8:17:34 AM1/23/02
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I believe actuallly that ARGH is a reserved word in C and C+
Jerry


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Paul Gertzen

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Jan 23, 2002, 8:59:16 AM1/23/02
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Yes, reserved for those who program in C and make silly mistakes because of
its cryptic aged syntax

Paul

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Bill Artemik

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Jan 29, 2002, 11:52:47 AM1/29/02
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I believe in earlier, ANSI C versions, it's spelled ARGH,
in C++ it's spelled ARRGHHH and it's a debug reserved word with
emphesis on the first syllable.

HTH.

Bill
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Bernard Hill

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Jan 29, 2002, 6:23:01 PM1/29/02
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In article <3c4d65ed_2@dnews>, Kristofer Skaug <k.s...@satserv.nl>
writes

>You can't /pronounce/ C/C++. It's meant to be pipelined, digitised and
>etched, not fit for human speech (or thought). How do they read " ( x ==
>*&lpzARGH) ? {--ict}:{ict++} "?

It's well known that C is a write-only language.


Bernard Hill
Braeburn Software
http://www.braeburn.co.uk
Selkirk, Scotland

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