Talk:Strip whitespace from a string/Top and tail: Difference between revisions
(→task clarification: added verbage on ''printable characters''. -- ~~~~) |
m (→task clarification: showed the tab character bigger so it can be seen better.) |
||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
Also note that the tab character has a printable character (although, in most circumstances, |
Also note that the tab character has a printable character (although, in most circumstances, |
||
it's ''converted'' to a blank (or a number of blanks). It's graphic on my computer is '''○''' (a circle). |
it's ''converted'' to a blank (or a number of blanks). It's graphic on my computer is <big> '''○''' </big> (a circle). |
||
Also, only three characters don't have a printable characters, '00'x, ''the'' blank, and 'ff'x. Of course, this is very |
Also, only three characters don't have a printable characters, '00'x, ''the'' blank, and 'ff'x. Of course, this is very |
||
Revision as of 19:45, 1 October 2017
task clarification
In the sentence:
For the purposes of this task whitespace includes non printable characters such as the space character, the tab character,
and other such characters that have no corresponding graphical representation.
Wouldn't it be better to use:
... , and other such characters that may have no corresponding ...
-- Gerard Schildberger 17:32, 14 September 2012 (UTC)
Also note that the tab character has a printable character (although, in most circumstances, it's converted to a blank (or a number of blanks). It's graphic on my computer is ○ (a circle).
Also, only three characters don't have a printable characters, '00'x, the blank, and 'ff'x. Of course, this is very dependent on the code page being used. -- Gerard Schildberger 07:06, 17 December 2012 (UTC)