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TIL That the symbol ^ is called a "caret" not a "carrot", from the Latin meaning "it lacks" (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I didn't know the Latin meaning. Makes more sense in the context of regex, now.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe kinda? With matching the start of a line, it makes as much sense as $ matching EOL.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, not the start of line, but the inverse of the "any" pattern.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah. We learned it as Circonflexe anyway, right? I know that carried from high school into coding well before I heard the Latin ;-)

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

TIL in French it's "circonflexe" and English it's "circumflex".

I'm guessin this is another Daniel Webster moment.

[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

Circonflexe? Haven't heard that name in a long time...