[TowerTalk] Open wire line

[n8de at thepoint.net]

Carrot?

You must mean CARET, though a caret is usually used below the line.

Don
N8DE

Quoting "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard at karlquist.com>:

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>
> Rob Atkinson wrote:
>
>> BTW, the usual method for typing superscripts and subscripts in basic
>> ASCII is  just the number or letter or Greek spelled out (first letter
>> cap if capital Greek letter) right after the variable; two asterisks
>> if an exponent.  for example I squared  I**2  For square or cubed
>> root, I**(1/2) or I**(1/3).   Subscripts are in curves.  Inductive
>> reactance = X(l)
>> K5UJ
>
> This Fortran notation went out of use decades ago, except for
> legacy Fortran programming.
>
> Instead the "carrot" (upper case 6) or "^" is now the standard.
>
> I've never seen X(l) used for X-sub-l either.  If X were
> a vector, then X(2) might work for X-sub-2, but in this case,
> X is not a vector.
>
> Rick N6RK
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