In our coding sessions and homework we use all sorts of special characters, when you are new to coding or maybe even when you have been coding for a while, these names can be confusing. Here you can find a list of the most used special characters and their names.
Do you think there is one (or more) missing? Make a PR with your additions 🙃!
( Parentheses )
{ Braces, or Curly brackets }
[ Brackets, or square brackets ]
< Angle brackets >
' Single quote '
" Double quote "
` Back tick `
/ Forward slash /
\ Back slash \
: Colon :
; Semicolon ;
& Ampersand &
* Asterisk *
^ Caret or circumflex ^
| Vertical bar or pipe |
~ Tilde ~
# Hash or number sign #
_ Underscore _
- Dash -
See also the page on Operators.