Hi Branden,
> > > We get used to delimiters being paired. :)
> >
> > Depends on the delimiter: colon is an example, comma another.
>
> Those are good examples of delimiters that pair with themselves, say
> in ed(1) address expressions or sed(1) replacement operations.
I don't understand that point.
The : and , above are delimiters which don't need pairing, as I show.
> From a formal perspective, I'm not sure a "delimiter" that occurs only
> once in an expression is worthy of that name, though it will likely be
> widely understood in casual use.
It's not casual use.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/delimiter
Noun
delimiter (plural delimiters)
1. That which delimits, that separates.
A comma-delimited file has commas as the delimiter,
separating each field of the file.
2. (computing) A unique character or series of characters that
indicates the beginning or end of a specific statement,
string or function body set.
You're thinking of brackets rather than delimiters.
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Cheers, Ralph.
