concatenating with the ampersand

[Mark Smith]

On 11 Mar 2007, at 22:59, Stephen Barncard wrote:

> I would use the term 'parentheses'            get shmengie(200+56)
>
> not 'brackets'.


Well, to be pedantic, "parentheses" refers to any kind of brackets,  
while "brackets" usually means round brackets for Brits and square  
brackets for North Americans. So for clarity it's probably best to  
use "round brackets" ( ), "square brackets" [ ], "curly brackets" { }  
and "angle brackets" < >, or one of the many descriptive variations  
of these.

Best,

Mark