ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 23 hours agoBe more professional rule 😭slrpnk.netimagemessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down11
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minus-squareexcral@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 hours agoBecause the backslash is an escape character: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -> ¯_(ツ)_/¯ ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ -> ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ -> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Explanation: the backslash is used to escape the underscore. the first backslash escapes the second backslash, so it’s shown as a backslash. The pair of underscores is used to display the characters between in italics both the backslash and the first underscore are escaped, everything finally works
Because the backslash is an escape character:
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
-> ¯_(ツ)_/¯¯\\_(ツ)_/¯
-> ¯\(ツ)/¯¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
-> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Explanation:
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