Missing character on keyboard

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Tue Dec 3 19:04:58 CET 2013


On Mon, Dec 02, 2013 at 05:28:34PM +0000, Neil Winchurst wrote:
> On 02/12/13 17:03, Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> >Around 2013-12-02 17:03, Neil Winchurst was heard to say:
> >>I was looking at the man page for dc, which is a RPN calculator. Most
> >>of it is fine, since I am used to using the forth language. However, I
> >>have noticed that the character which I need for calculating the
> >>square root of a number is missing from my English UK keyboard.
> >>
> >>The character for finding the power of a number is ^ which on my
> >>keyboard is on the key for the number 6. On the man page the character
> >>for square root is like an upside down version of the ^ symbol. That
> >>is not on my keyboard. Research has not helped. And yes, I do know
> >>about and use the compose key, in my case AltGr.
> >>
> >>If anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very grateful,
> >>
> >>thanks
> >>
> >>Neil
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I did a quick google search for "dc square root". I take from the
> >results that your upside down ^ is the character "v". Does that work for
> >you?
> >
> >regards,
> >Markus
> >
> Well, yes, that is what I am looking for. But I cannot find that
> character. Can you tell where you found it please?

You can't find the *letter* "v"?

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