Using regex \B-\B matches - between the word color - coded. Using \b-\b on the other hand matches the - in nine-digit and pass-key. How come in the first example we use \b to separate cat and in the …

B does in fact still stand for bold and it also carries semantic value because that is how it is used and has historically been used. To ignore the b tag as having semantic value is to invalidate 90% of the …

Feb 23, 2011 · Reply a += b is equivalent to a = a + b a = +b is equivalent to a = b a++ is postfix increment and ++a is prefix increment. They do not differ when used in a standalone statement, …

b'The string' I would like to know: What does this b character in front of the string mean? What are the effects of using it? What are appropriate situations to use it? I found a related question right here on …

So I'm finally reading through K&R, and I learned something within the first few pages, that there is a backspace escape character, \\b. So I go to test it out, and there is some very odd behav...

The dollar sign allows you to fix either the row, the column or both on any cell reference, by preceding the column or row with the dollar sign. In your example you fix the column to and the row to because …

I'm taking a Python class right now, and I just learned about the backspace character. Like newline (\\n), backspace is a special character with ASCII code 8. My teacher couldn't think of a reason ...

Dec 28, 2011 · 0 \t is the tab character, and is doing exactly what you're anticipating based on the action of \b - it goes to the next tab stop, then gets decremented, and then goes to the next tab stop (which …

The interpretation of the backspace and carriage return characters is left to the software you use for display. A terminal emulator, when displaying \b would move the cursor one step back, and when …

Note that formally, \b is defined as the boundary between a \w and a \W character (or vice versa), or between \w and the beginning/end of the string, so the precise set of characters deemed to be …