Hello, I have two questions: 1- Why can’t I assign '' to a variable? julia> ch = '' ERROR: ParseError: # Error @ REPL[17]:1:7 ch = '' # └ ── empty character literal Stacktrace: [1] top-level scope @ none:1 2- Why doesn’t Julia have a reverse for loop? for h = 10 : 1 I know that this pr…

[image] hack3rcon: 1- Why can’t I assign '' to a variable? julia> ch = '' ERROR: ParseError: # Error @ REPL[17]:1:7 ch = '' # └ ── empty character literal Stacktrace: [1] top-level scope @ none:1 This isn’t about assigning to a variable. The problem is that '' itself isn’t valid synt…

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stevengj December 18, 2024, 1:47pm 4

See The colon punctuation: Why doesn't 5:1 return [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]?

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