[Athen] computer science symbols in Word or ?

[Dan Comden]

Hi Linda,
I would look for an simpler solution than trying to find a special symbol
library by using the symbols already on the keyboard.

Your Wiki example could be written with braces, the pipe symbol, alt-8
(Mac)/alt-Numpad7 (Windows) for the dot and GT/LT:
[12|*-]->[99|*-]->[37|*-]->[X]

It's probably possible to create something similar in Word but if this need
is for a short list of courses, it may be easier to use a standard keyboard
system acceptable to the instructor.

Just an idea...

-*- Dan


On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Linda Petty <linda.petty at utoronto.ca>wrote:


>  Hi

>

> I have a student who is majoring in math and computer sci., and needs to

> do his work on the computer, rather than by hand.

>

> He needs to be able to make "Linked Lists" in computer science, which use

> some unusual symbols. I've gone thru Inspiration and MathType, as well as

> Word symbols, but cannot find them- here is the Wikipedia example- boxes

> with lines in them, essentially.

>

> "In computer science <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science>, a *linked

> list* is a data structure <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_structure>consisting of a group of

> nodes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node_%28computer_science%29> which

> together represent a sequence. Under the simplest form, each node is

> composed of a datum and a reference<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_%28computer_science%29>(in other words, a

> *link*) to the next node in the sequence; more complex variants add

> additional links. This structure allows for efficient insertion or removal

> of elements from any position in the sequence.

>

> [image: Singly-linked-list.svg]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Singly-linked-list.svg>

> *A linked list whose nodes contain two fields: an integer value and a link

> to the next node. The last node is linked to a terminator used to signify

> the end of the list.*

>

>

>

>

>

> Is anyone aware of how to insert these, or software to make this process

> easier?

>

> Thanks

>

> Linda

>

>

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-*- Dan Comden                       danc at uw.edu <danc at washington.edu>
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