space either side of ^ operator is significant

[HelmZalee]

Type of issue

Typo

Description

Surprised to get an error entering ?2^3 into the Immediate window, I went to the Documentation where I found "the syntax is number ^ exponent". It turns out the space either side of the caret is significant, as taken very carefully, that text says. Nonetheless, it would seem worth mentioning, as at least in my experience, spaces around an operator are rarely significant. Further down, the thing is shown in a gray background (
). Hard to be certain, but it doesn't look like the spaces are part of it. They should be.

Not sure what "type" of issue this should be...

Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/visual-basic/language-reference/operators/exponentiation-operator

Content source URL

https://github.com/dotnet/docs/blob/main/docs/visual-basic/language-reference/operators/exponentiation-operator.md

Document Version Independent Id

2b3272c5-c7c5-a0f0-528d-47f37ca4e2a1

Platform Id

c1cec2d5-268b-276c-0527-6ae1f170cbbe

Article author

@KathleenDollard

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