⌨️ Lesson: Type the Hash (#)
The hash (#) is typed with Shift + 3. Hold right Shift with your right pinky and tap the key with your left middle finger. These 4 exercises take it from a single tap to real-world uses, with a live keyboard showing the exact fingers.
How to Type the Hash (#) Correctly
The hash — also called pound sign, number sign, hashtag, octothorpe — lives on the number row of a standard US keyboard. Hold the right Shift key with your right pinky, tap 3 with your left middle finger, then release both. It shares the 3 key. Hold the right Shift, then tap 3 with your left middle finger.
The hash starts every hashtag, writes "number" (#1), begins comments in many programming languages and creates headings in Markdown. Practising it now means you can type it without looking down when you meet it in emails, code, passwords or documents.
Note: keys can move on non-US layouts (UK, German, French and others), so if the symbol does not appear, check that your keyboard language is set to US English.
Hold right Shift with your right pinky and press the 3 key with your left middle finger.
Your left middle finger types the 3 key. The right pinky holds the right Shift key, so both hands share the work.
The hash starts every hashtag, writes "number" (#1), begins comments in many programming languages and creates headings in Markdown.
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