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Even worse - on my MBP there is no pound sign on the keyboard. Try coding without a pound sign! (EDIT: I'm referring to the hash key, i.e. #)

(I know it's alt 3, but WHY didn't they mark it on the keyboard? Newcomers have to google this! There is a sign on the '2' key that indicates euro (alt 2 is euro sign on my keyboard), so they could have done it easily on the 3 key.

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The hidden pipe key is also annoying.

And the [ key, and the ] key, and the { and } keys. etc. etc.

I have those keys, how is it that they are hidden on yours? Special characters due to language?

I have the hash symbol on my 3-year old USA MBP (shift-3). Why is your keyboard different? Why do is it alt-3 instead of shift-3? (Is it your country or age of laptop?)

European country, Mid-2012 non retina MBP

They aren't printed on the keys: https://www.apple.com/macbookair/images/features_keyboard_ba...

Huh? They're right there on the right, below the delete key.

Oops that's an American keyboard layout.

Try this: http://www.kbcovers.com/catalog/GER-M-CB_Full_A.gif

I have to ask, do you mean the hash key ? Or the British currency ?

Hash key, i.e. #

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