Composite symbols
You can combine special characters to create composite symbols.
The following table describes these symbols and their meanings. Composite symbols cannot contain blanks.
| Composite symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ∥ | Concatenation |
| ** | Exponentiation |
| ¬< | Not less than |
| ¬> | Not greater than |
| ¬= or <>1 | Not equal to; Evaluate, exclusive-or and assign |
| <= | Less than or equal to |
| >= | Greater than or equal to |
| ⁄* | Start of a comment |
| *⁄ | End of a comment |
| // | End-of-line comment indicator |
| –> | Locator (pointers and offsets) |
| => | Locator (handles) |
| += | Evaluate expression, add and assign |
| -= | Evaluate expression, subtract and assign |
| *= | Evaluate expression, multiply and assign |
| /= | Evaluate expression, divide and assign |
| |= | Evaluate expression, or and assign |
| &= | Evaluate expression, and, and assign |
| ∥= | Evaluate expression, concatenate and assign |
| **= | Evaluate expression, exponentiate and assign |
| (: | Start of type function parameter list |
| :) | End of type function parameter list |
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