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translation: ESCAPE


character

The new escape character to be used.

To avoid interference with low level input processing, the escape character may not be set to any of the following symbols:

Description Symbol Reserved as
single quote ' Word delimiter
double quote " Word delimiter
reverse quote ` Character string
blank ( ) Word separator
comma , Word separator
equal sign = Word separator
ampersand & Section header
commercial at @ Algebra sub-header
percent sign % Dataset sub-header
question mark ? Help
exclamation mark ! Graphics sub-header
dollar sign $ Shell commands
number sign # Minimal abbreviation
asterisk * Comment lines
smaller than < Input redirection
larger than > Output redirection
round brackets () Formulae
square brackets [] Matrix indices
curly brackets {} Formula evaluation

[The escape character is initially set to \.]


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