☜	ASCII 39 M[UMPS] by Example					☞

Apostrophe, also known as foot sign ("'")

ASCII code 39.

Many people call this character ‘single quote’. In this document, the character ' is called apostrophe, and the character " is called quotes.

This character may be used as a unary ‘not’ operator.
If '(X>2)

This character may be used to negate the meaning of other operators. The following pairs of expression are equivalent by definition:

Is equal to: X'=2 is the same as '(X=2)
Is greater than: X'>2 is the same as '(X>2)
Is less than: X'<2 is the same as '(X<2)
Is less than or equal to: X'<=2 is the same as '(X<=2)
Is greater than or equal to: X'>=2 is the same as '(X>=2)
Matches pattern: X'?2N is the same as '(X?2N)
Contains: X'[2 is the same as '(X[2)
Follows: X']2 is the same as '(X]2)
Follows or equal to: X']=2 is the same as '(X]=2)
Collates after: X']]2 is the same as '(X]]2)
Collates after or equal to: X']]=2 is the same as '(X]]=2)

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This page most recently updated on 14-Nov-2023, 21:14:07.

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