☜	ASCII 58 M[UMPS] by Example					☞

Colon (":")

ASCII code 58.

This character may be used to separate commands and arguments from a ‘postcondition’ that indicates whether the command or argument is to be executed.
Set:A>5 X=99
Goto LARGE:X>100,TINY:X>5,SMALL:X>50,AVERAGE

This character may be used to separate entities within arguments.
For I=1:1:4
Lock NAME:TIME

Addition in the 1984 ANSI M[UMPS] language standard:

This character may be used to separate conditions and values in the parameterlist of the function $Select.
Set A=$Select(X>100:"Large",X<5:"Tiny",1:"Average")

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