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expratom

1977 Version of ANSI Standard

expratom

See expratom for formal definition.

  1. Null string ("") Right Arrow A.
  2. Concatenate (A,Result) Right Arrow A.
  3. Search the set of local or global variables for the one with the name contained in Result.
    If the search is successful, place the value of the variable into Result.
    Then do action 5.
    If the search is not successful, trap execution.
  4. If Nameind is True, trap execution.
    Otherwise, do action 5.
  5. Apply the unary operators in A (if any) to the value in Result, in a right-to-left order.
    Place the result of this application into Result.
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