☜	ASCII 37 M[UMPS] by Example					☞

Percent sign ("%")

ASCII code 37.

This character may occur as the first character in the name of a M[UMPS] entity (local variable, global variable, routine, label in a routine)

Addition in the 1995 ANSI M[UMPS] language standard:

This character is used in the interpretation of strings as complex numbers: real and imaginary parts are separated by a percent sign.
Set X=$&CADD^MATH("1%0","0%1")

Approved for addition in a future M[UMPS] language standard:

This character is used to identify a function reference as a reference to a standard library function.
Set X=$%CADD^MATH("1%0","0%1")

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This page most recently updated on 28-Nov-2011, 21:03:46.

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