☜	ASCII 40 M[UMPS] by Example					☞

Left parenthesis ("(")

ASCII code 40.

This character may be used in conjunction with a matching right parenthesis to indicate a priority of evaluation.
Set X=12+(3*4)

This character may be used in conjunction with a matching right parenthesis to delimit lists of subscripts from names of variables.
Set X=NAME(3,"ABC",2)

This character may be used in conjunction with a matching right parenthesis to delimit parameter lists of intrinsic functions.
Set X=$ASCII("ABC",2)

Addition in the 1990 ANSI M[UMPS] language standard:

This character may be used in conjunction with a matching right parenthesis to delimit parameter lists of subroutines, extrinsic variables and extrinsic functions.
Do LABEL^ROUTINE(A,12,.X)
LABEL(ONE,TWO,THREE) ; 3rd parameter by reference
Set X=$$VAR
Set Y=$$FUNCT(A,12)
Job ENTRY^PROGRAM(A,B,C)

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

This character may be used in conjunction with a matching right parenthesis to delimit names of variables to which a value may be assigned in the context of the "find pattern match" operator.
If '(X?4N(ITEM)1","1.3N(QUANT(ITEM)) Do ...

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