Index
Symbols
- " (quotation marks)
- delimiting literal strings, String
- empty strings, signifying, One for All and All for One
- escaping for AppleScript in FileMaker Pro, Internally Scriptable Application
- escaping in strings, String
- inside comment delimiters, Comments
- strings formatted for osascript, Unix
- strings, AppleScript in VBA, Internally Scriptable Application
- & (ampersand), concatenation operator, Naming of Parts, Concatenation Operator, Description
- ( ) (parentheses)
- determining order of operations, Parentheses
- in comment delimiters, Naming of Parts
- * (asterisk)
- comment delimiters (* *), Naming of Parts, Comments
- wildcard value type ('****'), Value Type
- + (plus sign), addition operator, Description
- , (comma), separating items in lists, One for All and All for One
- - (hyphens)
- in single-line comments, Comments
- string consideration, String Considerations
- - (minus sign), subtraction and unary negation operator, Description
- .scriptSuite and .scriptTerminology file formats, Dictionary
- .sdef files, Dictionary
- / (division) operator, Description
- : (colon)
- in named parameters, Named Parameters
- in records, Record
- = (equals sign)
- equality operator, Comparison Operators
- \ (backslash)
- entering in a literal string, String
- escaping variable names enclosed in pipes, Variable Names
- \n (newline character)
- \r (return) character, Lines, String
- \r\n (Windows line break), Lines
- \t (tab character), String
- ` (backtick) operator, Unix
- { } (curly braces)
- delimiting lists, List
- empty lists, ...
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