Index
Note: Page numbers in italics indicate figures, those with t indicate tables, and those with n indicate footnotes.
Symbols
/ (slash)
root URL, 58
Unix directory separator, 7
( ) (parentheses)
in statement syntax, 383n
and the ternary operator, 395
! (exclamation point)
bang methods, 154
not operator, 148
? (question mark)
boolean indicator, 147
in query parameters, 483
" "
(double quotes)
mixing with single quotes, 128
in string literals, 144
{ } (curly braces)
block indicator, 156
\ (backslash)
as escape character, 146
as literal character, 146
# (hash symbol)
styling CSS IDs (Listing 5.7), 193–194, 657
URL stub, 184
|| (vertical bars)
block variable indicator, 156
or operator, 148
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