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CHARacterS

Specify a special character to ensure certain source items are processed rather than simply "passed through" to the output. Default special characters designate the following.

Restriction: This topic applies only when the AppMaster Builder AddPack has been installed, and applies only to Windows platforms.

%--Start of a rule line
$--Start of a rule name
&--Start of a rule variable name
+--End of a rule variable name
<--Left evaluation bracket
>--Right evaluation bracket

Syntax:

/CHARacterS,[(LINE|Rule|VARiable|VariableTERM|
... LeftEVAL|RightEVAL|EVALs)]

Parameters:

LINE	The rule line start character (default is %) signals a statement line which contains a command to the Generator.
Rule	The rule start character (default is $) signals the beginning of a rule name. A rule is a package of statements.
VARiable	The variable name start character (default is &) signals the beginning of a generator variable name. Variables are assigned values that are substituted where the variable name appears.
VariableTERM	The variable name termination character (default is +) signals the end of a generator variable name. The termination character is useful where a variable name is followed by characters that could be part of a variable name.
LeftEVAL	The left evaluation bracket (default is <) signals the left boundary of a statement fragment whose content is determined at execution.
RightEVAL	The right evaluation bracket (default is >) signals the left boundary of the statement fragment whose content is determined at execution.
EVALs	Alternative to specifying LeftEVAL and RightEVAL. The pair of characters to serve as the left and right evaluation brackets (default is < >).