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    <refnamediv>
        <refname>symbols</refname>
        <refpurpose>scilab operator names </refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>
            Use the following names to get help on a specific symbol.
        </para>
        <informaltable border="1">
            <tr>
                <td> operator</td>
                <td>name in Scilab help</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>',", .'</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="quote">quote</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>+</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="plus">plus</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>-</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="minus">minus</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>*, .*, *.</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="star">star</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>.*.</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="kron">kron</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>.\., ./.</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="krondivide">krondivide</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>/, ./, /.</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="slash">slash</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>//, /*  */</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="comments">comments</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>\, .\ ,\.</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="backslash">backslash</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>.</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="dot">dot</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>=, ==</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="equal">equal</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>&lt;,&gt;,&gt;=,&lt;=,&lt;&gt;</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="less">less</link>, <link linkend="greater">greater</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>~</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="tilde">tilde</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>[]</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="brackets">brackets</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>()</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="parentheses">parentheses</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>%</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="percent">percent</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>:</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="colon">colon</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>,</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="comma">comma</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>;</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="semicolon">semicolon</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>^, .^</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="hat">hat</link>, <link linkend="power">power</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>|, ||</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="or_op">or_op</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>&amp;, &amp;&amp;</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="and_op">and_op</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <literal>$</literal>
                </td>
                <td>
                    <link linkend="dollar">dollar</link>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </informaltable>
        <warning>
          <para>For historical reasons, different symbols may represent the same operator:
          </para>
          <para><literal>@</literal> is equivalent to <literal>~</literal></para>
          <para><literal>`</literal> is equivalent to <literal>&lt;</literal></para>
          <para><literal>**</literal> is equivalent to <literal>^</literal>.</para>
          <para> It is highly recommended not to use these features, because they will be removed in
            the future.
          </para>
        </warning>
    </refsection>
    <refsection role="see also">
        <title>See also</title>
        <simplelist type="inline">
            <member>
                <link linkend="overloading">overloading</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="names">names</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="getscilabkeywords">getscilabkeywords</link>
            </member>
        </simplelist>
    </refsection>
</refentry>
