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Glyph |
Names |
Usage |
&
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Ampersand |
&& is the AND operator in expressions |
< /> | Angle brackets | Start and end of JavaServer Page tag |
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Pipe, vertical bar |
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{ }
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Curly braces |
Start and end of a directive. |
!
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Exclamation point |
Not operator in expressions, also a separator character in handles and exported XML files. |
=
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Used in the JSP tags and the Reference and Literal directives |
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\
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Backslash |
UNIX paths. |
$
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Dollar sign |
Marks keywords. |
. |
Period, dot, stop |
Precedes property name in "dot syntax." See Property references in expressions. |