symbols

Description

Use the following names to get help on a specific symbol.

operator	name in Scilab help
',", .'	quote
+	plus
-	minus
*,.*	star
/, ./, /.	slash
\,.\ ,\.	backslash
.	dot
=, ==	equal
<,>,>=,<=,<>	less, greater
~	tilde
[]	brackets
()	parentheses
%	percent
:	colon
,	comma
;	semicolon
^	hat
.^	power
|	or_op
&	and_op
.*., ./., .\.	kron
$	dollar

Remark

For historical reasons, different symbols may represent the same operator:

{ as the same meaning as [

} as the same meaning as ]

@ as the same meaning as ~

` as the same meaning as <

It is highly recommended not to use these features because they will be removed in the future.

See Also

• overloading — display, functions and operators overloading capabilities