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Summary: update from markhobley.yi.org
Changed:
< | ~ | [[tilde]] | containment and non containment operator
to
> | ~ | [[tilde]] | regular expression binding operator
| *Symbol* | *Name* | *Purpose* |
| !! | [[pling?]] | logical NOT |
| " | [[doublequote?]] | |
| # | hash | prefixes comments |
| $ | dollar | field reference operator and regular expression anchor |
| % | [[percent?]] | |
| & | [[ampersand?]] | |
| ' | [[apostrophe?]] | |
| * | [[asterisk?]] | multiplication operator and regular expression operator |
| + | [[plus?]] | optional positive number prefix, addition operator and regular expression operator |
| , | [[comma?]] | separates items in a list |
| !- | [[hyphen?]] | negative number prefix, subtraction operator, regular expression range operator |
| . | dot | decimal point and regular expression operator |
| / | slash | division operator and regular expression enclosure |
| : | [[colon?]] | |
| ; | semicolon | statement separator, rule separator |
| < | [[lessthan?]] | |
| = | [[equals?]] | |
| > | [[greaterthan?]] | |
| ? | [[hook?]] | |
| @ | [[snail?]] | |
| ![ | [[openbox?]] | |
| \ | backslash | escape sequence prefix |
| !] | [[closebox?]] | |
| ^ | [[caret?]] | regular expression anchor and compliment box indicator |
| !_ | [[underscore?]] | |
| ` | [[backtick?]] | |
| [[pipe?]] | regular expression alternation operator | |
| ~ | tilde | regular expression binding operator |
| [x] | [[x_lower_case_x?]] |
| ++ | increment nudge operator |
| -- | decrement nudge operator |
| += | addition compound assignment operator |
| -= | subtraction compound assignment operator |
| *= | multiplication compound assignment operator |
| /= | division compound assignment operator |
| ^= | exponent compound assignment operator |
| %= | modulus compound assignment operator |
| [[doublequote?]] | literal string enclosures |
| [[box?]]es | array element referencing |
| braces | |
| [[cheveron?]]s | |
| parentheses | |
| slash | regular expression enclosures |
