" (quotation marks)
delimiting literal strings
empty strings, signifying
escaping for AppleScript in FileMaker Pro
escaping in strings
inside comment delimiters
strings formatted for osascript
strings, AppleScript in VBA
(inequality) operator
2nd
(less than or equal to) operator
(greater than or equal to) operator
& (ampersand), concatenation operator 2nd
> (greater than) operator
< (less than) operator
'aete' resource (Apple Event Terminology Extension)
'aeut' resource 2nd
suites
AppleScript Suite
Macintosh Connectivity Classes
QuickDraw Graphics Suite
QuickDraw Graphics Supplemental Suite
Required (Standard) Suite
Text Suite
Type Names Suite
's (apostrophe-ess) operator 2nd [See also of operator]3rd 4th 5th
( ) (parentheses)
determining order of operations
in comment delimiters
* (asterisk)
comment delimiters (* *) 2nd
multiplication operator (*)
wildcard value type ('****')
+ (plus sign), addition operator
, (comma), separating items in lists
- (hyphens)
in single-line comments
string consideration
- (minus sign), subtraction and unary negation operator
.scriptSuite and .scriptTerminology file formats
.sdef files
/ (division) operator
: (colon)
in named parameters
in records
= (equals sign)
equality operator 2nd
\ (backslash)
entering in a literal string
escaping variable names enclosed in pipes
\n (newline character)
escaping in strings
Unix line breaks
\r (return) character 2nd
\r\n (Windows line break)
\t (tab character)
^ (exponentiation) operator
` (backtick) operator
{ } (curly braces)
delimiting lists
empty lists
enclosing lists
| (vertical bars)
inside comment delimiters
interpretation as dictionary term, suppressing
resolving names in script vs. target object
variable names, surrounding with
« » (guillemets)
«» (guillemets)
¬ (continuation character)