MPL for Windows Manual
MPL recognizes the following ASCII characters:
| Letters | ||
|---|---|---|
| 65-90 | A..Z | Upper case letters |
| 97-122 | a..z | Lower case letters |
| 38 | & | Ampersand |
| 39 | ' | Aphostrophe |
| 64 | @ | At-sign |
| 95 | _ | Underscore |
| 96 | ` | Grave accent |
| Digits | ||
|---|---|---|
| 48-57 | 0..9 | Digits |
| 46 | . | Decimal point |
| White Space and Comments | ||
|---|---|---|
| 0-31 | Control characters (white space) | |
| 32 | ' ' | Space (white space) |
| 33 | ! | Exclamation point (start a comment) |
| 123 | { | Left braces (opens a comment) |
| 125 | } | Right braces (closes a comment) |
| Special Symbols | ||
|---|---|---|
| 34 | " | Double quotation mark (quoted names) |
| 35 | # | Number sign (include commands) |
| 36 | $ | Dollar sign (advanced command) |
| 44 | , | Comma (item separator) |
| 45,62 | -> | Becomes (name abbreviation) |
| 46,46 | .. | Dots (index range) |
| 58 | : | Colon (constraint name) |
| 59 | ; | Semicolon (separator) |
| 63 | ? | Question mark (interactive data value) |
| 91 | [ | Left bracket (vector index) |
| 93 | ] | Right bracket (vector index) |
| Arithmetic Operators | ||
|---|---|---|
| 37 | % | Percent sign |
| 40 | ( | Left parenthesis |
| 41 | ) | Right parenthesis |
| 42 | * | Multiplication symbol |
| 43 | + | Plus sign |
| 45 | - | Minus sign |
| 47 | / | Division symbol |
| 94 | ^ | Circumflex |
| Relational Operators | ||
|---|---|---|
| 60 | < | Less than |
| 61 | = | Equal sign |
| 62 | > | Greater than |
| 60,61 | <= | Less than or equal |
| 62,61 | >= | Greater than or equal |
| Reserved characters for future use | ||
|---|---|---|
| 92 | \ | Backslash |
| 124 | | | Vertical bar |
| 126 | ~ | Tilde |