You can combine special characters to create composite symbols. The following table describes these symbols and their meanings. Composite symbols cannot contain blanks.
| Composite Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| || | Concatenation |
| ** | Exponentiation |
| ¬< | Not less than |
| ¬> | Not greater than |
| ¬= | Not equal to; Evaluate, exclusive-or and assign |
| <= | Less than or equal to |
| >= | Greater than or equal to |
| /* | Start of a comment |
| */ | End of a comment |
| -> | Locator (pointers and offsets) |
| => | Locator (handles) |
| += | Evaluate expression, add and assign |
| -= | Evaluate expression, subtract and assign |
| *= | Evaluate expression, multiply and assign |
| /= | Evaluate expression, divide and assign |
| |= | Evaluate expression, or and assign |
| &= | Evaluate expression, and, and assign |
| ||= | Evaluate expression, concatenate and assign |
| **= | Evaluate expression, exponentiate and assign |