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Usage:
[command1; command2 ...] # comment which will be ignored



Keywords: syntax
                                  Usage
Anything following a '#' on a line is ignored unless it is part of a
string quoted with '"'.  You can use this feature to add comments to
spooled output or usage information to macros.  The '#' and everything
following up to the end of the line or a terminating '\' are skipped.

You can use macrousage() to print any comment lines (lines starting with
"#") in a macro.  It is good practice to include comment lines
describing the usage.  They should not be confused with header lines
starting with ')' in a file which may also give usage information.  See
topics macrousage(), 'macros', 'files'.

                                 Example
Example:
  Cmd> xbar <- sum(x)/nrows(x) # compute mean as a row vector
is just the same as
  Cmd> xbar <- sum(x)/nrows(x)

                            Cross references
See also spool().


Gary Oehlert 2005-08-12