Index

Symbols and Numerics

& (ampersand) URL item separator, 686

&& (ampersands) AND operator, 71

* (asterisk)

multiplication operator, 36

regular expression repetition character, 304

regular expression special character, 916

*= (asterisk, equals sign) increment operator, 39

* * (asterisks) empty string delimiters, 41

| (bar) regular expression alternation character, 310, 800

|| (bars) OR operator, 71, 72, 800

{ } (braces, curly)

code block delimiters, 67, 368, 800

CSS property delimiters, 604

HTML style attribute delimiters, 447

[ ] (brackets, square) regular expression special character, 300, 302

^ (caret) regular expression special character, 300, 302, 305

: (colon)

CSS property prefix, 605

HTML style attribute assignment operator, 447

, (comma)

array data separator, 50

operator, 892

— (dash) decrement operator, 37

—> (dash, greater than sign) DTD comment suffix, 595, 602

= (equals sign) assignment operator, 24, 66, 70–71, 369

== (equals signs) comparison operator, 65, 66

!= (exclamation mark, equals sign)

not equal to operator, 65

NOT logical operator, 71

>= (greater than sign, equals sign) greater than or equal to operator, 65, 80

> (greater than sign) greater than operator, 65, 80

< > (greater than sign, less than sign) XML tag delimiters, 583

-= (hyphen, equals sign) decrement operator, 39

- (hyphen) subtraction operator, 36

<= (less than sign, equals sign) less than or equal to operator, 65, 80

<!— (less than sign, exclamation mark, dash) DTD comment prefix, 595, 602

< (less than sign) less than operator, 65, 80

<% (less than sign, percent sign) script delimiter, 668, 696–698

<? (less than sign, question mark) XML declaration prefix, 586

-= (minus sign, equals sign) decrement operator, 39

- (minus sign) subtraction operator, 36

( ) (parentheses)

array data delimiters, 50

condition delimiters, 76, 369–370

error caused by incorrect number of, 369–370

method parameter delimiters, 110, 836

regular expression group delimiters, 309

%> (percent sign, greater than sign) script delimiter, 668, 696–698

% (percent sign) URL special character prefix, 686

. (period)

CSS class prefix, 448

regular expression special character, 300

... (periods) regular expression special character, 300

+ (plus sign)

addition operator, 35

concatenation operator, 42, 368

regular expression repetition character, 304

++ (plus signs) increment operator, 37

?> (question mark, greater than sign) XML declaration suffix, 586

? (question mark) regular expression repetition character, 304

" " (quotation marks, double)

escape sequence, 21

string delimiters, 21–22

XHTML attribute value delimiters, 527

XML attribute value delimiters, 599–600

' ' (quotation marks, single) escape sequence, 21

; (semicolon)

cookie string portion separator, 425, 433

CSS property suffix, 605

for statement element separator, 85

HTML style attribute separator, 447

JavaScript statement suffix, 7

SQL statement suffix, 741

/ (slash)

regular expression delimiter, 297

XML element suffix, 592

\ (slash, backward)

escape character/sequence, 21

regular expression special character, 322, 916

// (slashes) comment prefix, 11