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Keyword -- the class of all keywords

Description

Keywords are symbols that are treated specially by the system while parsing user input. Some of them, such as and, consist of alphanumeric characters and look just like ordinary symbols. Others, such as ==>, consist of special characters and are called operators.

See also

Methods that use a keyword:

  • ? Keyword -- see ? Symbol -- view brief documentation of a symbol
  • dictionary(Keyword) -- see dictionary -- determine the dictionary to which a symbol belongs

For the programmer

The object Keyword is a type, with ancestor classes Symbol < Thing.

The source of this document is in Macaulay2Doc/ov_language.m2:1002:0.