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# -- length or access to elements

Description

# is used as both a unary and a binary operator.

As a unary operator: #x returns the length or cardinality of a list, set, hash table, or string x.

As a binary operator: x#i returns the ith element of a list, hash table, database, or string x.

i1 : L = {23, 42, 107, 2, 50};
i2 : #L

o2 = 5
i3 : L#2

o3 = 107

Caveat

The precedence of # when used as a binary operator is high, as high as ., but when used as a unary operator the precedence is much lower.

See also

Ways to use symbol # :

For the programmer

The object # is a keyword.