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Re: The 'pipe' sign

On Jul 10, David Skoupil wrote:
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> I appologize for my ignorance, but what is the meaning of the | sign in
> DrScheme? 

Quotes a symbol:

Welcome to MzScheme version 103, Copyright (c) 1995-2000 PLT (Matthew Flatt)
> 'a
a
> '|a|
a
> (define |foo| 1)
> foo
1
> (define |foo bar| 1)
> |foo bar|
1
> (string->symbol "foo bar")
|a b|

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