From: notsaying@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 09 Oct 2020 18:15:04 GMT, gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny   
   McCormack) wrote:   
      
   > I am checking to see if something is a ";", with:   
   >   
   > if ;==; echo Yes   
   >   
   > I find that doesn't work - get error message "Yes is not expected at   
   this   
   > time".  If I change it to:   
   >   
   > if ";"==";" echo Yes   
   >   
   > it works.  Why?  I think it also works as:   
   >   
   > if ^;==^; echo Yes   
   >   
   > So, the semi-colon must be special in some way.   
   >   
      
   That'll be it; there a list on page ... OK, I don't really have a DOS 3.3   
   Manual in front of me. It's in the attic.   
      
   Just about all punctuation have special meaning these days.   
      
   This chap has it covered   
   https://www.robvanderwoude.com/escapechars.php   
      
      
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