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'\"
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'\" Copyright (c) 1993 The Regents of the University of California.
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'\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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'\"
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'\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
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'\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
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'\"
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.TH Tcl n "8.6" Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands"
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.so man.macros
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.BS
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.SH NAME
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Tcl \- Tool Command Language
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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Summary of Tcl language syntax.
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.BE
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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The following rules define the syntax and semantics of the Tcl language:
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.IP "[1] \fBCommands.\fR"
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A Tcl script is a string containing one or more commands.
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Semi-colons and newlines are command separators unless quoted as
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described below.
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Close brackets are command terminators during command substitution
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(see below) unless quoted.
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.IP "[2] \fBEvaluation.\fR"
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A command is evaluated in two steps.
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First, the Tcl interpreter breaks the command into \fIwords\fR
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and performs substitutions as described below.
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These substitutions are performed in the same way for all
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commands.
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Secondly, the first word is used to locate a command procedure to
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carry out the command, then all of the words of the command are
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passed to the command procedure.
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The command procedure is free to interpret each of its words
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in any way it likes, such as an integer, variable name, list,
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or Tcl script.
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Different commands interpret their words differently.
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.IP "[3] \fBWords.\fR"
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Words of a command are separated by white space (except for
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newlines, which are command separators).
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.IP "[4] \fBDouble quotes.\fR"
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If the first character of a word is double-quote
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.PQ \N'34'
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then the word is terminated by the next double-quote character.
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If semi-colons, close brackets, or white space characters
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(including newlines) appear between the quotes then they are treated
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as ordinary characters and included in the word.
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Command substitution, variable substitution, and backslash substitution
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are performed on the characters between the quotes as described below.
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The double-quotes are not retained as part of the word.
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.IP "[5] \fBArgument expansion.\fR"
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If a word starts with the string
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.QW {*}
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followed by a non-whitespace character, then the leading
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.QW {*}
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is removed and the rest of the word is parsed and substituted as any other
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word. After substitution, the word is parsed as a list (without command or
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variable substitutions; backslash substitutions are performed as is normal for
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a list and individual internal words may be surrounded by either braces or
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double-quote characters), and its words are added to the command being
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substituted. For instance,
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.QW "cmd a {*}{b [c]} d {*}{$e f {g h}}"
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is equivalent to
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.QW "cmd a b {[c]} d {$e} f {g h}" .
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.IP "[6] \fBBraces.\fR"
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If the first character of a word is an open brace
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.PQ {
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and rule [5] does not apply, then
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the word is terminated by the matching close brace
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.PQ } "" .
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Braces nest within the word: for each additional open
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brace there must be an additional close brace (however,
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if an open brace or close brace within the word is
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quoted with a backslash then it is not counted in locating the
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matching close brace).
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No substitutions are performed on the characters between the
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braces except for backslash-newline substitutions described
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below, nor do semi-colons, newlines, close brackets,
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or white space receive any special interpretation.
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The word will consist of exactly the characters between the
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outer braces, not including the braces themselves.
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.IP "[7] \fBCommand substitution.\fR"
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If a word contains an open bracket
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.PQ [
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then Tcl performs \fIcommand substitution\fR.
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To do this it invokes the Tcl interpreter recursively to process
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the characters following the open bracket as a Tcl script.
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The script may contain any number of commands and must be terminated
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by a close bracket
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.PQ ] "" .
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The result of the script (i.e. the result of its last command) is
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substituted into the word in place of the brackets and all of the
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characters between them.
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There may be any number of command substitutions in a single word.
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Command substitution is not performed on words enclosed in braces.
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.IP "[8] \fBVariable substitution.\fR"
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If a word contains a dollar-sign
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.PQ $
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followed by one of the forms
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described below, then Tcl performs \fIvariable
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substitution\fR: the dollar-sign and the following characters are
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replaced in the word by the value of a variable.
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Variable substitution may take any of the following forms:
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.RS
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.TP 15
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\fB$\fIname\fR
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.
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\fIName\fR is the name of a scalar variable; the name is a sequence
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of one or more characters that are a letter, digit, underscore,
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or namespace separators (two or more colons).
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Letters and digits are \fIonly\fR the standard ASCII ones (\fB0\fR\(en\fB9\fR,
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\fBA\fR\(en\fBZ\fR and \fBa\fR\(en\fBz\fR).
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.TP 15
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\fB$\fIname\fB(\fIindex\fB)\fR
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.
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\fIName\fR gives the name of an array variable and \fIindex\fR gives
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the name of an element within that array.
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\fIName\fR must contain only letters, digits, underscores, and
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namespace separators, and may be an empty string.
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Letters and digits are \fIonly\fR the standard ASCII ones (\fB0\fR\(en\fB9\fR,
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\fBA\fR\(en\fBZ\fR and \fBa\fR\(en\fBz\fR).
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Command substitutions, variable substitutions, and backslash
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substitutions are performed on the characters of \fIindex\fR.
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.TP 15
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\fB${\fIname\fB}\fR
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.
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\fIName\fR is the name of a scalar variable or array element. It may contain
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any characters whatsoever except for close braces. It indicates an array
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element if \fIname\fR is in the form
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.QW \fIarrayName\fB(\fIindex\fB)\fR
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where \fIarrayName\fR does not contain any open parenthesis characters,
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.QW \fB(\fR ,
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or close brace characters,
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.QW \fB}\fR ,
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and \fIindex\fR can be any sequence of characters except for close brace
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characters. No further
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substitutions are performed during the parsing of \fIname\fR.
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.PP
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There may be any number of variable substitutions in a single word.
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Variable substitution is not performed on words enclosed in braces.
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.PP
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Note that variables may contain character sequences other than those listed
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above, but in that case other mechanisms must be used to access them (e.g.,
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via the \fBset\fR command's single-argument form).
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.RE
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.IP "[9] \fBBackslash substitution.\fR"
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If a backslash
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.PQ \e
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appears within a word then \fIbackslash substitution\fR occurs.
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In all cases but those described below the backslash is dropped and
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the following character is treated as an ordinary
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character and included in the word.
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This allows characters such as double quotes, close brackets,
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and dollar signs to be included in words without triggering
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special processing.
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The following table lists the backslash sequences that are
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handled specially, along with the value that replaces each sequence.
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.RS
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.TP 7
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\e\fBa\fR
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Audible alert (bell) (Unicode U+000007).
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.TP 7
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\e\fBb\fR
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Backspace (Unicode U+000008).
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.TP 7
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\e\fBf\fR
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Form feed (Unicode U+00000C).
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.TP 7
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\e\fBn\fR
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Newline (Unicode U+00000A).
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.TP 7
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\e\fBr\fR
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Carriage-return (Unicode U+00000D).
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.TP 7
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\e\fBt\fR
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Tab (Unicode U+000009).
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.TP 7
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\e\fBv\fR
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Vertical tab (Unicode U+00000B).
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.TP 7
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\e\fB<newline>\fIwhiteSpace\fR
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.
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A single space character replaces the backslash, newline, and all spaces
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and tabs after the newline. This backslash sequence is unique in that it
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is replaced in a separate pre-pass before the command is actually parsed.
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This means that it will be replaced even when it occurs between braces,
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and the resulting space will be treated as a word separator if it is not
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in braces or quotes.
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.TP 7
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\e\e
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Backslash
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.PQ \e "" .
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.TP 7
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\e\fIooo\fR
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.
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The digits \fIooo\fR (one, two, or three of them) give a eight-bit octal
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value for the Unicode character that will be inserted, in the range
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\fI000\fR\(en\fI377\fR (i.e., the range U+000000\(enU+0000FF).
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The parser will stop just before this range overflows, or when
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the maximum of three digits is reached. The upper bits of the Unicode
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character will be 0.
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.TP 7
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\e\fBx\fIhh\fR
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.
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The hexadecimal digits \fIhh\fR (one or two of them) give an eight-bit
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hexadecimal value for the Unicode character that will be inserted. The upper
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bits of the Unicode character will be 0 (i.e., the character will be in the
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range U+000000\(enU+0000FF).
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.TP 7
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\e\fBu\fIhhhh\fR
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.
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The hexadecimal digits \fIhhhh\fR (one, two, three, or four of them) give a
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sixteen-bit hexadecimal value for the Unicode character that will be
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inserted. The upper bits of the Unicode character will be 0 (i.e., the
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character will be in the range U+000000\(enU+00FFFF).
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.TP 7
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\e\fBU\fIhhhhhhhh\fR
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.
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The hexadecimal digits \fIhhhhhhhh\fR (one up to eight of them) give a
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twenty-one-bit hexadecimal value for the Unicode character that will be
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inserted, in the range U+000000\(enU+10FFFF. The parser will stop just
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before this range overflows, or when the maximum of eight digits
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is reached. The upper bits of the Unicode character will be 0.
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.RS
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.PP
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The range U+010000\(enU+10FFFD is reserved for the future.
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.RE
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.PP
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Backslash substitution is not performed on words enclosed in braces,
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except for backslash-newline as described above.
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.RE
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.IP "[10] \fBComments.\fR"
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If a hash character
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.PQ #
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appears at a point where Tcl is
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expecting the first character of the first word of a command,
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then the hash character and the characters that follow it, up
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through the next newline, are treated as a comment and ignored.
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The comment character only has significance when it appears
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at the beginning of a command.
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.IP "[11] \fBOrder of substitution.\fR"
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Each character is processed exactly once by the Tcl interpreter
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as part of creating the words of a command.
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For example, if variable substitution occurs then no further
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substitutions are performed on the value of the variable; the
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value is inserted into the word verbatim.
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If command substitution occurs then the nested command is
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processed entirely by the recursive call to the Tcl interpreter;
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no substitutions are performed before making the recursive
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call and no additional substitutions are performed on the result
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of the nested script.
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.RS
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.PP
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Substitutions take place from left to right, and each substitution is
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evaluated completely before attempting to evaluate the next. Thus, a
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sequence like
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.PP
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.CS
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set y [set x 0][incr x][incr x]
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.CE
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.PP
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will always set the variable \fIy\fR to the value, \fI012\fR.
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.RE
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.IP "[12] \fBSubstitution and word boundaries.\fR"
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Substitutions do not affect the word boundaries of a command,
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except for argument expansion as specified in rule [5].
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For example, during variable substitution the entire value of
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the variable becomes part of a single word, even if the variable's
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value contains spaces.
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.SH KEYWORDS
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backslash, command, comment, script, substitution, variable
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'\" Local Variables:
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'\" mode: nroff
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'\" fill-column: 78
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'\" End:
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