Macro Quoting

Summary of Macro Quoting Functions and the Characters They Mask

Different macro quoting functions mask different special characters and mnemonics so the macro facility interprets them as text instead of as macro language symbols.

The following table divides the symbols into categories and shows which macro quoting functions mask which symbols.

Summary of Special Characters and Macro Quoting Functions By Item
Group	Items	Macro Quoting Functions
A	+ -- */<>=¬^\|~;, # blank AND OR NOT EQ NE LE LT GE GT IN	all
B	&%	%NRSTR, %NRBQUOTE, %SUPERQ, %NRQUOTE
C	unmatched' "()	%BQUOTE, %NRBQUOTE, %SUPERQ, %STR, %NRSTR, %QUOTE, %NRQUOTE

By Function
Function	Affects Groups	Works At
%STR	A, C*	macro compilation
%NRSTR	A, B, C*	macro compilation
%BQUOTE	A, C	macro execution
%NRBQUOTE	A, B, C	macro execution
%SUPERQ	A, B, C	macro execution (prevents resolution)
%QUOTE	A, C*	macro execution. Requires unmatched quotation marks and parentheses to be marked with a percent sign (%).
%NRQUOTE	A, B, C*	macro execution. Requires unmatched quotation marks and parentheses to be marked with a percent sign (%).
*Unmatched quotation marks and parentheses must be marked with a percent sign (%) when used with %STR, %NRSTR, %QUOTE, and %NRQUOTE.

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