literal

operator

Syntax
literal keyword


Purpose

Placing literal before any of the keywords arg, token, literal, or is lets you use these keywords as part of a macro name or argument delimiter, and lets you use the keyword macro-end in the macro definition.

Example

The code below uses literal before is in a macro definition to keep is from being interpreted as an OmniMark keyword. The macro named my uses the word is as a literal, so that you can assign local variables by using an English-like line of code such as my nick-name is Speedy. 

  macro my token id literal is token value 
  is
     set id to value
  macro-end
  
  process
     local string nick-name
     local string home-town
  
     my nick-name is "Speedy"   
     my home-town is "Denver"
  
     output "My nickname is %g(nick-name).%n" 
        ||  "My hometown is %g(home-town).%n"

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