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VerticalBar

| \[VerticalBar]
  • Alias:


    |.
  • Infix operator.
  • x


    y is by default interpreted as VerticalBar[x,y].
  • Used in mathematics to indicate that x divides y.
  • Also sometimes called Sheffer stroke, and used to indicate logical NAND.
  • Not the same as \[VerticalSeparator], which is drawn longer.
  • Not the same as \[LeftBracketingBar] and \[RightBracketingBar], which are drawn with a small tee to indicate their direction.
  • | is the alias for \[VerticalSeparator]. The alias for \[VerticalBar] has a space at the beginning.
  • See The Mathematica Book: Section 1.10.8Section 3.10.4.
  • See also: \[RawVerticalBar], \[NotVerticalBar], \[DoubleVerticalBar], \[Backslash], \[HorizontalLine].



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