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Mathematica Reference Guide

Listing of Named Characters

DoubleVerticalBar

\[DoubleVerticalBar]

Alias: ||.

Infix operator.

x y is by default interpreted as DoubleVerticalBar[x, y].

Used in mathematics to indicate that x exactly divides y.

Used in geometry to mean "parallel to".

Not the same as \[LeftDoubleBracketingBar], \[RightDoubleBracketingBar].

|| is the alias for \[Or]. The alias for \[DoubleVerticalBar] has a space at the beginning.

See The Mathematica Book: Section 3.10.4.

See also: \[VerticalBar] , \[VerticalSeparator] , \[NotDoubleVerticalBar] .