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MATHEMATICA CHARACTER NAME

\[VerticalBar]

Unicode: 2223.

Alias: Esc | Esc.

Infix operator.

x y is by default interpreted as VerticalBar.

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.

Esc | Esc is the alias for \[VerticalSeparator]. The alias for \[VerticalBar] has a space at the beginning.

\[RawVerticalBar] \[Nand] \[NotVerticalBar] \[DoubleVerticalBar] \[Backslash] \[HorizontalLine] \[LeftBracketingBar] \[RightBracketingBar] \[VerticalSeparator] \[VerticalLine]

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