verbatim

Format:

verbatim( text_string)

Result:

Text

Description:

This function can be used to copy a text string without any interpretation into a symbol.

e.g.:

SPECTRA> s1 = verbatim(date())

SPECTRA> * = translate(s1)
date()

SPECTRA> * = s1
30-FEB-1996

See also the descriptions of the functions string(), translate() and text().