comma

n 1: a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of

elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

2: anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the

underside of each hind wing [syn: {comma butterfly}, {Polygonia

comma}]

comma

"," {ASCII} character 44. Common names: {ITU-T}:

comma. Rare: {ITU-T}: cedilla; {INTERCAL}: tail.

In the {C} programming language, "," is an operator which

evaluates its first argument (which presumably has

{side-effect}s) and then returns the value of its second

argument. This is useful in "for" statements and {macro}s.

(1995-03-10)