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2.2.4 Examples of Entering Commands
***** NOT YET UPDATED TO CoCoA-5: follow with care *****

Here are some examples of entering simple commands in CoCoA. (Macintosh OS9 and GUI users please remember the special instructions made in the previous section.)

Example
  1+1;  -- a simple command
2
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  1  +   -- the same command spread over several lines

  1;
2
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  1+1; 2+2; 3+3;  -- several commands on a single line
2
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4
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6
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NOTE: The output above appears just as it does in my CoCoA window. The examples in the online manual will often be annotated. When CoCoA encounters *double dashes*, as above, it regards the rest of the line as a comment.