1.1.5 Separators
A separator is a string of one or more contiguous characters as shown in Table 6.
| Table 6. Separator Characters | |
| Separator | Meaning |
|---|---|
| º | Space |
| ,º | Comma |
| .º | Period |
| ;º | Semicolon |
| ( | Left parenthesis |
| ) | Right parenthesis |
| : | Colon |
| "º | Quotation marks |
 X 'º |
X Apostrophe |
| X X" |
X Opening delimiter for a nonnumeric literal |
| X Z" X |
X Opening delimiter for a null-terminated X nonnumeric literal |
| X N" |
X Opening delimiter for a DBCS literal |
| X G" |
X Opening delimiter for a DBCS literal |
| == | Pseudo-text delimiter |
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