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deleted_user
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When using the compress function with the P modifier, which removes all punctuation from a string, what is the definition of punctuation?
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polingjw
Quartz | Level 8
If you look at the documentation on the ANYPUCT function, the following characters are considered punctuation in the ASCII character set:

! “ # $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , - . / : ; = ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~

In addition, the less than and greater than symbols are also considered punctuation. (I can’t remember how to properly post these characters in this forum.) I would imagine that the same character set would be considered punctuation when using the compress function with the P modifier.
deleted_user
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Thank you.

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