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    <refnamediv>
        <refname>comma</refname>
        <refpurpose>(,) comma; instruction, argument separator</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>
            Commas are used to separate parameters in functions,
            to separate entries of a row vector or to separate entries of a row of matrix .
        </para>
        <para>
            Blanks can also be used to separate entries in a row vector but
            use preferably commas.
        </para>
        <para>
            Commas are also used to separate Scilab instructions.
            (Use <literal>;</literal> to have the result not displayed on the screen).
        </para>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Examples</title>
        <programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
a=[1,2,3;4,5,6];
b=1,c=1;d=2
 ]]></programlisting>
    </refsection>
    <refsection role="see also">
        <title>See also</title>
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            <member>
                <link linkend="semicolon">semicolon</link>
            </member>
            <member>
                <link linkend="brackets">brackets</link>
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    </refsection>
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