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Ceder Square Dance System (CSDS) ==> Choreography

Semi-colons vs. Carriage returns
I thought a semicolon was the same as a carriage return (and was a way to put different calls on the same line).

However, from a starting DPT,

"concentric touch 1/4 and roll" is the same as "concentric touch 1/4; roll"

and is different from

"concentric touch 1/4<carriage-return>Roll"

So is a semicolon an "and"?

Yes. So are spaces, commas, or other punctuation.

The program internally does the following in the order shown below:

  1. Text within matching parentheses is removed;
  2. Commas, semicolons, colons, quotes, double-quotes, hyphens and other punctuation are converted into spaces;
  3. Multiple contiguous spaces are collapsed into a single space;
  4. The command line is converted into uppercase;
  5. Abbreviations are expanded;
  6. The command line is parsed;
  7. If the parse is successful, the command sent to be executed.

To make "Concentric Touch 1/4" be one call and then execute a "Roll", use square brackets to force the program to interpret the phrase differently.

The phrase "[Concentric Touch 1/4] & Roll" forces the Concentric concept to apply only to the Touch 1/4.

As a default, the program interprets "<concept><phrase>" as if the concept applies to the entire phrase. That is, it's the same as 'Working <concept> do a (<phrase>)'.


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