13.1.7 Character Names
The following character names must be present in all conforming implementations:
- Newline
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The character that represents the division between lines. An implementation must translate between #\Newline, a single-character representation, and whatever external representation(s) may be used.
- Space
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The space or blank character.
The following names are semi-standard; if an implementation supports them, they should be used for the described characters and no others.
- Rubout
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The rubout or delete character.
- Page
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The form-feed or page-separator character.
- Tab
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The tabulate character.
- Backspace
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The backspace character.
- Return
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The carriage return character.
- Linefeed
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The line-feed character.
In some implementations, one or more of these character names might denote a standard character; for example, #\Linefeed and #\Newline might be the same character in some implementations.
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