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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>prepend</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../P.html" title="P"/><link rel="previous" href="pred.html" title="pred"/><link rel="next" href="prestidigitization.html" title="prestidigitization"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">prepend</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pred.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">P</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="prestidigitization.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="prepend"/><dt xmlns="" id="prepend"><b>prepend</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/pree`pend<6E>/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">vt.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [by analogy with ‘append’] To prefix. As with
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‘append’ (but not ‘prefix’ or ‘suffix’
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as a verb), the direct object is always the thing being added and not the
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original word (or character string, or whatever). “<span class="quote">If you prepend a
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semicolon to the line, the translation routine will pass it through
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unaltered.</span>”</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="pred.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../P.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="prestidigitization.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">pred<EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>prestidigitization</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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