Silk Performer uses the following special characters:
| Character | Name | Character | Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| : | colon | <> | noteq |
| ; | semicolon | >= | greatereq |
| ( | obracket | > | greater |
| ) | cbracket | - | minus |
| [ | lbrack | + | plus |
| ] | rbrack | * | asterisk |
| .. | pointpoint | / | slash |
| , | comma | . | period |
| := | assign | “ | quote |
| < | less | ’ | single quote |
| <= | lesseq | | | logical_or |
| = | eq | & | logical_and |