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Add `.` and `?.` to line continuation section of about_Parsing

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1/5
Estimated time
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Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
powershell
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Read the line continuation section in reference/7.6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Parsing.md, linked from the issue. Confirm the continuation syntax shown in the examples, then update the section to include the valid . and ?. tokens. Done when the documentation lists both forms and matches the examples in the issue.

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Description

needs-triage
Type of issue

Missing information

Feedback

. and .? are also valid line continuation token

"foo".
length

"foo"?.
length
Page URL

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_parsing?view=powershell-7.6#line-continuation

Content source URL

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs/blob/main/reference/7.6/Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Parsing.md

Author

@sdwheeler

Platform Id

e349f81f-a430-e8c3-5a5d-27477660a7e0

Document Id

be402df0-6f04-9a29-5410-c54be1c11926

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