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Here are some common GIFT symbols and their use.

Symbols	Use
// text	Comment until end of line (optional)
::title::	Question title (optional)
text	Question text (becomes title if no title specified)
[...format...]	The format of the following bit of text. Options are [html], [moodle], [plain] and [markdown]. The default is [moodle] for the question text, other parts of the question default to the format used for the question text.
{	Start answer(s) -- without any answers, text is a description of following questions
{T} or {F}	True or False answer; also {TRUE} and {FALSE}
{ ... =right ... }	Correct answer for multiple choice, (multiple answer? -- see page comments) or fill-in-the-blank
{ ... ~wrong ... }	Incorrect answer for multiple choice or multiple answer
{ ... =item -> match ... }	Answer for matching questions
#feedback text	Answer feedback for preceding multiple, fill-in-the-blank, or numeric answers
{#	Start numeric answer(s)
answer:tolerance	Numeric answer accepted within ± tolerance range
low..high	Lower and upper range values of accepted numeric answer
=%n%answer:tolerance	n percent credit for one of multiple numeric ranges within tolerance from answer
}	End answer(s)
\character	Backslash escapes the special meaning of ~, =, #, {, }, and :
\n	Places a newline in question text -- blank lines delimit questions

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