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Explicit Discard

If you want to call a function but ignore the result, invoke it as follows:

This syntax is a derivative of multiple assignment, explained next. As it describes, the {?} = format is also perfectly valid. Note that Euphoria allows implicit discarding of function results, which Phix does not, since I do not think it is a good idea, to put it mildly.