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What does the dotting of two string mean in pseudocode?

I'm having trouble understanding the notation of this pseudocode.

The line in particular I don't understand is: 

LeftPart (PartialWord [dot] l, N', limit - 1)

What does the dot represent?

Thank you.

Solution

  • It means "create a new word consisting of the letters in PartialWord followed by an l". (Or more simply, "append l to PartialWord", but I was trying to be clear that PartialWord isn't actually modified.)