. with a space preceeding it is the dot product conjunction
http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d300.htm

* is just regular multiplication

Also if you go to jsoftware.com and select the "forums" link on the
left, the resulting page has a link labeled "searched" near the
bottom.

FYI,

-- 
Raul

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:27 PM, Vijay Lulla <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Forgive me if this has been answered somewhere else previously.
>
> I was reading the essay on Bernoulli Numbers (
> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Essays/Bernoulli%20Numbers) and came across
> .* (in the third code example block). I don't know what it does and I
> couldn't find anything in either the vocabulary or parts of speech pages.
> Any explanations/pointers are highly appreciated.
>
> On a side note, how do I search list archives for particular keyword or
> topic?
> Thanks in advance,
> Vijay.
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