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<h2><span class="header-section-number">4.3</span> Whitespace Location</h2>
<p>Zero or more whitespace characters may be placed between symbols in a
Stan program. For example, zero or more whitespace characters of any
variety may be included before and after a binary operation such as
<code>a * b</code>, before a statement-ending semicolon, around parentheses
or brackets