# System Variables

EOM | End-of-Message Character String

String System Variable

## Contents

String, End-of-Message character

## Description

The EOM variable contains the End-of-Message character string that ended the user's last input from the terminal. The contents of this variable will vary based on the type of terminal being used.

## Example

The carriage return (not printable) is the EOM:

> ?hta(eom)
> 0D