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17. BACK MATTER\begin{theindex}\item Alf, v, 1-3\subitem Bet\subsubitem Con, 8\subitem Dan, 9\item \textit{Alf}, 7\item Alfabet, \see{Bet}{5}\indexspace\item Bet, \textbf{7}\end{theindex}Alf, v, 1-3BetCon, 8Dan, 9Alf, 7Alfabet, see BetBet, 7Figure 17.2: Processed index: (left) alphabeticized ind file; (right) typeset index\index{item!sub item!sub sub item}The @ characterAn indexable item may be represented in two portions, separated by the actual specifier,which by default is the @ character. The portion before the @ is used when MakeIndex sortsthe raw index data, and the portion after the @ is used as the entry text. For example:\index{MakeIndex@\textit{MakeIndex}}will result in the final index entry of \textit{MakeIndex} in the alphabetic positionaccorded to MakeIndex. The same treatment can be applied for subitems:\index{program!MakeIndex@\textit{MakeIndex}!commands}The | characterAnything after the encap specifier, which by default is the | character, is treated as applyingto the page number. In general\index{...|str}will produce a page number, say n, in the form\str{n}For example, if you wanted the page number of one particular entry to be in a bold font,say to indicate that this is where the entry is defined, you would do\index{entry|textbf}As a special case, if you want an index item to have a page range put the two characters|( at the end of the argument on the first page, and the character pair |) at the end of theargument on the last page. For example:... \index{range|(} pages about range \index{range|)} ...The two arguments must match exactly except for the final ( and ). You can also do\index{...|(str}which will produce a page range of the form\str{n-m}In this case, if the range is only a single page, the result is simply\str{n}308