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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @defvr {Automatic Variable} ans
## The most recently computed result that was not
## explicitly assigned to a variable.  For example, after the expression
##
## @example
## 3^2 + 4^2
## @end example
##
## @noindent
## is evaluated, the value returned by @code{ans} is 25.
## @end defvr