Editing Vertical bar (section)

===Literature===
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In medieval European manuscripts, a single vertical bar was a common variant of the [[Slash (punctuation)|virgula]] {{char|[[/]]}} used as a [[comma]],<ref name=verg>{{cite dictionary |dictionary=Oxford English Dictionary |edition=Corrected reissue |entry=Virgule |date=1933 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=[https://archive.org/details/the-oxford-english-dictionary-1933-all-volumes/The%20Oxford%20English%20Dictionary%20Volume%2012%20-%20Variant/page/n238/mode/1up?view=theater 235] |volume=XII}}.</ref> or [[caesura]] mark.<ref name=verg />

In [[Sanskrit]] and other [[Languages of India|Indian languages]], a single vertical mark, ।, called a [[danda]], has a similar function as a period (full stop). Two bars, ॥, (a 'double danda') is the equivalent of a [[pilcrow]] in marking the end of a [[stanza]], paragraph or section. The danda has its own Unicode code point, {{unichar|0964}}; as does the double danda: {{unichar|0965}}.

====Poetry====
{{anchor|Caesura}}<!--linked-->A double vertical bar {{angle bracket|{{!}}{{!}}}} or {{angle bracket|‖}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2025 |reason=Is this actually the right Unicode character to use? Or is only correct to use two regular vertical bars?}} is the standard ''[[caesura]] mark'' in English [[literary criticism]] and analysis. It marks the strong break or [[caesura]] common to many forms of [[poetry]], particularly [[Old English poetry|Old English verse]]. It is also traditionally used to mark the division between lines of verse printed as prose (the style preferred by [[Oxford University Press]]), though it is now often replaced by the [[forward slash]].{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
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====Notation====
In the [[Geneva Bible]] and early printings of the [[King James Version]], a double vertical bar is used to mark [[Marginalia|margin notes]] that contain an alternative translation from the original text. These margin notes always begin with the conjunction "Or". In later printings of the King James Version, the double vertical bar is irregularly used to mark any comment in the margins.

A double vertical bar symbol may be used to call out a [[footnote]]. (The traditional order of these symbols in English is [[Asterisk|*]], [[Dagger (mark)|†]], [[Dagger (mark)|‡]], [[Section sign|§]], ‖, [[Pilcrow|¶]], so its use is very rare; in modern usage, numbers and letters are preferred for [[note (typography)|endnotes and footnotes]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Robert |last=Bringhurst |date=2005 |title=The Elements of Typographic Style |edition=ver. 3.1 |location=Point Roberts, Washington |publisher=Hartley and Marks |pages=68–69 |quote=But beyond the&nbsp;... double dagger, this order is not familiar to most readers, and never was.}} </ref>)

====Music scoring====
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In music, when writing chord sheets, single vertical bars associated with a colon (|: A / / / :|) represents the beginning and end of a section (e.g. Intro, Interlude, Verse, Chorus) of music.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} Single bars can also represent the beginning and end of measures (|: A / / / | D / / / | E / / / :|). A double vertical bar associated with a colon can represent the repeat of a given section (||: A / / / :|| - play twice).{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}