AHK syntax(?) help Topic is solved

[RunarSF]

While looking at AHK code, I notice a lot of people use "% something", does this have a name, and what does it do?

[boiler]

It's called forcing an expression. See the documentation here. If a parameter to a command is expected to be in legacy syntax, it says that "something" will instead be an expression. Example:

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MsgBox, 2 * 3 ; legacy syntax
MsgBox, % 2 * 3 ; forced expression

[RunarSF]

Thank you so much!