i am not sure I understand you correctly, but you can do the following:

#'student.age'

to write down all kinds of symbols that include points etc.

On Dec 11, 2003, at 8:33, ye juan wrote:

> Hi,
>    How do I find the primitives for #word? that is,
> what expression is defined as a word. I want to define
> #compoundWord, like: "student.age", but Squeak divide
> it into two words " student", "age".
>    Whoever knows this, please tell me as soon as
> possible.
>    Sincerely,
>                      Lulu
>
>
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