.. _hello:

hello
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**Syntax:** :code:`hello(name)`

Shows a greetings message. This command is used for testing things.

This command can be used in the distributed processing mode, but it does not participate in distributed processing.

Arguments
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name [input]
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**Data type:** string

**Default value:** there

Name of caller. Omit to output a generic greeting.

See also
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:ref:`help`, :ref:`info`, :ref:`license`, :ref:`echo`, :ref:`print`, :ref:`waitreturn`, :ref:`hello`, :ref:`timing`, :ref:`savetiming`, :ref:`resettiming`