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  19 <h4 class="subsection">Specifying Numeric Arguments</h4>
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  23      <br><dt><code>digit-argument (</code><kbd>M-0</kbd><code>, </code><kbd>M-1</kbd><code>, ... </code><kbd>M--</kbd><code>)</code>
  24      <dd>Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start a new
  25 argument.  <kbd>M--</kbd> starts a negative argument.
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  27      <br><dt><code>universal-argument ()</code>
  28      <dd>This is another way to specify an argument.
  29 If this command is followed by one or more digits, optionally with a
  30 leading minus sign, those digits define the argument.
  31 If the command is followed by digits, executing <code>universal-argument</code>
  32 again ends the numeric argument, but is otherwise ignored.
  33 As a special case, if this command is immediately followed by a
  34 character that is neither a digit or minus sign, the argument count
  35 for the next command is multiplied by four.
  36 The argument count is initially one, so executing this function the
  37 first time makes the argument count four, a second time makes the
  38 argument count sixteen, and so on.
  39 By default, this is not bound to a key.
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