Special Characters in a script

[MikeL_4]

Is there any way to change the meaning of a special character within a script, for that script only ???
i.e S{variable} where you could use another character rather than the $ sign

[A. Clay Stephenson]

No, but I've never found that to be necessary. Typically, you can use the backslash to escape the character's special meaning.

e.g. suppose that MYVAR=Clay

echo "$MYMAR"
Clay

echo "\$MYVAR"
$MYVAR