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2.5 Character Literals

2.5 Character Literals

1
[A character_literal is formed by enclosing a graphic character between two apostrophe characters.]

Syntax

2
character_literal ::= 'graphic_character'

NOTES

3 4
A character_literal is an enumeration literal of a character type.  See 3.5.2.

Examples

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Examples of character literals:

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'A' '*' "' ' '

Wording Changes From Ada 83

5.a
The definitions of the values of literals are in Sections 3 and 4, rather than here, since it requires knowledge of types.



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