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2.5 Character Literals

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

Syntax

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character_literal ::= 'graphic_character'
NOTES
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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'     '*'     '''     ' '
'L'     'Л'     'Λ'    -- Various els.
'∞'     'א'            -- Big numbers - infinity and aleph.
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