Chapter 8 Writing Source Statements

String constants

String constants are strings of one or more characters stored as ASCII code. When a string constant is one character it will be the same as a character constant.

Coding rules:

String constants are specified by enclosing the string in double quotation marks ( " ).

"ABCDEFG"

 

Specifies the string ABCDEFG as ASCII code.

"+-[&%$#@!,.;:'"

Specifies the string +-[&%$#@!,.;:' as ASCII code.

 

 

 

NOTE:

To specify a double quotation mark or a backslash in a character constant, a

 

 

backslash (\) precedes the character

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

Note that string constants are specified the same regardless of coding format.

 

 

The coding format has no effect even when a single-character string constant is

 

 

specified.

 

 

 

 

 

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