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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'     '*'     '''     ' '

Wording Changes from Ada 83

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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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