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3.6 Constants

A constant is a number, written so that its value is known by inspection, without knowing any context. Like this:

.byte 74, 0112, 092, 0x4A, 0X4a, 'J, '\J # All the same value. .ascii "Ring the bell\7" # A string constant. .octa 0x123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF0 # A bignum. .float 0f-314159265358979323846264338327\ 95028841971.693993751E-40 # - pi, a flonum.

3.6.1 Character Constants
3.6.2 Number Constants