6.3.1 Types of literals
A literal can be a numeric literal or a general literal. The following table lists types of literals.
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No. |
Type of literal |
Description |
Type of literal |
Description |
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1 |
Numeric literals |
Literals that represent numeric values. The literals listed at the right are numeric literals. |
Integer literal |
A literal that represents an integer. |
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2 |
Decimal literal |
A literal that represents a number with a decimal point. |
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3 |
Floating-point numeric literal |
A literal that represents a number with a decimal point. |
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4 |
General literals |
Literals that represent characters, dates, times, and binary data. The literals listed at the right are general literals. |
Character string literal |
A literal that represents characters. |
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5 |
Date literal |
A literal that represents a date. |
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6 |
Time literal |
A literal that represents time. |
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7 |
Time stamp literal |
A literal that represents a date and time. |
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8 |
Binary literal |
Hexadecimal-format binary literal |
A binary literal represented in hexadecimal format. |
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9 |
Binary-format binary literal |
A binary literal represented in binary format. |
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