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<H1> 2.5 Character Literals</H1>
<DIV Class="Paranum"><FONT SIZE=-2>1</FONT></DIV>
<DIV Class="Normal"> [A <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica">character_literal</FONT>
is formed by enclosing a graphic character between two apostrophe characters.]
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<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>Syntax</H4>
<DIV Class="Paranum"><FONT SIZE=-2>2</FONT></DIV>
<DIV Class="SyntaxIndented"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica">character_literal<A NAME="I1255"></A>
::= </FONT>'<A NAME="I1256"></A><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica">graphic_character</FONT>'</DIV>
<DIV Class="NotesHeader"><FONT SIZE=-1>NOTES</FONT></DIV>
<DIV Class="Paranum"><FONT SIZE=-2>3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV Class="Notes"><FONT SIZE=-1>4 A <FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica">character_literal</FONT>
is an enumeration literal of a character type. See <A HREF="AA-3-5-2.html">3.5.2</A>.
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<DIV Class="Normal" Style="margin-bottom: 0.4em"> <I>Examples of character
literals:</I> </DIV>
<DIV Class="Paranum"><FONT SIZE=-2>5</FONT></DIV>
<DIV Class="SyntaxIndented">'A' '*' ''' ' '</DIV>
<H4 ALIGN=CENTER>Wording Changes from Ada 83</H4>
<DIV Class="Paranum"><FONT SIZE=-2>5.a</FONT></DIV>
<DIV Class="Annotations"><FONT SIZE=-1>The definitions of the values
of literals are in Sections 3 and 4, rather than here, since it requires
knowledge of types. </FONT></DIV>
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