HP Business BASIC/XL Reference Manual - HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems - Edition 1 (32715-90001)
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{
nonquote
}
"{"" }..."
Special character string literal:
'
integer
Parameters
nonquote
Nonquoted string literal. Any character except a double
quote(").
integer
Special character string literal. Must be in the range
[0,255]. Represents an ASCII character.
Examples
The quoted string literals in the left column below are printed as shown
in the right column. The fourth example is the null string.
Table 3-17. Examples of String Literals
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| String Literal | Printed |
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| "cat" | cat |
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| "black cat" | black cat |
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| "12345" | 12345 |
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| "" | Nothing |
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| """" | " |
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| "say 'hi'" | say 'hi' |
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| "say ""hi""" | say "hi" |
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The following are special character string literals representing ASCII
characters
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| Character | What It | Note |
||Represents | |
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| '0 | NUL | null |