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     Character variables occupy one byte of memory for each character
     and are assigned to contiguous bytes, independent of word
     boundaries. A character constant is a sequence of one or more of
     the printable ASCII characters enclosed in a pair of apostrophes
     (') or quotes (").
 
     The length of a character variable, character array element,
     structure element, character function, or character constant with
     a symbolic name must be between 1 and 32,767. The length can be
     specified by:
 
     ■ An integer constant in the range 1-32,767
 
     ■ An integer expression (in parentheses) that evaluates to the
       range 1- 32,767
 
     ■ An asterisk, indicating that the length of the symbolic constant
       or formal argument can vary
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