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Invalid constant
An invalid expression has been used to assign a value to a
symbolic constant.
 
Numeric expressions assigned to symbolic constants can
contain:
   ■ Numeric literals.
   ■ Previously defined symbolic constants.
   ■ Any of the arithmetic or logical operators except
     exponentiation.
 
String expressions assigned to a symbolic constant may
consist only of a single literal string, enclosed in double
quotation marks.