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 Literal Constants
 
 ■ Literal constants can be either numeric or string:
 
   Type      Description
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   Numeric   Any valid integer, long integer, single-precison, double-
             precison, or currency format number. No comma formatting is
             allowed; hexadecimal and octal representations can be specified.
             For example:
 
                  &hzc&     -3.71298#      -21993
                  5.2!      &o1&           8561%
                  2e3       33.65@         4D-1
 
             See: ◄Numeric Constants►
 
   String    Up to 32,767 characters, including regular or extended ASCII
             codes between 0 and 255 (excluding the double-quotation
             character (") and carriage return-linefeed sequences).
             For example:
 
                  HELLO     25,000.000     Number of Employees
 
  See: ◄ASCII Character Codes► ◄Constants Summary► ◄Basic Data Types Summary►