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| <h3 class="section">3.6 Constants</h3> |
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| <p><a name="index-constants-139"></a>A constant is a number, written so that its value is known by |
| inspection, without knowing any context. Like this: |
| <pre class="smallexample"> .byte 74, 0112, 092, 0x4A, 0X4a, 'J, '\J # All the same value. |
| .ascii "Ring the bell\7" # A string constant. |
| .octa 0x123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF0 # A bignum. |
| .float 0f-314159265358979323846264338327\ |
| 95028841971.693993751E-40 # - pi, a flonum. |
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