| String literal | 'text'
'line1\nline2'
'{system.cancel}' | STRING[N], TEXT, ITEXT | A sequence of characters enclosed in single quotes, allowing to use the special sequences \n, \r, \t. To specify single quote and backslash characters, use the escape sequences \' and \\. A string literal can also be a localizable string. In this case the literal's class will be TEXT, and instead of the characters { and } it is necessary to use the special sequences \{ and \} respectively. If a string literal does not use localization capabilities, then the literal's class will be STRING[N] where N is the number of characters in the string. | |
| Integer literal (int) | 56
-32
1000000000 | INTEGER | A sequence of numbers with an optional minus sign at the beginning | 32-bit signed integers |
| Integer literal (long) | 56L
-32L
1000000000000L | LONG | A sequence of numbers with an optional minus sign at the beginning and the letter L (uppercase or lowercase) at the end | 64-bit signed integers |
| Floating-point literal | 3d
4.25D
-2.125D | DOUBLE | A sequence of numbers specifying the integer part, then a dot, then a sequence of numbers specifying the fractional part (possibly empty), then the letter D (uppercase or lowercase). With an optional minus sign at the beginning. | 64-bit floating point number |
NUMERIC class literal | 3
4.25
-2.125 | NUMERIC[N,M] | A sequence of numbers specifying the integer part, then a dot, then a sequence of numbers specifying the fractional part (possibly empty). With an optional minus sign at the beginning. | The number of digits of the integer and fractional parts of a literal is determined by its class |
| Logical literal | TRUE | BOOLEAN | Keyword TRUE | The opposite value is the special value NULL |
DATE class literal | 1982_07_13
2000_01_25 | DATE | Date in the format YYYY_MM_DD. Four digits specifying the year, an underscore, two digits for the month, an underscore, and two digits for the day. | |
TIME class literal | 12:05
00:59 | TIME | Time in the format HH:mm. Two digits for the hours, a colon and two digits for the minutes. | Hours from 0 to 23, minutes from 0 to 59 |
DATETIME class literal | 1982_07_13_12:05 | DATETIME | Date and time in the format YYYY_MM_DD_HH:mm | |
COLOR class literal | RGB(255, 0, 204)
#FF00CC | COLOR | Two definition forms. The first is the keyword RGB, then comma-separated values for the red, green, and blue components in parentheses. The second is the pound sign, then the values of the red, blue, and green components in hexadecimal format, using two characters per component. | Each number is from 0 to 255. In hexadecimal representation, you can use both uppercase and lowercase characters |