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- <h4 class="subsubsection">15.4.1.2 C and C<tt>++</tt> Constants</h4>
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- <p><small>GDB</small> allows you to express the constants of C and C<tt>++</tt> in the
- following ways:
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- <ul>
- <li> Integer constants are a sequence of digits. Octal constants are
- specified by a leading ‘<samp>0</samp>’ (i.e. zero), and hexadecimal constants
- by a leading ‘<samp>0x</samp>’ or ‘<samp>0X</samp>’. Constants may also end with a letter
- ‘<samp>l</samp>’, specifying that the constant should be treated as a
- <code>long</code> value.
-
- </li><li> Floating point constants are a sequence of digits, followed by a decimal
- point, followed by a sequence of digits, and optionally followed by an
- exponent. An exponent is of the form:
- ‘<samp>e<span class="roman">[[</span>+<span class="roman">]|</span><span class="nolinebreak">-</span><span class="roman">]</span><var>nnn</var><!-- /@w --></samp>’, where <var>nnn</var> is another
- sequence of digits. The ‘<samp>+</samp>’ is optional for positive exponents.
- A floating-point constant may also end with a letter ‘<samp>f</samp>’ or
- ‘<samp>F</samp>’, specifying that the constant should be treated as being of
- the <code>float</code> (as opposed to the default <code>double</code>) type; or with
- a letter ‘<samp>l</samp>’ or ‘<samp>L</samp>’, which specifies a <code>long double</code>
- constant.
-
- </li><li> Enumerated constants consist of enumerated identifiers, or their
- integral equivalents.
-
- </li><li> Character constants are a single character surrounded by single quotes
- (<code>'</code>), or a number—the ordinal value of the corresponding character
- (usually its <small>ASCII</small> value). Within quotes, the single character may
- be represented by a letter or by <em>escape sequences</em>, which are of
- the form ‘<samp>\<var>nnn</var></samp>’, where <var>nnn</var> is the octal representation
- of the character’s ordinal value; or of the form ‘<samp>\<var>x</var></samp>’, where
- ‘<samp><var>x</var></samp>’ is a predefined special character—for example,
- ‘<samp>\n</samp>’ for newline.
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- <p>Wide character constants can be written by prefixing a character
- constant with ‘<samp>L</samp>’, as in C. For example, ‘<samp>L'x'</samp>’ is the wide
- form of ‘<samp>x</samp>’. The target wide character set is used when
- computing the value of this constant (see <a href="Character-Sets.html#Character-Sets">Character Sets</a>).
- </p>
- </li><li> String constants are a sequence of character constants surrounded by
- double quotes (<code>"</code>). Any valid character constant (as described
- above) may appear. Double quotes within the string must be preceded by
- a backslash, so for instance ‘<samp>"a\"b'c"</samp>’ is a string of five
- characters.
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- <p>Wide string constants can be written by prefixing a string constant
- with ‘<samp>L</samp>’, as in C. The target wide character set is used when
- computing the value of this constant (see <a href="Character-Sets.html#Character-Sets">Character Sets</a>).
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- </li><li> Pointer constants are an integral value. You can also write pointers
- to constants using the C operator ‘<samp>&</samp>’.
-
- </li><li> Array constants are comma-separated lists surrounded by braces ‘<samp>{</samp>’
- and ‘<samp>}</samp>’; for example, ‘<samp>{1,2,3}</samp>’ is a three-element array of
- integers, ‘<samp>{{1,2}, {3,4}, {5,6}}</samp>’ is a three-by-two array,
- and ‘<samp>{&"hi", &"there", &"fred"}</samp>’ is a three-element array of pointers.
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