Constant | Example |
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The true value. | TRUE |
The false value. | FALSE |
Integer or Long numbers. | 0, 123, -32769, 10000000000 |
Hexadecimal short signed integers. | &H1F5, &HFFFF, &H0000FFFF, &FFFF |
Hexadecimal signed integers. | &H10BF332E, &10BF332E |
Hexadecimal unsigned integers. | &H8000&, &HFFFF& |
Binary integers. | &X1010010101, %101001011 |
Floating point numbers. | 1.0, -5.345219E+45 |
String constants. | "Hello World !" |
String constants to be translated. | ("This software is cool") |
Null constant / void string. | NULL |
The string constants can contain the following escape characters:
Escape character | ASCII equivalent |
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\n | Chr$(13) |
\r | Chr$(10) |
\t | Chr$(9) |
\" | Double quote |
\\ | Backslash |
\xx | Chr$(&Hxx) |
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You can write a string constant in several successive parts, even on several different lines.
For example, "Gambas" " is " "great"or "Gambas" " is " "great"are absolutely the same constants as "Gambas is great" |