Topic       : C-Language Documentation
Author      : John Kormylo
Version     : C.HYP 1.0
Subject     : Documentation/C-Language
Nodes       : 233
Index Size  : 6362
HCP-Version : 3
Compiled on : Atari
@charset    : atarist
@lang       : en
@default    : 
@help       : Help
@options    : +g -i -s +x +z -t4
@width      : 75
View Ref-File[ Constants ]

Character constants:
  Type is char
  Syntax: '<single character>' or '\<backslash sequence>'
  Examples:  'a' '0' '\0' '\\'
  See also Backslash Sequences.

String constants:
  Type is char*
  Syntax: "<list of characters and backslash sequences>"
  Examples: "string" "first line\nsecond line\n"
  Strings can be extended over two lines of source: puts("this is a"
    " very long string"); 
  A NULL ('\0') character is automatically appended.
  See also Backslash Sequences and the -M flag of Compiler Options.

Decimal constants:
  Default type is int
  Syntax: [+/-] <digits> [L | l]
    where <digits> are composed of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    and L or l indicates long.
  Examples: 255 -1 999999L 

Octal constants:
  Default type is int
  Syntax: [+/-] 0 <octal digits> [L | l]
    where <octal digits> are composed of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
    and L or l indicates long.
  Examples: 0377 -01 0777777L

Hexadecimal constants:
  Default type is int
  Syntax: [+/-] 0x <hex digits> [L | l]
    where <hex digits> are composed of 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
    (or A B C D E F) and L or l indicates long.
  Examples: 0xff -0x1 0x123456L

Floating point constants:
  Type is float or double
  Syntax: [+/-] <digits> [. <digits>] [e |E [+/-] <digits> ]  (float)
       or [+/-] <digits> [. <digits>] c | C [+/-] <digits>    (double)
  Examples: 0.0  1.0  1e3 == 1000.0  3.141592653589793c0
    Either the '.' or 'e' is required for a float.  The 'c' is always
    required for a double.

Note: Compiler pre-computes all calculations involving only constants
and converts to appropriate type.  Multiplication by a constant is
implemented using shift and add instructions (so using x<<2 instead
of x*4 saves you nothing).  (See -G flag of Compiler Options.)