String Character Literals

A string character literal is a sequence of zero or more characters prefixed and terminated by the single quote character (‘).The three-character combination of the dollar sign ($) followed by two hexadecimal digits shall be interpreted as the hexadecimal representation of the eight-bit character code.

Example	Explanation
”	Empty string (length zero).
‘A’	String of length one containing the single character A.
‘ ‘	String of length one containing the space character.
‘$”	String of length one containing the single quote character.
‘”’	String of length one containing the double quote character.
‘$R$L’	String of length two containing CR and LF characters.
‘$0A’	String of length one containing the LF character.

Two-character combinations beginning with the dollar sign shall be interpreted as shown in the following table when they occur in character strings.

Combination	Interpretation when printed
$$	Dollar sign
$’	Single quote
$L o $1	Line feed
$N o $n	Newline
$P o $p	Form feed (page)
$R o $r	Carriage return
$T o $t	Tab

Wide String Character LiteralsA wide string character literal is a sequence of zero or more characters prefixed and ter- minated by the double quote character (“).The three-character combination of the dollar sign ($) followed by two hexadecimal digits shall be interpreted as the hexadecimal representation of the eight-bit character code.

Example	Explanation
”	Empty string (length zero).
‘A’	Wide string of length one containing the single character A.
‘ ‘	Wide string of length one containing the space character.
‘$”	Wide string of length one containing the single quote character.
‘”’	Wide string of length one containing the double quote character.
‘$R$L’	Wide string of length two containing CR and LF characters.
‘$0A’	Wide string of length one containing the LF character.

Two-character combinations beginning with the dollar sign shall be interpreted as shown in the following table when they occur in wide character strings.

Combination	Interpretation when printed
$$	Dollar sign
$’	Single quote
$L o $1	Line feed
$N o $n	Newline
$P o $p	Form feed (page)
$R o $r	Carriage return
$T o $t	Tab