Character literal

Character literal
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A character literal consists of one Unicode character or one escape character within single quotes (apostrophes).

Table 4.8. Character literal

Production	Syntax	Links
`character_literal`	`"'" ( Unicode_character \| escape_character ) "'"` remark: Unicode_character cannot be `"'"` or `"\"` or `<carriage_return>` or `<line_feed>`	the section called “Character literal”
`Unicode_character`	any Unicode_character, like `A, B, C, 1, 2, 3, +, -, %,` and so on
`escape_character`	`-> "\b" /* backspace / -> "\f" / form feed / -> "\n" / line feed / -> "\r" / carriage return / -> "\t" / horizontal tab / -> '\"' / quote (double quote) / -> "\'" / apostrophe (single quote) / -> "\\" / backslash / -> "\u" hex_digit hex_digit hex_digit hex_digit / hexadecimal Unicode character definition */`

Example 4.13. Character literals

'a'       // a
'7'       // 7
' '       // space
'"'       // double quote
'\''      // single quote
'\t'      // horizontal tab
'\u002f'  // ?

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