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Literals

Literals are constant expressions that require no further evaluation:

  • Integer literals: (Numbers, hexadecimal), such as: 42, 109231, 0x2A

  • Float literals: (Floating point numbers), such as: 3.14, 2.5e3

  • Character literals: (Unicode characters), such as: 'A', 'J', '✮'

  • Text literals: "Hello"

  • Blob literals: Byte sequences using the same syntax as Text, such as: "Motoko" : Blob (interpreted as UTF-8 when converted)

You can use literals directly in expressions.

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