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This file documents the GNU Assembler "as".
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<h3 class="section">3.6 Constants</h3>
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<p><a name="index-constants-139"></a>A constant is a number, written so that its value is known by
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inspection, without knowing any context.  Like this:
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<pre class="smallexample">     .byte  74, 0112, 092, 0x4A, 0X4a, 'J, '\J # All the same value.
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     .ascii "Ring the bell\7"                  # A string constant.
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     .octa  0x123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF0 # A bignum.
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     .float 0f-314159265358979323846264338327\
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     95028841971.693993751E-40                 # - pi, a flonum.
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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Characters.html#Characters">Characters</a>:                   Character Constants
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<li><a accesskey="2" href="Numbers.html#Numbers">Numbers</a>:                      Number Constants
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