Basic #3, Literals

Numeric Literals

12345	Integer
0×456ff	Hexadecimal
0777	Octal Numbers
23.45	Float
.234E-2	Scientific Notation

String Literals

\t										Tab
\n										New Line
\r										Carriage Return
\f										Form Feed
\b										Backspace
\a										Alarm/Bell
\e										escape
33										Octal Character
\xff										Hexadecimal Character
\c[										Control Character
\l										Next character is converted to lower case
\u										Next character is converted to upper case
\L										Next characters are converted to lower case until a \E is found
\U										Next characters are converted to upper case until a \E is found
\Q										Backslash all following non-alphanumeric characters until a \E is found
\E										Ends upper or lower case conversion started with \L or \U
\\										Backslash

Special Literals

_LINE_	Represents the current line number
_FILE_	Represents the current filename
_END_	Represents the logical end of script; trailing garbage is ignored