Mikroelektronika MIKROE-350 データシート

mikroBasic PRO limits floating-point constants to the range of ±1.17549435082 *
10-38 .. ±6.80564774407 * 1038.

Here are some examples:

0.    

' = 0.0

-1.23   

' = -1.23

23.45e6 

' = 23.45 * 10^6

2e-5   

' = 2.0 * 10^-5

3E+10  

' = 3.0 * 10^10

.09E34  

' = 0.09 * 10^34

Character literal is one character from the extended ASCII character set, enclosed
with quotes (for example, 

"A"

). Character literal can be assigned to variables of

byte

and 

char

type (variable of 

byte

will be assigned the ASCII value of the char-

acter). Also, you can assign character literal to a string variable.

String literal is a sequence of characters from the extended ASCII character set,
enclosed with quotes. Whitespace is preserved in string literals, i.e. parser does not
“go into” strings but treats them as single tokens.

Length of string literal is a number of characters it consists of. String is stored inter-
nally as the given sequence of characters plus a final 

null

character. This 

null

character is introduced to terminate the string, it does not count against the string’s
total length.

String literal with nothing in between the quotes (null string) is stored as a single null
character.

You can assign string literal to a string variable or to an array of char.

Here are several string literals: 

"Hello world!"         

' message, 12 chars long

"Temperature is stable" 

' message, 21 chars long

"  "                     ' two spaces, 2 chars long
"C"                    

' letter, 1 char long

""                    

' null string, 0 chars long

The quote itself cannot be a part of the string literal, i.e. there is no escape
sequence. You could use the built-in function Chr to print a quote: 

Chr(34)

. Also,

see String Splicing.

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