Contents|Index|Previous|Next Constants A constant is a number, written so that its value is known by inspection, without knowing any context, like the following input example. .byte   74, 0112, 092, 0x4A, 0X4a,’J, ’\J  # All the same value. .ascii  "Ring the bell\7"     # A string constant. .octa   0x123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF0 # A bignum. .float  0f-314159265358979323846264338327\ 95028841971.693993751E-40     # - pi, a flonum. Top|Contents|Index|Previous|Next