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A character literal is formed by enclosing one of the 95 graphiccharacters (including the space) between two apostrophe characters. Acharacter literal has a value that belongs to a character type.
character_literal ::= 'graphic_character'
Examples:
'A' '*' ''' ' '
References:character type,graphic character,literal,space character.
Rationale references:2.1 Lexical Structure
Style Guide references:3.2.5 Constants and Named Numbers
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