Literals

Literal constants are values that do not change within a program. Numeric constants default to integer or double unless a suffix is appended. Note that a character can be represented by an ASCII equivalent. The literal types are:

Boolean: true, false Character: 'c', '\f' String: "Fred", "B and E" Null: null

Integer: 5, 0xFF (hexadecimal)      073 [leading zero] (octal), 5l (long), 0xFFlD (hex) Floating Point: 2.543, -4.1E-6 (double)      2.543f, 8e12f (float)

Note: Do not use leading zeros to format integers as this can cause an unintended octal meaning. Use spaces instead!
Escape (aka backslash) sequences are used inside literal strings to allow print formatting as well as preventing certain characters from causing interpretation errors. Each escape sequence starts with a backslash. The available sequences are:

Seq	Usage	Seq	Usage
\b	backspace	\\	backslash
\f	formfeed	\"	double quote
\n	newline	\'	single quote
\r	carriage return	\###	Octal encoded character
\t	horizontal tab	\uHHHH	Unicode encoded character