Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767251
Date 10/31/2024
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Hexadecimal Constants

A hexadecimal constant is an alternative way to represent numeric constants. A hexadecimal constant takes one of the following forms:

Z'd[d...]'

Z"d[d...]"

d

Is a hexadecimal (base 16) digit (0 through 9, or an uppercase or lowercase letter in the range of A to F).

You can specify up to 128 bits (32 hexadecimal digits) in hexadecimal constants.

Examples

Valid Hexadecimal Constants

Z'AF9730'

Z"FFABC"

Z'84'

Invalid Hexadecimal Constants

Z'999.'

Decimal not allowed.

ZF9"

No quotation mark after the Z.