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Literals in Indirect Commands

Numeric is a string of one to eighteen digits with no intervening commands or decimal point, such as 7954. If the target variable contains an implied decimal point, then the decimal point must also be implied in the literal.

Floating point is appropriate only for COMPUTATIONAL‑1 and COMPUTATIONAL‑2 target variables that consist of the following:

• A sign
• A string of up to seven digits with an optional decimal point
• The character E followed by an optional signed exponent

  Alphanumeric is a character string enclosed within single quotation marks ( '), or double quotation marks ("), such as 'RALPH9' or "RALPH9".

  Hexadecimal is a string of an even number of characters consisting of 0 to 9 and A to F, enclosed within single quotation marks ( '), or double quotation marks ("), and prefixed with X, such as X'F0'.

  Bit is a string of the characters 1 and 0 enclosed in single quotation marks ( '), or double quotation marks (") such as '11110000'. The maximum length of a bit literal is determined by its context and the maximum allowed indirect command length.