Percent sign: what changed

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1	1		%
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3	3		In [[ASCII]], the character code decimal `37` (or [[Hexadecimal\|hexadecimal]] `25`) is defined to be `%` .
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5	5		The symbol `%` (pronounced "percent sign") is used in [[Pascal]]:
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7	7		- it indicates a [[Binary numeral system\|binary numeral expression/number]].
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9	9		The percent sign also appears in Lazarus [[IDE directives]] of the form `{%directive}`
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11	11		## Example
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13	13		``` pascal
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15	15		program simple_binary_digit;
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17	17		var b:byte;
18	18		begin
19	19		b := %1010011;
20	20		writeln (b);
21	21		writeln (binStr(b,8));
22	22		writeln ;
23	23		writeln ('Press [Enter] to finish');
24	24		readln;
25	25		end.
26	26		```
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28	28		The output prints as follows:
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30		-	~~`83`\~~
31		-	~~`01010011`\~~
32		-	~~` `\~~
33		-	~~`Press [enter] to finish`~~
	30	+	```text
	31	+	83
	32	+	01010011
	33	+
	34	+	Press [enter] to finish
	35	+	```
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35	37		> Note: Binary number literals are not supported in [[Mode Delphi\|{$mode Delphi}]] and [[Mode TP\|{$mode TP}]].
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37	39		## See also
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39	41		- `function` [[doc:rtl/system/binstr.html\|binStr]] - Convert [[Integer\|integer]] to [[String\|string]] with binary representation.
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41	43		---
42	44		From the Free Pascal wiki, page "Percent sign", as it stood on 2022-08-06 after a change by Kai Burghardt, out of the wiki's dump of 2024-05-26. Copyright stays with the author who wrote it, according to the old wiki's [[Licensing]] page. If you have concerns about this material, [message the admin](/wiki-contact).