Sign

Character(s)	Description	+ Comment characters
//	everything following on the line is a comment
(*	start of comment; comment may be one or more lines
*)	end of comment
{	start of comment; comment may be one or more lines
}	end of comment

<table> <caption>Signs for the interpretation of numbers</caption> <thead> <tr> <th>Character</th> <th>Description</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>#</td> <td>Interprets the following number as a character</td> </tr> <tr> <td>$</td> <td>Interprets the following number as a hexadecimal number</td> </tr> <tr> <td>%</td> <td>Interprets the following number as a binary number.<br /> (This does not apply in every compiler mode ).</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

See also

• Pascal basics

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