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

Signs for the interpretation of numbers

Character	Description
#	Interprets the following number as a character
$	Interprets the following number as a hexadecimal number
%	Interprets the following number as a binary number. · (This does not apply in every compiler mode ).

See also

• Pascal basics

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