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escape character comparison table

Subject	use	have example	be	have	have syntax rule	see also	contain	is a subtopic of	is a synonym of	is a kind of	have size		denote by	is an instance of
char	basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %			a size in bytes		Character class	2 bytes	Variables and Data Types	Unicode character	integral value	2 bytes	if a value is assigned to a variable then the value must have the same type as the variable or the value must have a type that is a subtype of the variable's type
character literal		'A'	any single Unicode character		bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional			Literals		literal
escape character	basic arithmetic operators +, -, *, / and %	'A'	any single Unicode character	a size in bytes	bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional	Character class	2 bytes	Literals			2 bytes	if a value is assigned to a variable then the value must have the same type as the variable or the value must have a type that is a subtype of the variable's type	'\'	character literal

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