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literal comparison table

Subject	have example	occur	be part of	has definition	have purpose	be	have type	is a subtopic of	have value	is a synonym of	is a kind of	return	perform
array literal	{1,2,3} (array is created at compile time)	in a context where a value is required	an expression		to create a new object		that is the type of its result	Literals	called its result, or its return value	array constant	object creation expression	a value from its computation	a computation specified by 0 or more operators
boolean literal	true					true or false		Literals			literal
character literal	'A'					any single Unicode character		Literals			literal
numeric literal	16.7							Literals			literal
string literal	"Hello world!" (created at compile time)	in a context where a value is required	an expression	A string of characters between double quotation marks	to create a new object		that is the type of its result	Strings	called its result, or its return value	literal string	object creation expression	a value from its computation	a computation specified by 0 or more operators

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