Hexadecimal notation for national literals

The hexadecimal notation format of national literals is not affected by the NSYMBOL compiler option.

NX" or NX'

Opening delimiters. The opening delimiter must be represented in single-byte characters. It must not be split across lines.

" or '

The closing delimiter. The closing delimiter must be represented as a single-byte character.

If a quotation mark is used in the opening delimiter, a quotation mark must be used as the closing delimiter. Similarly, if an apostrophe is used in the opening delimiter, an apostrophe must be used as the closing delimiter.

hexadecimal-digits

Hexadecimal digits in the range '0' to '9', 'a' - f', and 'A' to 'F', inclusive. Each group of four hexadecimal digits represents a single national character and must represent a valid code point in UTF-16. The number of hexadecimal digits must be a multiple of four.

Maximum length

The length of a national literal in hexadecimal notation must be from four to 320 hexadecimal digits, excluding the opening and closing delimiters. The length must be a multiple of four.

Continuation rules

Normal continuation rules apply.

The content of a national literal in hexadecimal notation is stored as national characters. The resulting content has the same meaning as a basic national literal that specifies the same national characters.

A national literal in hexadecimal notation has data class and category national and can be used anywhere that a basic national literal can be used.