2.3.5 Strings

A string is a sequence of characters quoted with either double-quote mark (") or single-quote mark (') characters. The sequence must not include a newline character. When used in an expression, the numeric value of a string is the numeric value of the ASCII representation of its first character.

The suggested style is to use single quote mark characters for the ASCII value of a single character, and double quote mark characters for quoted-string operands such as used by pseudo-ops. An example of assembly code in the suggested style is:

add %g1,'a'-'A',%g1 ! g1 + ('a' - 'A') --> g1 

The escape codes described in Table 2–1, derived from ANSI C, are recognized in strings.