String Literal

string-literal: → ( character-size-prefix | ε ) ( " s-character * " ) *
character-size-prefix: → L
s-character: → letter | digit | s-symbol | escape-sequence
s-symbol: → ' | q-symbol
q-symbol: → space | ! | # | $ | % | & | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / | : | : | < | = | > | @ | [ | ] | ^ | _ | ` | { | '|' | } | ~
escape-sequence: → simple-escape-sequence; | octal-escape-sequence; | hexadecimal-escape-sequence
simple-escape-sequence: → \a | \b | \f | \n | \r | \t | \v | \" | \' | \\ | \?
octal-escape-sequence: → \ octal-digit; | \ octal-digit octal-digit; | \ octal-digit octal-digit octal-digit
hexadecimal-escape-sequence: → ( \x | \X ) hexadecimal-digit hexadecimal-digit *
letter: → a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m
| n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M
| N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
digit: → 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
octal-digit: → 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
hexadecimal-digit: → 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9; | A | B | C | D | E | F | a | b | c | d | e | f

character-size-prefix: The prefix L indicate a w_char * type.; The default type is char *.

C String Literals

Visual Studio 6

C Etymology