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<h4 class="subsection">3.10.1 Constants</h4>

<p><a name="index-integer-notation-551"></a><a name="index-constants-in-linker-scripts-552"></a>All constants are integers.

   <p>As in C, the linker considers an integer beginning with &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">0</span></samp>&rsquo; to be
octal, and an integer beginning with &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">0x</span></samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">0X</span></samp>&rsquo; to be
hexadecimal.  Alternatively the linker accepts suffixes of &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">h</span></samp>&rsquo; or
&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">H</span></samp>&rsquo; for hexadecimal, &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">o</span></samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">O</span></samp>&rsquo; for octal, &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">b</span></samp>&rsquo; or
&lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">B</span></samp>&rsquo; for binary and &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">d</span></samp>&rsquo; or &lsquo;<samp><span class="samp">D</span></samp>&rsquo; for decimal.  Any integer
value without a prefix or a suffix is considered to be decimal.

   <p><a name="index-scaled-integers-553"></a><a name="index-K-and-M-integer-suffixes-554"></a><a name="index-M-and-K-integer-suffixes-555"></a><a name="index-suffixes-for-integers-556"></a><a name="index-integer-suffixes-557"></a>In addition, you can use the suffixes <code>K</code> and <code>M</code> to scale a
constant by
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respectively.  For example, the following
all refer to the same quantity:

<pre class="smallexample">     _fourk_1 = 4K;
     _fourk_2 = 4096;
     _fourk_3 = 0x1000;
     _fourk_4 = 10000o;
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   <p>Note - the <code>K</code> and <code>M</code> suffixes cannot be used in
conjunction with the base suffixes mentioned above.

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