Question

What is a literal?

Answer 1

Literal is a constant that remains fixed throughout the discussion of a program. It is the value that can be assigned to a variable. For example, 

1. Integer literals: 12, 4, 342, etc.
2. Real literals: 1.02, 345.657, 0.00002, l.0e-05, etc.
3. Character literals: 'A', 'p', ':','?', etc.
4. String literals: "COMPUTERS", "PAY2013", "3421", etc.
5. Boolean literals: true or false.