| # Literal expressions |
| |
| > **<sup>Syntax</sup>**\ |
| > _LiteralExpression_ :\ |
| > [CHAR_LITERAL]\ |
| > | [STRING_LITERAL]\ |
| > | [RAW_STRING_LITERAL]\ |
| > | [BYTE_LITERAL]\ |
| > | [BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]\ |
| > | [RAW_BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]\ |
| > | [INTEGER_LITERAL]\ |
| > | [FLOAT_LITERAL]\ |
| > | [BOOLEAN_LITERAL] |
| |
| A _literal expression_ consists of one of the [literal](../tokens.md#literals) forms described earlier. |
| It directly describes a number, character, string, or boolean value. |
| |
| ```rust |
| "hello"; // string type |
| '5'; // character type |
| 5; // integer type |
| ``` |
| |
| [CHAR_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#character-literals |
| [STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#string-literals |
| [RAW_STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#raw-string-literals |
| [BYTE_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#byte-literals |
| [BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#byte-string-literals |
| [RAW_BYTE_STRING_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#raw-byte-string-literals |
| [INTEGER_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#integer-literals |
| [FLOAT_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#floating-point-literals |
| [BOOLEAN_LITERAL]: ../tokens.md#boolean-literals |
