| Integers `1`, floats `1.2`, characters `'a'`, strings `"abc"`, booleans `true` |
| and the unit type `()` can be expressed using literals. |
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| Integers can, alternatively, be expressed using hexadecimal, octal or binary |
| notation using either of these prefixes: `0x`, `0o` or `0b`. |
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| Underscores can be inserted in numeric literals to improve readability, e.g. |
| `1_000` is the same as `1000`, and `0.000_001` is the same as `0.000001`. |
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| We need to tell the compiler what is the type of the literals we use. For now, |
| we'll use the `u` suffix to indicate that the literal is an unsigned integer, |
| and the `i` suffix to indicate that it's a signed integer. We'll cover the type |
| system in [another chapter](/type.html), and give more details about type |
| annotating literals in [their own section](/type/literals.html). |
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| The operators available and their precedence are similar to other |
| [C-like languages](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator_precedence#Programming_languages). |
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| {literals.play} |
