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<h4 class="subsection">3.10.1 Constants</h4>
<p><a name="index-integer-notation-523"></a><a name="index-constants-in-linker-scripts-524"></a>All constants are integers.
<p>As in C, the linker considers an integer beginning with ‘<samp><span class="samp">0</span></samp>’ to be
octal, and an integer beginning with ‘<samp><span class="samp">0x</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">0X</span></samp>’ to be
hexadecimal. Alternatively the linker accepts suffixes of ‘<samp><span class="samp">h</span></samp>’ or
‘<samp><span class="samp">H</span></samp>’ for hexadecimal, ‘<samp><span class="samp">o</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">O</span></samp>’ for octal, ‘<samp><span class="samp">b</span></samp>’ or
‘<samp><span class="samp">B</span></samp>’ for binary and ‘<samp><span class="samp">d</span></samp>’ or ‘<samp><span class="samp">D</span></samp>’ for decimal. Any integer
value without a prefix or a suffix is considered to be decimal.
<p><a name="index-scaled-integers-525"></a><a name="index-K-and-M-integer-suffixes-526"></a><a name="index-M-and-K-integer-suffixes-527"></a><a name="index-suffixes-for-integers-528"></a><a name="index-integer-suffixes-529"></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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