Library /sys$common/syshlp/basichelp.hlb Constants  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  A constant is a numeric or character value that  does  not  change  during
  program execution.  BASIC accepts floating-point, integer, packed decimal,
  and character string constants.  You can create a named  constant  of  any
  data  type  with the DECLARE statement.  You can also use explicit literal
  notation to specify the value and data type of a numeric literal.

  Additional Information (explode) :

• Literal notation
• Floating-point
• Integer
• Packed Decimal
• String
• Named