Constants - Using as
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### 3.6 Constants

A constant is a number, written so that its value is known by inspection, without knowing any context. Like this:

         .byte  74, 0112, 092, 0x4A, 0X4a, 'J, '\J # All the same value.
         .ascii "Ring the bell\7"                  # A string constant.
         .octa  0x123456789abcdef0123456789ABCDEF0 # A bignum.
         .float 0f-314159265358979323846264338327\
         95028841971.693993751E-40                 # - pi, a flonum.