Question

Explain what you mean by literals and write its types.

Answer 1

Literals, or constants, are any constant value that can be assigned to a variable. A literal is a set of symbols used to describe a constant value in the code. They are classified into the following types:   

1. Integer literals 
2. Floating point literals 
3. Boolean literals 
4. Symbol literals 
5. Character literals 
6. String literals 
7. Multi-Line strings