Binary Literals ("M" Reference)
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Binary literals are used to write binary values. The type of a binary literal defaults to Binary.
Literal Format
Binary literals take the following format.
BinaryLiteral:
0x HexDigitsopt
0X HexDigitsopt
HexDigit: one of
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 a b c d e f A B C D E F
HexDigits:
HexDigit
HexDigits HexDigit
Binary literals must have exactly 2 digits after the 0x or 0x. For example, 0x01 is legal, while 0x1 and 0x017 are both illegal.