[lex.literal.kinds]

# 5 Lexical conventions [[lex]](./#lex)

## 5.13 Literals [[lex.literal]](lex.literal#kinds)

### 5.13.1 Kinds of literals [lex.literal.kinds]

[1](#1)

[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/lex.tex#L1146)

There are several kinds of literals[.](#1.sentence-1)[14](#footnote-14 "The term “literal” generally designates, in this document, those tokens that are called “constants” in C.")

[literal:](#nt:literal "5.13.1 Kinds of literals [lex.literal.kinds]")  
[*integer-literal*](lex.icon#nt:integer-literal "5.13.2 Integer literals [lex.icon]")  
[*character-literal*](lex.ccon#nt:character-literal "5.13.3 Character literals [lex.ccon]")  
[*floating-point-literal*](lex.fcon#nt:floating-point-literal "5.13.4 Floating-point literals [lex.fcon]")  
[*string-literal*](lex.string#nt:string-literal "5.13.5 String literals [lex.string]")  
[*boolean-literal*](lex.bool#nt:boolean-literal "5.13.7 Boolean literals [lex.bool]")  
[*pointer-literal*](lex.nullptr#nt:pointer-literal "5.13.8 Pointer literals [lex.nullptr]")  
[*user-defined-literal*](lex.ext#nt:user-defined-literal "5.13.9 User-defined literals [lex.ext]")

[*Note [1](#note-1)*:

When appearing as an [*expression*](expr.comma#nt:expression "7.6.20 Comma operator [expr.comma]"),
a literal has a type and a value category ([[expr.prim.literal]](expr.prim.literal "7.5.2 Literals"))[.](#1.sentence-2)

— *end note*]

[14)](#footnote-14)[14)](#footnoteref-14)

The term “literal” generally designates, in this
document, those tokens that are called “constants” in C[.](#footnote-14.sentence-1)