aa = 10                                /*assigns chars    10  ───►  AA  */
bb = ''                                /*assigns a null value ───►  BB  */
cc = 2*10                              /*assigns chars    20  ───►  CC  */
dd = 'Adam'                            /*assigns chars Adam   ───►  DD  */
ee = "Adam"                            /*same as above        ───►  EE  */
ff = 10.                               /*assigns chars   10.  ───►  FF  */
gg = '10.'                             /*same as above        ───►  GG  */
hh = "+10"                             /*assigns chars  +10   ───►  hh  */
ii = 1e1                               /*assigns chars  1e1   ───►  ii  */
jj = +.1e+2                            /*assigns chars  .1e+2 ───►  jj  */
kk = '123'x                            /*assigns hex  00000123 ───► KK  */
kk = 'dead beaf'X                      /*assigns hex  deadbeaf ───► KK  */
ll = '0000 0010'b                      /*assigns blank ───► LL  (ASCII) */
mm = '0000 0100'B                      /*assigns blank ───► MM  (EBCDIC)*/
cat = "Honest as the Cat when the meat's out of reach."
                                       /*assigns a literal    ───► cat  */