Java 6 Illuminated: An Active Learning Approach, 2nd Edition

2.2 Data Types,Variables,and Constants 57

Figure 2.2

Output of Example 2.3

used in line 10, will cause the literal that follows it to be indented one tab stop

when output. Line 11 outputs a sentence with embedded double quotes; the

embedded double quotes are printed with the escape sequence \".

2.2.8 Constants

Sometimes you know the value of a data item, and you know that its value

will not (and should not) change during program execution, nor is it

likely to change from one execution of the program to another. In this

case, it is a good software engineering practice to define that data item as

a constant.

Defining constants uses the same syntax as declaring ...