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##### 8.30.2.1 Special Characters

The semicolon ``;`' is the line comment character;

The dollar sign ``$`' can be used as a prefix for hexadecimal numbers and as a symbol denoting the current location counter.

A backslash ``\`' is an ordinary character for the Z80 assembler.

The single quote ``'`' must be followed by a closing quote. If there is one character inbetween, it is a character constant, otherwise it is a string constant.