In this blog, we’ll discuss constants and literals in PL/SQL. a continuing holds a worth that when declared, doesn’t change within the program. a continuing declaration specifies its name, data type, and value, and allocates storage for it. The declaration also can impose the NOT NULL constraint.
Declaring a continuing
A constant is said using the CONSTANT keyword. It requires an initial value and doesn’t allow that value to be changed. for instance −

PI CONSTANT NUMBER := 3.141592654; 
DECLARE 
-- constant declaration 
pi constant number := 3.141592654; 
-- other declarations 
radius number(5,2); 
dia number(5,2); 
circumference number(7, 2); 
area number (10, 2); 
BEGIN 
-- processing 
radius := 9.5; 
dia := radius * 2; 
circumference := 2.0 * pi * radius; 
area := pi * radius * radius; 
-- output 
dbms_output.put_line('Radius: ' || radius); 
dbms_output.put_line('Diameter: ' || dia); 
dbms_output.put_line('Circumference: ' || circumference); 
dbms_output.put_line('Area: ' || area); 
END; 
/

When the above code is executed at the SQL prompt, it produces the subsequent result −
Radius: 9.5
Diameter: 19
Circumference: 59.69
Area: 283.53

Pl/SQL procedure successfully completed.
The PL/SQL Literals
A literal is a particular numeric, character, string, or Boolean value not represented by an identifier. for instance , TRUE, 786, NULL, ‘tecklearn’ are all literals of type Boolean, number, or string. PL/SQL, literals are case-sensitive. PL/SQL supports the subsequent sorts of literals −
• Numeric Literals
• Character Literals
• String Literals
• BOOLEAN Literals
• Date and Time Literals
The following table provides examples from of these categories of literal values.

S.No	Literal Type & Example
1	Numeric Literals 050 78 -14 0 +32767 6.6667 0.0 -12.0 3.14159 +7800.00 6E5 1.0E-8 3.14159e0 -1E38 -9.5e-3
2	Character Literals ‘A’ ‘%’ ‘9’ ‘ ‘ ‘z’ ‘(‘
3	String Literals ‘Hello, world!’ ‘Tecklearn’ ’19-NOV-12′
4	BOOLEAN Literals TRUE, FALSE, and NULL.
5	Date and Time Literals DATE ‘1978-12-25’; TIMESTAMP ‘2012-10-29 12:01:01’;

To embed single quotes within a string literal, place two single quotes next to every other as shown within the following program −

DECLARE 
message varchar2(30):= 'That''s tecklearn.com!'; 
BEGIN 
dbms_output.put_line(message); 
END; 
/

When the above code is executed at the SQL prompt, it produces the subsequent result −
That’s tecklearn.com!

PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.

PL/SQL – Operators

In this blog, we’ll discuss operators in PL/SQL. An operator may be a symbol that tells the compiler to perform specific mathematical or logical manipulation. PL/SQL language is rich in built-in operators and provides the subsequent sorts of operators −
• Arithmetic operators
• Relational operators
• Comparison operators
• Logical operators
• String operators
Here, we’ll understand the arithmetic, relational, comparison and logical operators one by one. The String operators are going to be discussed during a later chapter − PL/SQL – Strings.
Arithmetic Operators
Following table shows all the arithmetic operators supported by PL/SQL. allow us to assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 5, then

Operator	Description	Example
+	Adds two operands	A + B will give 15
–	Subtracts second operand from the first	A – B will give 5
*	Multiplies both operands	A * B will give 50
/	Divides numerator by de-numerator	A / B will give 2
**	Exponentiation operator, raises one operand to the facility of other	A ** B will give 100000

Relational Operators
Relational operators compare two expressions or values and return a Boolean result. Following table shows all the relational operators supported by PL/SQL. allow us to assume variable A holds 10 and variable B holds 20, then –

Operator	Description	Example
=	Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A = B) isn’t true.
!= <> ~=	Checks if the values of two operands are equal or not, if values are not equal then condition becomes true.	(A != B) is true.
>	Checks if the value of left operand is greater than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A > B) isn’t true.
<	Checks if the value of left operand is less than the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A < B) is true.
>=	Checks if the value of left operand is greater than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A >= B) isn’t true.
<=	Checks if the value of left operand is less than or equal to the value of right operand, if yes then condition becomes true.	(A <= B) is true

Comparison Operators

Comparison operators are used for comparing one expression to a different . The result’s always either TRUE, FALSE or NULL.

Operator	Description	Example
LIKE	The LIKE operator compares a personality , string, or CLOB value to a pattern and returns TRUE if the worth matches the pattern and FALSE if it doesn’t	If ‘Zara Ali’ like ‘Z% A_i’ returns a Boolean true, whereas, ‘Nuha Ali’ like ‘Z% A_i’ returns a Boolean false.
BETWEEN	The BETWEEN operator tests whether a worth lies in a specified range. x BETWEEN a AND b means that x >= a and x <= b.	If x = 10 then, x between 5 and 20 returns true, x between 5 and 10 returns true, but x between 11 and 20 returns false.
IN	The IN operator tests set membership. x IN (set) means that x is equal to any member of set.	If x = ‘m’ then, x in (‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’) returns Boolean false but x in (‘m’, ‘n’, ‘o’) returns Boolean true.
IS NULL	The IS NULL operator returns the BOOLEAN value TRUE if its operand is NULL or FALSE if it’s not NULL. Comparisons involving NULL values always yield NULL.	If x = ‘m’, then ‘x is null’ returns Boolean false.

Logical Operators
Following table shows the Logical operators supported by PL/SQL. of these operators work on Boolean operands and produce Boolean results. allow us to assume variable A holds true and variable B holds false, then –

Operator	Description	Examples
and	Called the logical AND operator. If both the operands are true then condition becomes true.	(A and B) is fake.
or	Called the logical OR Operator. If any of the two operands is true then condition becomes true.	(A or B) is true.
not	Called the logical NOT Operator. wont to reverse the logical state of its operand. If a condition is true then Logical NOT operator will make it false.	not (A and B) is true.

PL/SQL Operator Precedence
Operator precedence determines the grouping of terms in an expression. This affects how an expression is evaluated. Certain operators have higher precedence than others; for instance, the multiplication operator has higher precedence than the addition operator.
For example, x = 7 + 3 * 2; here, x is assigned 13, not 20 because operator * has higher precedence than +, so it first gets multiplied with 3*2 then adds into 7.
Here, operators with the very best precedence appear at the highest of the table, those with rock bottom appear at rock bottom. Within an expression, higher precedence operators are going to be evaluated first.
The precedence of operators goes as follows: =, , =, , !=, ~=, ^=, IS NULL, LIKE, BETWEEN, IN.

Operator	Operation
**	exponentiation
+, –	identity, negation
*, /	multiplication, division
+, -, \|\|	addition, subtraction, concatenation
comparison
NOT	logical negation
AND	conjunction
OR	inclusion

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