##### 9.38.2.1 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 in between, it is a character constant, otherwise it is a string constant.