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定数表現 (ていすうひょうげん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

定てい数すう表ひょう現げん

Meanings

1

noun

literal constant

computing

In programming, a value written directly in source code, such as 42 or "hello", as opposed to a named constant or variable.

このコードでは、定てい数すう表ひょう現げんとして数すう値ちの100が直ちょく接せつ書かかれている。
In this code, the number 100 is written directly as a literal constant.

Kanji

定determine, fix, establish
数number, strength, fate
表surface, table, chart
現

present, existing, actual

Similar words

リテラル
Often used interchangeably with 定数表現 in programming contexts, but リテラル is a more common loanword for 'literal'.
定てい数すう
Refers to a named constant (e.g., a variable declared with const), while 定数表現 specifically means a literal value written directly in code.

Etymology

Compound of 定数 (constant) and 表現 (expression), likely a calque from English 'literal constant' used in computing.