5 Lexical conventions [lex]

5.6 Tokens [lex.token]

token:
	identifier
	keyword
	literal
	operator
	punctuator
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There are five kinds of tokens: identifiers, keywords, literals,19 operators, and other separators.
Blanks, horizontal and vertical tabs, newlines, formfeeds, and comments (collectively, “white space”), as described below, are ignored except as they serve to separate tokens.
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Some white space is required to separate otherwise adjacent identifiers, keywords, numeric literals, and alternative tokens containing alphabetic characters.
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Literals include strings and character and numeric literals.