Strings between quotation marks in C++
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  <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br>
  <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7459939/what-do-single-quotes-do-in-c-when-used-on-multiple-characters">What do single quotes do in C++ when used on multiple characters?</a>  </p>
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<p>The following code compiles in C++:</p>

<pre><code>unsigned int x;
x = 'abc';
</code></pre>

<p>What does it mean? Is putting string between quotation marks legal? What does it do?</p>
