CONST - a non-executable statement that declares symbolic constants to use in place of numeric or string values Syntax CONST constantname = expression [,constantname = expression]... - constantname is a name following the same naming rules as a BASIC variable. You may add to the name a type-declaration character (%, &, !, #, or $) to indicate its type (this character is not part of the name). - expression consists of literals, other constants, or any of the arithmetic and logical operators except exponentiation (^).