| General Information | |
| Operator | no operator |
| Type | unary |
| Syntax | terminal atom |
| Operand Types | integer, float, char, string, boolean, identifier, null, nil, oid, |
| Result Type | same type as the operand |
| Expression Examples | |
| expression | result |
| 1 | 1 |
| 2. | 12. |
| 'a' | 'a' |
| "hello" | "hello" |
| alpha | value of alpha |
| true | true |
| 83283.1.29292:oid | an error is raised in case of the oid is invalid. |
| Otherwise the result is the input oid: 83283.1.29292:oid | |