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Identifiers are used as names and also as reserved words.
identifier ::= letter {[underline] letter_or_digit} letter_or_digit ::= letter | digit letter ::= upper_case_letter | lower_case_letterAll characters of an identifier are significant, including any underlinecharacter inserted between a letter or digit and an adjacent letter ordigit. Identifiers differing only in the use of corresponding upper andlower case letters are considered as the same.
Examples:
COUNT X get_symbol Ethelyn Marion SNOBOL_4 X1 PageCount STORE_NEXT_ITEM
Note:
No space is allowed within an identifier since a space is a separator.
References:digit,lower case letter,name,reserved word,separator,space character,upper case letter.
Rationale references:2.1 Lexical Structure
Style Guide references:3.1.1 Use of Underscores,3.1.3 Capitalization,3.1.4 Abbreviations,3.2 Naming Conventions,5.2.1 Formal Parameters,5.5.4 Positive Forms of Logic,8.1.1 Application-Independent Naming,8.1.2 Abbreviations
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