First published on MSDN on Feb 05, 2016
Authored by Ed Price
This Table shows some illegal variable names, along with the reason why each name’s invalid.
Table: Invalid Variable Names
Variable Name
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What’s Wrong?
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2Player
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starts with a digit
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My.Address
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has an invalid character (dot) in the name
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Okay?
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has an invalid character (?) in the name
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room-temp
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has an invalid character (minus sign) in the name
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room*temp
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has an invalid character (*) in the name
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room temp
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has an invalid character (space) in the name
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If you use an illegal variable name, the Small Basic compiler detects it and reports a syntax error. And then the programming police show up to arrest you! (That last part might just be a rumor.)
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