identifier

An identifier is a sequence of characters used for representing the name of a Variable, a Class, a Method, a Property, a constant or an Event.

• The first character of an identifier must be an alphabetic character, an underscore, or the dollar sign.

• The other characters can be any alphabetic character, any digit, an underscore, the dollar sign, or the question mark.

Here are some valid identifiers:

• A

• i

• Xyz1972

• Null?

• $Global_Var

• _DoNotUse

• Event_Handler

Some identifiers in Gambas are reserved keywords, and so cannot be used as variable names.

To prevent the compiler from interpreting an identifier as a reserved keyword, put it between braces, like this: