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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0-subset Scilab" xml:lang="en" xml:id="names">
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<refname>names</refname>
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<refpurpose>Scilab names syntax</refpurpose>
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<title>Description</title><para>
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Names of variables and functions must begin with a letter or one of
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the following special characters '<literal>%</literal>', '<literal>_</literal>', '<literal>#</literal>', '<literal>!</literal>', '<literal>$</literal>', '<literal>?</literal>'.
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Next characters may be letters or digits or any special character in '<literal>_</literal>',
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'<literal>#</literal>', '<literal>!</literal>', '<literal>$</literal>', '<literal>?</literal>'.
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Upper and lower case letters are different.
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Names may be as long as you want but only the first 24 characters are
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taken into account. If you exceed this limit you get a warning. Please note that this limitation will be fixed with the release of Scilab 6.
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<title>Examples</title>
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<programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[
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<refname>names</refname>
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<refpurpose>Scilab names syntax</refpurpose>
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<title>Description</title><para>
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Names of variables and functions must begin with a letter or one of
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the following special characters '<literal>%</literal>', '<literal>_</literal>', '<literal>#</literal>', '<literal>!</literal>', '<literal>$</literal>', '<literal>?</literal>'.
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Next characters may be letters or digits or any special character in '<literal>_</literal>',
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'<literal>#</literal>', '<literal>!</literal>', '<literal>$</literal>', '<literal>?</literal>'.
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Upper and lower case letters are different.
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Names may be as long as you want but only the first 24 characters are
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taken into account. If you exceed this limit you get a warning. Please note that this limitation will be fixed with the release of Scilab 6.
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<title>Examples</title>
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<programlisting role="example"><![CDATA[