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Hey folks !

could any one please tell me why the following identifiers are illegal?


if possible give the reason for each of them seperately,,, like i've done for the last one. ,, thanks in advance
 
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Hi, Hama Kamal

Identifier can starts with only $, _ and letters. Its the Rule of Identifier. I think no explanation is need here, its the rule and rule and nothing and also like we can't use identifier as a variable name.



 
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Just a minor correction to statement



Identifier can starts with only $, _ and letters



Identifier can starts with only any currency symbol, _ and letters
 
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@Vijay Tidake

Ya you are right, Thanks
 
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Vijay Tidake wrote:Just a minor correction to statement



Identifier can starts with only $, _ and letters



Identifier can starts with only any currency symbol, _ and letters





Identifiers must start with a letter, a currency character ($), or a connecting
character such as the underscore ( _ ) ,, what other connecting characters are? that is my point?!
 
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Hama Kamal wrote:

Vijay Tidake wrote:Just a minor correction to statement



Identifier can starts with only $, _ and letters



Identifier can starts with only any currency symbol, _ and letters





Identifiers must start with a letter, a currency character ($), or a connecting
character such as the underscore ( _ ) ,, what other connecting characters are? that is my point?!



Hi as far as I am aware the only connecting character allowed is the underscore (_)
Other such as dot(.) and dash(-) are not regarded as connecting characters in java as they have other meaning.
 
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kawshik java wrote:

Hama Kamal wrote:

Vijay Tidake wrote:Just a minor correction to statement



Identifier can starts with only $, _ and letters



Identifier can starts with only any currency symbol, _ and letters





Identifiers must start with a letter, a currency character ($), or a connecting
character such as the underscore ( _ ) ,, what other connecting characters are? that is my point?!



Hi as far as I am aware the only connecting character allowed is the underscore (_)
Other such as dot(.) and dash(-) are not regarded as connecting characters in java as they have other meaning.



thanks for your reply my friend ...it helped
 
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Actually, there are some really interesting symbols allowed. Take a look at the Pc and Sc categories: http://www.dpawson.co.uk/xsl/rev2/UnicodeCategories.html.
 
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but what about the 3rd one ??
int e#
it starts with a letter
 
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I think only letters, currency symbols, digits and the underscore (_) are allowed after the first character. In the K & B book it says "connecting characters" which is obviously only _ for the exam (see this thread).

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