Please explain why e# is not a legal identifier

[indra negi]

Please explain me why e# is not a legal identifier.

Thanks in advance

[Ankit Garg]

Identifier names cannot have any symbols except _ (underscore) or $ (dollar sign)...

[indra negi]

But in K&B book(Page no. 5) its written that "After the first character, identifiers can contain any combination of letters, currency characters, connecting characters or numbers".

If that is so then the identifiers can have any currency characters such as euro,pound etc. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[Devaka Cooray]

indra negi wrote:If that is so then the identifiers can have any currency characters such as euro,pound etc. Please correct me if I am wrong.

You can use the dollars symbol only, e$ is a correct identifier.

[indra negi]

Thanks Devaka. Got it.

[Alejandro Rodriguez]

Sorry for reopen this thread, I´m studing for Exam 310-065.

"the identifiers can have any currency characters such as euro,pound"

I have tryed:

String e€; 

and compiles.

I have seen the list of connecting caracters http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/category/index.htm In essece the _ .

Can you give me a link to the valid currency characters?

Thanks for your attention,

Alex

[Alejandro Rodriguez]

Hi all,

list of connecting caracters:

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/category/Pc/list.htm

Characters in the 'Symbol, Currency' Category

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/category/Sc/list.htm


Sorry for answer again, but i can find "edit" button

Thanks for your attention.

[Ankit Garg]

Alejandro Rodriguez wrote:Sorry for answer again, but i can find "edit" button .

The edit button looks like this . It is on the upper right corner of your post...

[Mario Gimenez]

Devaka Cooray wrote:

indra negi wrote:If that is so then the identifiers can have any currency characters such as euro,pound etc. Please correct me if I am wrong.

You can use the dollars symbol only, e$ is a correct identifier.

Hi, you can have this ... and compile

private int Çd;
private int ÇǼ_s;
private int Δd;


not only dollars symbol.

My question is...
Why this compile.... and what symbols not compile.
thanks

[Paul Clapham]

indra negi wrote:But in K&B book(Page no. 5) its written that "After the first character, identifiers can contain any combination of letters, currency characters, connecting characters or numbers".

And all of the examples you posted satisfy that requirement. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that "letters" only means the letters used in your language.