names - Scilab names syntax (original) (raw)
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Description
Names of variables and functions must begin with a letter or one of the following special characters '%', '_', '#', '!', '$', '?'.
Next characters may be letters or digits or any special character in '_', '#', '!', '$', '?'
Names may be as long as you want but only the first 24 characters are taken into account. Upper and lower case letters are different.
Examples
%eps A1=123 #Color=8 My_Special_Color_Table=rand(10,3)