Scilab 5.5.2
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names
Scilab names syntax
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. If you exceed this limit you get a warning. Please note that this limitation will be fixed with the release of Scilab 6.
Examples
//Valid names %eps A1=123 #Color=8 My_Special_Color_Table=rand(10,3) //Non valid names //1A , b%, .C // Long names Try_to_use_a_long_name = 1 // long, but not too Try_to_use_a_too_long_name = 1 // too long // let we insert a second variable with similar long name... Try_to_use_a_too_long_name2 = 2 // ... and see the value of first variable disp(Try_to_use_a_too_long_name) // Please note that this limitation will be fixed with the release of Scilab 6.
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