Re: What characters are allowed in mathematica variable names? i.e. how
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- Subject: [mg126035] Re: What characters are allowed in mathematica variable names? i.e. how
- From: Ray Koopman <koopman at sfu.ca>
- Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 04:53:01 -0400 (EDT)
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On Apr 12, 1:44 am, Jesse Perla <jessepe... at gmail.com> wrote: > In other languages like C++, _ is a kosher character to be > in variable names. It is not in mathematica, so things like > "my_first_variable" don't work. I have been using a ` to separate > out the words to get things like my`first`variable, but now realize > it is creating other issues due to the scoping it introduces. > > Are there are other characters I can use to separate out words > in variable names? No. The "solution" is camelCase: in multiWordNames, capitalize the initial letter of each word except the first. (If you capitalize the initial letter of the first word too then your name may conflict with a built-in symbol.)