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<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>6.2.1.&nbsp;Identifier</title><link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"><meta content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.72.0" name="generator"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="The VIATRA2 Model Transformation Framework"><link rel="up" href="sec_NameTokens.html" title="6.2.&nbsp;Tokens for names and strings"><link rel="prev" href="sec_NameTokens.html" title="6.2.&nbsp;Tokens for names and strings"><link rel="next" href="def_NameLiteral.html" title="6.2.2.&nbsp;Name Literal"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table summary="Navigation header" width="100%"><tr><th align="center" colspan="3">6.2.1.&nbsp;Identifier</th></tr><tr><td align="left" width="20%"><a accesskey="p" href="sec_NameTokens.html">Prev</a>&nbsp;</td><th align="center" width="60%">6.2.&nbsp;Tokens for names and strings</th><td align="right" width="20%">&nbsp;<a accesskey="n" href="def_NameLiteral.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect3" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="def_Identifier"></a>6.2.1.&nbsp;Identifier</h4></div></div></div><div class="tip" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Tip: Description"><tr><td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2" width="25"><img alt="[Tip]" src="images/tip.png"></td><th align="left"><a name="def_Identifier_Description"></a>Description</th></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"><p>
An <span class="strong"><strong>Identifier</strong></span>
<a name="N131D4" class="indexterm"></a>
is a alphanumeric token, which starts with a lower case letter.
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Identifier -&gt; LowerCaseLetter
| LowerCaseLetter Alphanum
Alphanum -&gt; Letter | Digit
| Alphanum Letter
| Alphanum Digit
Letter -&gt; LowerCaseLetter
| UpperCaseLetter
| _
| '$'
| AfterASCII
LowerCaseLetter -&gt; <span class="token">a..z</span>
UpperCaseLetter -&gt; <span class="token">A..Z</span>
Digit -&gt; 0..9
AfterASCII -&gt; <span class="token">\u0080..\ufffe</span>
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An <span class="strong"><strong>identifier</strong></span> starts with a lower case letter
which can be followed by an arbitrary number of alphanumeric characters.
An identifier cannot contain other special characters; in such a case,
a <a href="def_NameLiteral.html" title="6.2.2.&nbsp;Name Literal">name literal</a> should be used
(by inserting the name between apostrophes).
</p></td></tr></table></div><div class="highlights"><a name="def_Identifier_DefinedIn"></a><p><b>Defined In:&nbsp;</b>
<a href="def_Token.html" title="6.1.1.&nbsp;Tokens">Token</a>
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