Naming Conventions

The following are the valid characters that can be used for the [Name] of items:

Numbers ( 0-9 )
Note:
- You cannot use a number as the initial character in a [Name].
- You cannot use spaces in a name.
Multi-byte character
When using multi-byte characters, the following categories of Unicode characters are supported:
Lu, Ll, Lt, Lm, Lo, Nl, Nd, Pc, Mn, Mc, and Cf.

Note: Among the Unicode categories, you can use Lu, Ll, Lt, Lm, Lo, and Nl characters as the initial character in a [Name].

Reserved Words

The following words are reserved and cannot be used as the [Name] of items.

	Case-insensitive Words	Case-sensitive Words
A	ACK	abstract
B	BEL BOOL BS BYTE	base
C	CAN CR	case catch char class
D	DATE DATE_AND_TIME DC1 DC2 DC3 DC4 DEL DINT DLE DWORD	decimal delegate double
E	EM ENQ EOT ESC ETB ETX	else enum event
F	FF FS	false float
G	GS	-
H	HT	-
I	INT	if implicit in interface internal is
L	LF LINT LREAL LWORD	long
N	NAK NONE NUL	new null
O	-	object out override
P	-	params private protected public
R	REAL RS	ref
S	SI SINT SO SOH SPACE STRING STX SUB SYN	sbyte sealed short sizeof stackalloc struct
T	TIME TIME_OF_DAY	this true typeof
U	UDINT UINT ULINT US USINT	ulong ushort
V	VT	virtual void
W	WORD WSTRING	-

When using the following keywords as variable names in text mode scripts, prefix the variable name with "$Global". For example, '$Global.with'

The following words cannot be as the [Name] of compound objects and compound object properties.