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                         Variable Naming Conventions
 
                BASIC                                   ISAM
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  40 characters or fewer. Not case             30 characters or fewer.
  sensitive.                                   Not case sensitive.
 
  Alphanumeric characters, the decimal         Alphanumeric characters only,
  point plus the BASIC type-declaration        including A-Z, a-z, and 0-9.
  characters (%,&,!,#,@, and $) where
  appropriate (variables and functions).
 
  Must begin with alphabetic character;        Must begin with alphabetic
  only DEF FN functions can begin with fn.     character.
 
  The period is not allowed in names of        No special characters
  elements in a user-defined type.             allowed.
  Because these are names BASIC and
  ISAM have in common, there is no
  conflict.
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See Also    ◄BASIC Data Types►    ◄Declaring Simple Variables►
            ◄ISAM Data Types►     ◄Declaring Array Variables►
            ◄Variable Names►      ◄Assigning Values to Variables►
            ◄Scope Rules►         ◄Variable Storage and Memory Use►
                                  ◄Automatic and Static Variables►