User`s manual

mikroBASIC

- Basic Compiler for Microchip PIC microcontrollers

Identifiers are names used for referencing the stored values, such as variables and

constants. Every program, procedure, and function must be identified (hence the

term) by an identifier.

Valid identifier:

1. must begin with a letter of English alphabet or possibly the underscore (_)

2. can be followed by alphanumeric characters and the underscore (_)

3. may not contain special characters:

~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) + ` - = { } [ ] : " ; ' < > ? , . / | \

mikroBasic is not case sensitive. First, FIRST, and fIrST are an equivalent identifi-

er.

Elements ignored by the compiler include spaces, new lines, and tabs. All these

elements are collectively known as the white space. White space serves only to

make the code more legible; it does not affect the actual compiling.

Several identifiers are reserved in mikroBasic - you cannot use them as your own

identifiers. Please refer to Kewords. Also, mikroBasic has several pre-defined

identifiers. Pre-defined identifiers are listed in the chapter Library Functions and

Procedures.

' Valid identifier examples

temperature_V1

Pressure

no_hit

dat

sum

vtext

' Some invalid identifier examples

7temp

' cannot begin with a numeral

%higher

' cannot contain special characters

xor

' cannot match reserved word

j23.07.04

' cannot contain special characters

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