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    conemajstor
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    Is it possible to assign number to variable name to fisrst place example : string 5cake="Good"; int 1name= 1; I bet with the teacher that this is possible so please dont dissapoint me ...:D:D:D Regards Nemanja

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      Is it possible to assign number to variable name to fisrst place example : string 5cake="Good"; int 1name= 1; I bet with the teacher that this is possible so please dont dissapoint me ...:D:D:D Regards Nemanja

      nemanja

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      pmarfleet
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      What happens when you try it?

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        What happens when you try it?

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        conemajstor
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        c# dont want to compile it

        nemanja

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          c# dont want to compile it

          nemanja

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          pmarfleet
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          There's your answer then!

          Paul Marfleet

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            There's your answer then!

            Paul Marfleet

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            conemajstor
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            are you kididng it must be some way to compile it like working with bits and bytes ore such ... or some lists,arrays, ....

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              Is it possible to assign number to variable name to fisrst place example : string 5cake="Good"; int 1name= 1; I bet with the teacher that this is possible so please dont dissapoint me ...:D:D:D Regards Nemanja

              nemanja

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              Guffa
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              conemajstor wrote:

              I bet with the teacher that this is possible

              You lose. Not even with the @ identifier specifier does it work: int @int = 1; // Works just fine. int @1name = 1; // Nope. An identifier in C# can never ever start with a digit.

              --- "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." -- Douglas Adams

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              • C conemajstor

                Is it possible to assign number to variable name to fisrst place example : string 5cake="Good"; int 1name= 1; I bet with the teacher that this is possible so please dont dissapoint me ...:D:D:D Regards Nemanja

                nemanja

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                Pete OHanlon
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                I hope you didn't bet too much, or you could end up buying your teacher a Porsche. He's right, and you're wrong. Variables can't start with a number as you found out when you tried to compile it.

                Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                  I hope you didn't bet too much, or you could end up buying your teacher a Porsche. He's right, and you're wrong. Variables can't start with a number as you found out when you tried to compile it.

                  Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                  conemajstor
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                  but if i enum ?? enum(1a,2a,3a,4a,5a)

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                    Is it possible to assign number to variable name to fisrst place example : string 5cake="Good"; int 1name= 1; I bet with the teacher that this is possible so please dont dissapoint me ...:D:D:D Regards Nemanja

                    nemanja

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                    led mike
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                    conemajstor wrote:

                    I bet with the teacher

                    Do you have a gambling problem? That's like betting on a three legged dog!

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                      are you kididng it must be some way to compile it like working with bits and bytes ore such ... or some lists,arrays, ....

                      nemanja

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                      pmarfleet
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                      conemajstor wrote:

                      are you kididng

                      Why would I be kididng [sic]? You asked whether variables names that begin with a number are valid. I suggested that you tried it and observed what happened. You tried it and found that it didn't work. By following an empirical approach, you have answered your own question.

                      conemajstor wrote:

                      it must be some way to compile it like working with bits and bytes ore such ... or some lists,arrays, ....

                      This sentence is nonsense. I have no idea what you are talking about.

                      Paul Marfleet

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                        conemajstor wrote:

                        I bet with the teacher

                        Do you have a gambling problem? That's like betting on a three legged dog!

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                        conemajstor
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                        my teacher is one peace of shit ... im 92' and i am programming 5 years now and he teaches me whats a computer .. how to switch it off , on, het yells to me when i am not listening him .... and this question is for Pascal but i havent found pascal forum ... we learn pasacl becaues my teacher is 65 years old and dont know anything other .... i won 3 bets allready from him!!!!

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                          but if i enum ?? enum(1a,2a,3a,4a,5a)

                          nemanja

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                          Dave Kreskowiak
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                          Enum members are not variables, and even those identifier cannot start with a number. Had you tried it yourself, you would have found out quite easily. But, in either case, you still lose...

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                            my teacher is one peace of shit ... im 92' and i am programming 5 years now and he teaches me whats a computer .. how to switch it off , on, het yells to me when i am not listening him .... and this question is for Pascal but i havent found pascal forum ... we learn pasacl becaues my teacher is 65 years old and dont know anything other .... i won 3 bets allready from him!!!!

                            nemanja

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                            Pete OHanlon
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                            My sympathys are with your teacher. You don't listen to him, and you still haven't learned your lesson.

                            conemajstor wrote:

                            won 3 bets allready from him

                            But not this one.

                            Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                              my teacher is one peace of shit ... im 92' and i am programming 5 years now and he teaches me whats a computer .. how to switch it off , on, het yells to me when i am not listening him .... and this question is for Pascal but i havent found pascal forum ... we learn pasacl becaues my teacher is 65 years old and dont know anything other .... i won 3 bets allready from him!!!!

                              nemanja

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                              Guffa
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                              conemajstor wrote:

                              im 92'

                              You are ninety-two feet? Or did you perhaps mean '92? ;)

                              conemajstor wrote:

                              i am programming 5 years now

                              Oh, a newbie. ;)

                              conemajstor wrote:

                              het yells to me when i am not listening him

                              Go figure...

                              conemajstor wrote:

                              we learn pasacl

                              That's good. Pascal is an excellent language for learning programming.

                              conemajstor wrote:

                              becaues my teacher is 65 years old and dont know anything other

                              I seriously doubt that.

                              conemajstor wrote:

                              i won 3 bets allready from him

                              So now you think that you know anything? ;)

                              --- "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." -- Douglas Adams

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                                conemajstor wrote:

                                im 92'

                                You are ninety-two feet? Or did you perhaps mean '92? ;)

                                conemajstor wrote:

                                i am programming 5 years now

                                Oh, a newbie. ;)

                                conemajstor wrote:

                                het yells to me when i am not listening him

                                Go figure...

                                conemajstor wrote:

                                we learn pasacl

                                That's good. Pascal is an excellent language for learning programming.

                                conemajstor wrote:

                                becaues my teacher is 65 years old and dont know anything other

                                I seriously doubt that.

                                conemajstor wrote:

                                i won 3 bets allready from him

                                So now you think that you know anything? ;)

                                --- "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." -- Douglas Adams

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                                pmarfleet
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                                There's nothing wrong with being 65. Unless you're the leader of the British Liberal Democrats...

                                Paul Marfleet

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                                  conemajstor wrote:

                                  I bet with the teacher

                                  Do you have a gambling problem? That's like betting on a three legged dog!

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                                  codemunkeh
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                                  10 bucks says it falls down!


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                                  • C conemajstor

                                    Is it possible to assign number to variable name to fisrst place example : string 5cake="Good"; int 1name= 1; I bet with the teacher that this is possible so please dont dissapoint me ...:D:D:D Regards Nemanja

                                    nemanja

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                                    Anthony Mushrow
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                                    You could always... cheat. Fonts, all they are a little pictures really. What is it, courier new that compilers mostly use? Anyway, see if you can get yourself that font, edit out some symbol that is allowed, and make it a number. To the user, the first letter in the variable name is a number, but to the compiler its just a symbol, or another letter. Oh, by the way, cheating is bad. Don't do it ;)

                                    My current favourite word is: Waffle Cheese is still good though.

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                                      conemajstor wrote:

                                      are you kididng

                                      Why would I be kididng [sic]? You asked whether variables names that begin with a number are valid. I suggested that you tried it and observed what happened. You tried it and found that it didn't work. By following an empirical approach, you have answered your own question.

                                      conemajstor wrote:

                                      it must be some way to compile it like working with bits and bytes ore such ... or some lists,arrays, ....

                                      This sentence is nonsense. I have no idea what you are talking about.

                                      Paul Marfleet

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                                      Ravi Bhavnani
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                                      pmarfleet wrote:

                                      This sentence is nonsense.

                                      Your terse and highly accurate observation leaves me no choice but to vote your post a 5. :-D /ravi

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                                        conemajstor wrote:

                                        I bet with the teacher that this is possible

                                        You lose. Not even with the @ identifier specifier does it work: int @int = 1; // Works just fine. int @1name = 1; // Nope. An identifier in C# can never ever start with a digit.

                                        --- "Anything that is in the world when you're born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that's invented between when you're fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." -- Douglas Adams

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                                        DavidNohejl
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                                        Guffa wrote:

                                        An identifier in C# can never ever start with a digit.

                                        Bonus question: can identifier start with digit in IL? (I gave up after maybe 2 min. of googling :O)


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                                          my teacher is one peace of shit ... im 92' and i am programming 5 years now and he teaches me whats a computer .. how to switch it off , on, het yells to me when i am not listening him .... and this question is for Pascal but i havent found pascal forum ... we learn pasacl becaues my teacher is 65 years old and dont know anything other .... i won 3 bets allready from him!!!!

                                          nemanja

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                                          MasterSharp
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                                          You really need to listen. If he's your teacher, he's better than you. Usually, but now, duh. Period.

                                          The most knowledge doesn't mean the most wise...

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