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C Keyword & Identifier

Character Set

Character Set used in C language is basically divided into 3 section.

  1. Alphabets
  2. Integer
  3. Symbols

Alphabet

Upper Case:     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Lower Case:    a  b  c  d  e  f  g  h I j  k  l  m  n  o  p  q  r  s  t  u  v  w  x  y  z

Integer  :         0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9

Symbols

Keyword

C has reserved some keywords for its own use.See the below table.

These all keyword has some standard meaning defined in standard library so it can’t be used for another purpose in the program by the user.

Identifier

The identifier is a term used for the name. In ‘C’ language, Identifier is used for the variable name, function name and structure tags etc.

Key points remember for an Identifier:

Identifier name can use all 52 alphabets(upper and lower case), integers and only one symbol _(Underscore).

The first character of the identifier should be always from alphabets or _(Underscore).(See Table example 1, 2, 3,4 ).

Identifier name should be less than 31 characters.(See Table example 7 ).

Identifier name must not be in C reserved keyword.(See Table example 8 ).

See the below table for some example –

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