6.2.1. Identifier

6.2.1. Identifier
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	Description
	An Identifier is a alphanumeric token, which starts with a lower case letter.

	Syntax
Identifier -> LowerCaseLetter \| LowerCaseLetter Alphanum Alphanum -> Letter \| Digit \| Alphanum Letter \| Alphanum Digit Letter -> LowerCaseLetter \| UpperCaseLetter \| _ \| '$' \| AfterASCII LowerCaseLetter -> a..z UpperCaseLetter -> A..Z Digit -> 0..9 AfterASCII -> \u0080..\ufffe An identifier starts with a lower case letter which can be followed by an arbitrary number of alphanumeric characters. An identifier cannot contain other special characters; in such a case, a name literal should be used (by inserting the name between apostrophes).

Syntax

Identifier -> LowerCaseLetter
            | LowerCaseLetter Alphanum    

Alphanum ->  Letter | Digit
           | Alphanum Letter 
           | Alphanum Digit 

Letter -> LowerCaseLetter
        | UpperCaseLetter
        | _
        | '$'
        | AfterASCII

LowerCaseLetter -> a..z
UpperCaseLetter -> A..Z
Digit -> 0..9	
AfterASCII   -> \u0080..\ufffe

An identifier starts with a lower case letter which can be followed by an arbitrary number of alphanumeric characters. An identifier cannot contain other special characters; in such a case, a name literal should be used (by inserting the name between apostrophes).

Defined In: Token