Identifiers and Keywords

Identifiers are used for variable, task, function, and subroutine names.

The first character of an identifier must be an upper or lower case letter or the underscore ('_'). Remaining characters may be letters, numbers, and underscores.

A number of tokens are reserved for use in the NXC language itself. These are called keywords and may not be used as identifiers. A complete list of keywords appears below:

• The asm statement
• bool
• The break statement
• byte
• The case label
• char
• const
• The continue statement
• The default label
• The do statement
• The if-else statement
• enum
• The false condition
• float
• The for statement
• The goto statement
• The if statement
• The inline keyword
• int
• long
• mutex
• The priority statement
• The repeat statement
• The return statement
• The safecall keyword
• short
• The start statement
• static
• The stop statement
• string
• Structures
• The sub keyword
• The switch statement
• Tasks
• The true condition
• typedef
• unsigned
• The until statement
• The void keyword
• The while statement