Overview of C 5
Examples of acceptable identifiers are:
TOTAL
Sum
Net_sal
P123
a_b_c
total
_sysreg
Examples of unacceptable identifiers are:
Bas ic (blank not allowed)
H, rent (special character `, ‘ included)
It may be noted here that TOTAL and total are two different identifier names.
1.4.2 Keywords
A keyword is a reserved word of C. This cannot be used
as an identifier by the user in his program. The set of C
keywords is given in Table 1.2.
1.4.3 Variables
A variable is the most fundamental aspect of any com-
puter language. It is a location in the computer memory
which can store data and is given a symbolic