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C Keywords and Identifiers

The document outlines the character set used in C programming, including alphabets, digits, and special characters. It explains the concept of keywords, which are reserved words with special meanings, and identifies rules for naming identifiers, which are unique names for variables and functions. Additionally, it emphasizes that identifiers must not be the same as keywords and provides guidelines for valid identifier naming conventions.

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C Keywords and Identifiers

The document outlines the character set used in C programming, including alphabets, digits, and special characters. It explains the concept of keywords, which are reserved words with special meanings, and identifies rules for naming identifiers, which are unique names for variables and functions. Additionally, it emphasizes that identifiers must not be the same as keywords and provides guidelines for valid identifier naming conventions.

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C Keywords and Identifiers

Character set
A character set is a set of alphabets, letters and some special characters that are valid
in C language.

Alphabets
Uppercase: A B C ................................... X Y Z

Lowercase: a b c ...................................... x y z

C accepts both lowercase and uppercase alphabets as variables and functions.

Digits
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Special Characters
, < > . _

( ) ; $ :

% [ ] # ?

' & { } "

^ ! * / |

- \ ~ +

Special Characters in C Programming


White space Characters

Blank space, newline, horizontal tab, carriage, return and form feed.
C Keywords
Keywords are predefined, reserved words used in programming that have special
meanings to the compiler. Keywords are part of the syntax and they cannot be used as
an identifier. For example:

1. int money;
Here, int is a keyword that indicates money is a variable of type int (integer).

As C is a case sensitive language, all keywords must be written in lowercase. Here is a


list of all keywords allowed in ANSI C.

doubl
auto e int struct

break else long switch

registe
case enum r typedef

exter
char n return union

continu
e for signed void

do if static while

volatil
default goto sizeof e

unsigne
const float short d

C Keywords

C Identifiers
Identifier refers to name given to entities such as variables, functions, structures etc.
Identifiers must be unique. They are created to give a unique name to an entity to
identify it during the execution of the program. For example:

1. int money;
2. double accountBalance;
Here, money and accountBalance are identifiers.
Also remember, identifier names must be different from keywords. You cannot
use int as an identifier because int is a keyword.

Rules for naming identifiers


1. A valid identifier can have letters (both uppercase and lowercase letters), digits and
underscores.
2. The first letter of an identifier should be either a letter or an underscore.
3. You cannot use keywords as identifiers.
4. There is no rule on how long an identifier can be. However, you may run into problems
in some compilers if the identifier is longer than 31 characters.

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