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name

   A string of characters used to identify symbols in your source
   code. Legal characters for a name are defined by whatever language
   you use. Each name has zero or more characters. Any character
   may appear in a name. Special characters that appear in a name
   must be quoted using double quotes. You do not need to quote the
   following: $, _, *, %, &, -, alphanumeric characters.