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What is keyword and identifier ? Give the rules for identifier.


keywords:
Keywords have fixed meanings and these meanings can not be changed. There are 32 keywords.Some compiler may use additional keywords that must be identified from the C manual. Keywords serve basic building block for a program statement. Such as, auto,break,double etc. All keyword must be written in lowercase.

Identifers:
The names of variables, functions and arrays are identifiers. These are user-defined names and consist of a sequence of letters and digits. Such as, my_num,_ton etc.

Rules for identifier:


(i) Must consist of only letters, digits and underscores.

(ii) First character must be an alphabet or underscore.

(iii)only first 31 characters are significant.

(iv) Can not use a keyword.

(v) Must not contain white spaces.



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