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Identifiers in Siebel eScript
Identifiers are merely names for variables and functions. Programmers must know the names of built-in variables and functions to use them in scripts and must know some rules about identifiers to define their own variables and functions. eScript Rules for Identifiers
Siebel eScript identifiers follow these rules:
The following identifiers, variables, and functions are valid: George Martha7436 annualReport George_and_Martha_prepared_the_annualReport $alice CalculateTotal() $SubtractLess() _Divide$All()
The following identifiers, variables, and functions are not valid: 1george 2nancy this&that Martha and Nancy What? =Total() (Minus)() Add Both Figures()
Prohibited Identifiers in Siebel eScript
The following words have special meaning for the Siebel eScript interpreter and cannot be used as identifiers:
break |
export |
super |
case |
extends |
switch |
catch |
false |
this |
class |
finally |
throw |
const |
for |
true |
continue |
function |
try |
debugger |
if |
typeof |
default |
import |
while |
delete |
in |
with |
do |
new |
var |
else |
null |
void |
enum |
return |
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