names — scilab names syntax
Names of variables and functions must begin with a letter or one of
the following special characters '%
', '_
', '#
', '!
', '$
', '?
'.
Next characters may be letters or digits or any special character in '_
', '#
', '!
', '$
', '?
'
Names may be as long as you want but only the first 24 characters are taken into account. Upper and lower case letters are different.