Identifiers are names used to identify a variable, function, or other entities in a program.

 

The rules for naming an identifier in Python are as follows: 

  • The name should begin with an uppercase or a lowercase alphabet or an underscore sign (_). This may be followed by any combination of characters a–z, A–Z, 0–9 or underscore (_). Thus, an identifier cannot start with a digit. 
  • It can be of any length
  • It should not be a keyword or reserved word
  • We cannot use special symbols like !, @, #, $, %, etc., in identifiers.

Examples of identifiers:

  • area
  • _breadth
  • mark_1

 

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