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simple variable name
subject			fact

simple variable name	begins with a lowercase letter
	cannot be the same as the name of another variable in its scope
	is a subtopic of Packages
	is a subtopic of Variables and Data Types
	is a kind of simple name
	is a kind of variable name
simple name	the simple name for a member can be used if the member is in the same package as the code you are writing or if the member's package has been imported
	see also fully qualified name
variable name	has convention it consists of several words joined together with the first letter of the variable name in lowercase, each successive word beginning with a capital letter and all other letters lowercase
	has example loadFile areaCode quitGame
	is case sensitive
	may contain any combination of Unicode characters after the first character
	may not start with a number
	must start with a letter, an underscore character (_) or a dollar sign ($)
name	is made up of a sequence of Unicode characters
syntactic unit	has syntax rule bold = mandatory italic = non-terminal normal font = optional

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