Chapter 4. Syntax

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Case sensitivity
Identifiers
Simple identifier
Prefixed identifier
Comments
Single-line comment
Multi-line comment
Line continuation
Literals
String literal
Integer literal
Yes_no literal
Character literal
Void literal

Case sensitivity

Obix is case sensitive.

All keywords are lowercase. examples:

type
if
repeat

Identifiers can contain lowercase and uppercase letters, but the following identifiers denote different elements:

firstname
Firstname
FirstName