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[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And in some languages a number can be used as a name of a variable or a function, so it can be anything really

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Not in most programming languages, though. You cannot start names with a number. Unless you're using some strange character that merely looks like a number, anyways. Programming with unicode can get weird but generally works without issue these days.

[–] SmartmanApps@programming.dev 0 points 2 weeks ago

And in some languages a number can be used as a name of a variable or a function

Not in Maths it can't

so it can be anything really

No, it can only be a Factorised Term, ab+ac=a(b+c). You also can't call a function by any letter that you've used as a pronumeral