Date   : Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:52:53 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Sprow <info@...>
Subject: Re=3A_=5BBBC-Micro=5D_Basic_variable_names_and_£

In article <50DA4D126823D411AE2600508B5E2B5A013BC76B@...>,
   "Fewell, Steve" <Steve.Fewell@...> wrote:
> After doing through some of the BASIC4 ROM disassembly (some of my results
> can be seen on www.8bs.com), I've discovered that the £ symbol can be used
> in variable names. However, I don't recall any manuals/user guides
> mentioning this - does anyone know of any.

> All the manuals I remember say that you can use alphabetic characters,
> numbers and the underline character [but not £].

page K-2-1 of volume 2 of the Master Reference manual describes it.
Any character in the set
 {A,B,..Y,Z,a,b,..y,z,0,1,..8,9,_,£}

Sprow.