====== Name Type ======

A name is a sequence of characters starting with a letter or underscore ("_") and followed by any number of letters, digits, or underscores ("_").

Names are automatically [[wp>Trimming_(computer_programming)|trimmed]], and spaces are automatically replaced by underscores ("_").

===== GUI Editor =====

[{{ :editors:name_editor.png?nolink |Graphical representation of the name editor}}]

The name editor presents a text field where the name's characters can be typed directly.

===== EGO Script =====

Names are sequences of valid characters enclosed by double quotes ('"'):

<code>
"Amazon"
"North"
"landscape123"
"landscape_123"
"x1_and_a_name"
</code>

A name can be any length.

===== Automatic Conversions =====

  * **Converted from**: [[String Type]]. [[Index Or Name Type]] — can fail; only succeeds if the value holds a name rather than an index.

  * **Converted to**: [[String Type]], [[Index Or Name Type]], [[Table Value Type]], and [[Tuple Type]].

See [[type_system|Type System]] for the complete conversion reference across all types.