What Are The Rules For Assigning Names To Symbols?

Modified on Sun, 11 May, 2025 at 10:37 PM

When assigning a name to a symbol not all of the characters can be used.
Only letters, numbers and the underscore (_) are allowed.
 



 

In the comments field, all characters allowed.

 

There are other restrictions:
- A symbol name can not be only digits. 
     Otherwise it could also be seen as an address of the PLC.

- A symbol may not begin with a digit.

- No spaces.

See the following examples:



 

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