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Syntax error, identifier expected. Provide a valid name (letters, digits, and underscores only).
How to fix this diagnostic?
This error means the compiler expected an identifier, such as a variable, field, or object name, but found something else. It's often caused by a reserved keyword, a number, or a special character used where a name belongs.
To fix it:
- Make sure the name uses only letters, digits, and underscores, and doesn't start with a digit.
- Don't use an AL reserved keyword, such as
var,begin, orrecord, as a name. - Enclose names that contain spaces or special characters in double quotation marks, for example
"Sales Header".
The following example causes the error because record is a reserved keyword:
var
record: Integer;
Use a valid identifier instead:
var
RecordCount: Integer;