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| [[PICAXE]] [[BASIC]] || symbol || <code> symbol let name = variable </code>

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| [[PostScript]] || name || <code>/sym</code> or <code>sym</code>

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| [[Prolog (programming language)|Prolog]] || atom, symbol || <code>sym</code> or <code>'sym'</code>

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===PostScript===

In [[PostScript]], references to ''name'' objects can be either ''literal'' or ''executable'', influencing the behaviour of the interpreter when encountering them. The <code>cvx</code> and <code>cvl</code> operators can be used to convert between the two forms. When names are constructed from strings by means of the <code>cvn</code> operator, the set of allowed characters is unrestricted.

===Prolog===