One of my kids is taking Java in high school and had this on one of his tests:
Which of the following is a valid identifier in Java?
a.
123
Should be single word. That is spaces are not allowed.
Example: mangoprice is valid but mango price is not valid.
Should start with a letter (alphabet) or underscore or $ symbol.
Example: price, _price and $price are valid identifiers.
Should not be a keyword of Java as keyword carries special meaning to the compiler.
Example: class or void etc.
Should not start with a digit but digit can be in the middle or at the end.
Example: 5mangoescost is not valid and mango5cost and mangocost5 are valid.
Length of an identifier in Java can be of 65,535 characters and all are significant. Identifiers are case-sensitive. That is both mango and Mango are treated differently. Can contain all uppercase letters or lowercase letters or a mixture.
IDENTIFIER: they are class names, method names, variable names ...
As main is not a reserved word and according to the explanation above for defining an identifier main is a valid identifier and java1234 also.Remaining options are not valid because of the above explanation.