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Computer Variable Names A common computer programming rule is that names of variables must be between one and eight characters long. The first character can be any of the 26 letters, while successive characters can be any of the 26 letters or any of the 10 digits. For example, allowable variable names include A, BBB, and M3477K. How many different variable names are possible? (Ignore the difference between uppercase and lowercase letters)

Short Answer

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The number of different variable names possible is equal to 2,095,681,645,538.

Step by step solution

01

Given information

A variable name can be between one and eight characters long. The first character should be one of the 26 letters, and the remaining characters can either be a letter from the 26 letters or any of the 10 digits.

02

State the counting rule

The number of possible ways a situation can take place is referred to as counts of arrangements for that event. The counting rule, permutation rule, and combination rule are a few counting techniques to find the counts.

03

Compute the counts for each length

Here, repetition is allowed.

As per the length of the variable, eight different cases are possible.

Case 1: The variable has one character.

The total number of letters to choose from is equal to 26.

The number of different one character long names possible = 26.

Case 2: The variable has two characters

The number of letters to choose from for the first character = 26

The total number of possibilities for the second character is the sum of the number of letters and the number of digits =26+10=36

The total number of two character long names is equal to:

2636=936

The same rules apply to the remaining six cases corresponding to 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 characters long variable names.

The total number of names possible if the name is three characters long is equal to

263636=33696

The total number of names possible if the name is four characters long is equal to

26363636=1213056

The total number of names possible if the name is five characters long is equal to

2636363636=43670016

The total number of names possible if the name is six characters long is equal to

263636363636=1572120576

The total number of names possible if the name is seven characters long is equal to

26363636363636=56596340736

The total number of names possible if the name is eight characters long is equal to

2636363636363636=2037468266496

Summarize the counts as follows:

Length of the variable

Number of ways to name

1

26

2

936

3

33,696

4

1,213,056

5

43,670,016

6

1,572,120,576

7

56,596,340,736

8

2,037,468,266,496

04

Compute the total counts of names

The total number of different names is the sum of the different names possible for each of the one to eight characters long names.

Length of the variable

Number of ways to name

1

26

2

936

3

33,696

4

1,213,056

5

43,670,016

6

1,572,120,576

7

56,596,340,736

8

2,037,468,266,496

Total

2,095,681,645,538

Thus, the total number of different variable names possible is equal to 2,095,681,645,538.

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