What are result parameters?
- Results parameters are the variables accessible within the shell.
- Results parameters are labeled values that are accessible within the shell and macro.
- As the name suggests, results parameters are often the outcome of some calculation that NeXtMidas performs.
- Each result parameter has a name and a value. The name is always a string and the value can be a string, number, table, array, or any other Java object.
Valid Results Names:
- Results names start with a letter (A-Z) or an underscore (_) and contain letters (A-Z), numbers (0-9) and the underscore (_).
  - Older versions of NeXtMidas were not strict in checking this so a few older applications can be found that don't follow this rule.
- By convention, results names are not case sensitive when used in the shell or in a Macro. (This is the same as X-Midas.)
- NeXtMidas allows the user to enter results names that contain lower-case letters (a-z) and will automatically convert them to upper-case (A-Z).
- Thus, the following three statements are considered equivalent:
```
nM> SET COOLNESS 100
nM> SET coolness 100
nM> SET Coolness 100
```

X-Midas Users Take Note:
Like X-Midas, NeXtMidas allows you to force names to be lower-case in order to "hide" them. However, this practice is severely discouraged. Just don't do it!