---
title: nameDoesNotStartWithValidCharacters
framework: homekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: homekit/hmerror/namedoesnotstartwithvalidcharacters
---

# nameDoesNotStartWithValidCharacters

An attempt to start the name of an object with invalid characters.

## Declaration

```swift
static var nameDoesNotStartWithValidCharacters: HMError.Code { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Names must start with a letter, symbol, or number.

## See Also

### Detecting value errors

- [invalidDataFormatSpecified](homekit/hmerror/invaliddataformatspecified.md)
- [invalidValueType](homekit/hmerror/invalidvaluetype.md)
- [nameContainsProhibitedCharacters](homekit/hmerror/namecontainsprohibitedcharacters.md)
- [nameDoesNotEndWithValidCharacters](homekit/hmerror/namedoesnotendwithvalidcharacters.md)
- [stringLongerThanMaximum](homekit/hmerror/stringlongerthanmaximum.md)
- [stringShorterThanMinimum](homekit/hmerror/stringshorterthanminimum.md)
- [valueHigherThanMaximum](homekit/hmerror/valuehigherthanmaximum.md)
- [valueLowerThanMinimum](homekit/hmerror/valuelowerthanminimum.md)