Problem 506. Back to basics 25 - Valid variable names

Covering some basic topics I haven't seen elsewhere on Cody.

Given a string, return true if it is a valid MATLAB variable name, but not a MATLAB keyword, false otherwise

Examples:

    'foo' -> true
    'while' -> false
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Last Solution submitted on Oct 15, 2025

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