Parser error on module header

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I am experiencing the following problem.

error

The error is " error: parse error on input ‘accounts’". How should I resolve this. Any assistance will be highly appreciated.

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Hi @Bels3,

The issue is that module names need to start with an uppercase letter. So try

module Account where

Note that your file name also needs to match the module name as described in the docs so you might also have to adjust that.

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your assistance is highly appreciated. I will reach for any technical assistance

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I have seen this issue quite a few times, it bit myself in the beginning also and IIRC, you stated the same thing. Perhaps ‘A module MUST start with a Capital letter’ should be clearly stated in the Documentation, early on.

I just checked the Cheat Sheet and there are 5 references to the term ‘module’, and it displays an example:

Every Daml file starts with a module header like this:

daml 1.2
module Foo where

That could be amended to:

Every Daml file starts with a module header, and the
module name must be Capitalized, like this:

daml 1.2
module Foo where

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