Variable Naming

[crislivinitup]

Hey guys,

I was doing some programming and I am working with a huge amount of variables, arrays, handles, etc. and I was wondering what habits do the experienced programmers have to prevent them from getting confused with all the thousands of variables. Simple question; a little expertise would be appreciated .

Thanks ahead of time for any replies

[crislivinitup]

Myself, I always spell everything out completely--that way I tend not to get confused. Ex. "$savednamelistboxGUI"... The only problem is, lines an get quite long and it looks very ugly (not that it has to look pretty, but at least a little more professional).

[AdmiralAlkex]

I don't strictly follow any rules, but I usually have the UDF Standards in mind so at least I know what type the variable is

[crislivinitup]

I don't strictly follow any rules, but I usually have the UDF Standards in mind so at least I know what type the variable is

This was EXACTLY what I was looking for; I don't typically distinguish between integers and binary but, it would be important for more advanced programming than what I'm currently doing (especially with the use of the dll functions).

[crislivinitup]

Wow, I forgot to say thanks... My mother would be appalled.

Thanks for your reply.