Q. about good programming practice

[CWorks]

just wondering because i try and put as much as i can in it's own func

I don't know if i'm just lazy or just don't like to think too much

and just work on a function first and then add them one at a time to my program fixing as i go

Koda make it so much easier

[Xenobiologist]

just wondering because i try and put as much as i can in it's own func

I don't know if i'm just lazy or just don't like to think too much

and just work on a function first and then add them one at a time to my program fixing as i go

Koda make it so much easier

Hi,

is there a question?

So long,

Mega

[BPBNA]

I think hes asking if its good programming to use functions for the majority of your script.

This is true to a point. You dont want to make EVERYTHING into a function, just the stuff that you use more than once. It makes it easier to debug when you can isolate a block of code(the function) to fix. If you want to bypass that part, you only have to comment out one line. Functions should be used in all scripts IMO.

[PsaltyDS]

just wondering because i try and put as much as i can in it's own func

I don't know if i'm just lazy or just don't like to think too much

and just work on a function first and then add them one at a time to my program fixing as i go

Koda make it so much easier

Functions are about reusing code. In a short, one time, script that just goes through a linear series of steps, they're not necesary. But anything you type more than once should be a function. Outside the single script, any function you use in multiple scripts, even if only once per script, should be put in a good general function that can be copy/pasted in where required. My install scripts have evolved over last few months, and functions (plus groups of functions in UDF files for #include) have made my scripts quicker to write and more reliable, as my standard functions are well understood and thoroughly debugged already (at least for me).

P.S. I'm not a professional programmer, but I did sleep on a bench at Holiday Inn Express last night...

Edited August 24, 2006 by PsaltyDS

[BPBNA]

P.S. I'm not a professional programmer, but I did sleep on a bench at Holiday Inn Express last night...

Hah! Nice.

[CWorks]

well at least i know now i'm doing it right then

after browsing the pages here i've seen enough udf's to last a lifetime so i guess all the functions kinda stuck with me

I also find some things run a lot smoother by putting stuff in a function

at least it's a lot easier for me to follow if everything is in it's place and just put some msg boxes where i think there may be a problem so i can catch the values

now i just need to figure out how to do arrays

and i am so sic of those damn stupid comercials