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Naming convention of variables that we use

In the labs and sample programs you see, we try to use a naming convention for our variables, that is we try to standardize how we name our variables. You are not required to follow it, but it may make things easier for you to understand.

1. All ints start with 'i', like iNumStudents,iCreditHours

   EXAMPLES:
   	  int iNumStudents;
   	  int iCreditHours = 0;
   

2. All floats start with 'f', like fGPA, fProbSuccess

   EXAMPLES:
   	  float fGPA;
   	  float fProbSuccess;
   

3. All chars start with 'ch', like chGender, chLetterGrade

   EXAMPLES:
   	  char chGender;
   	  char chLetterGrade = 'A';
   

4. All Strings start with 'str', like strPersonName, strStreetName

   EXAMPLES:
   	  String strPersonName = "Gromit";
   	  String strStreetName;
   	  Again, please note that 'c' is a character, while "c" is a String
   

5. All parameters are named the same as the corrsponding member variables in "Set" methods.

   EXAMPLES:
   	  void setName( String strName )
   	  {
   		  this.strName = strName
   	  }
   

courtesy of http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs1502/lecture/sum97/lecture.1.html

Jason Hong's notes from the summer quarter CS1502 Java at Georgia Tech (Atlanta,GA,USA) archived on the College of Computing's webserver.

-BenKnowles

Document Created Nov 8 1997 by ChrisSmith

Have a look at the HungarianNotation document!

MarkusPeter

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