Naming Question

[Ravi Bhavnani]

I prefer filename. However, in public APIs, I name properties FileName and UserName in keeping with Microsoft's convention. /ravi

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[OriginalGriff]

Mostly filename But that's because I had to forcibly break myself of using strFilename...

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[Pete OHanlon]

In this case, path. This is in keeping with Microsoft's convention for naming files.

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[Lost User]

Properties would start with a capital-letter, but a variable wouldn't :) Locals are usually Pascal-cased.

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[Luc Pattyn]

now do you use "filepath" or "filePath"? :confused:

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

Yes, I know.  I was referring to the case of the letters within the identifier.  I thought that was blindingly obvious. :) /ravi

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[Lost User]

With programmers, nothing is "obvious" unless it's in the specs. I assumed that everyone would simply follow the guidelines from Microsoft, making this a non-question.

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[BobJanova]

'filename' (or 'Filename' if it's a property or 'DoSomethingWithFilename' etc) for me. I think of filename as a single composite word.

[Tim Groven]

LOL!

[Tim Groven]

What if it doesn't have a path, just the name of the file itself?

[Tim Groven]

Probably a dumb question, but where can I find the Microsoft guidelines for this? :(

[Lost User]

Caydence wrote:

Probably a dumb question

It's not, but I'm glad to see that you rather make a "dumb" impression and get an answer than look intelligent and move on without one. Here they are[^] :)

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[Lost User]

Did you used to have lots of lngFilename or blnFilenames as well? ;P

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[Lost User]

fileName and filenameAndPath. Meh.. ..is that with or without extension? A UNC-path, or local?

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[Tim Groven]

I don't mind admitting I don't know something. :)

[Pete OHanlon]

Then just filename. It's a standard concatenation and MS is fairly clear on naming for contractions like this; all lower case.

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[PIEBALDconsult]

Eddy Vluggen wrote:

the guidelines from Microsoft

So, ummm... explain why Hashtable and DataTable don't agree. :suss:

[PIEBALDconsult]

For a (local) variable or a private field I use the former; otherwise "FileName". Camel case is only for use with Hungarian; and Hungarian is to be avoided. X|

[Lost User]

I'm not an employee, and I didn't claim it was consistent. It is however, always a good starting place for ideas, and a good place to end discussions.

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

VS' Code Analysis' built-in dictionary checks your identifiers for spelling, grammatical case and other naming conventions of the .NET Framework guidelines.  It's a great a way to gets started, and it's easy to modify/override spellings and naming conventions where necessary. /ravi

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