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IanG
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Do you prefer

style 1:


or

style 2:


thanks

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billy the kid
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2

Ok now I dont mind the caps lock rule for letters. However when I just type "2" and I get the caps lock rule error, something is wrong. And I dont mean a bug, I mean you should be able to put just numbers without getting the caps lock rule error.
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I prefer number one.
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I prefer number 1...I prefer my code not spaced out...




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I prefer #1.
And I believe you meant <= instead of ==. As it is, it won't print anything.

billy, what capslock rule are you talking about?

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billy the kid
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Try just posting with a number like "245" or with a word in all caps like "DUDE".

EDIT:
From my limited experience in industry, style 2 is the norm cause it is easier to read. However Im sure there are lots of professional programmers who like style 1 or prefer some other style.
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Jimmy
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#1 ALL THe WAY


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Number 2. It's much easier for me to read.


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The Nerd
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i like number 2 the best

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I must admit that i am a 2 fan - spacing doesn't cost anything so you might as well use it

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Benjamin
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I prefer style 2, however I do like things relatively compact while being easy to read. I would probably have it like this:



Then again I'm not sure.


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Style 2 for me...

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I like #1 because each block starts with one line and ends with one line. It's brilliant.


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style 2 myself


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When I am developing it myself, i prefer number one as it is a milisecond faster to type, but when i am reading someone else's code i prefer number two.
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Style 2,

But I like Benjamin's better.

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Benjamin's style, or simply style 2.

@Benjamin,
I used to have teachers yell at me for doing statements like that. And other students couldn't comprehend that its the number of commands in a block, not line count, that determine whether you needs brackets or not.

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Quote: "I used to have teachers yell at me for doing statements like that"

I can understand that. I guess the reason its considered bad is because sometimes you might go back to that part of code, add more stuff, and not realise that the extra code will be ran without condition of a statement.

Personally, if I know for sure that I will be adding more code, I use brackets, but if its just one line of code, I leave the brackets out.

As for placement of brackets, style 2 is what I usually use, however for smaller structures (ones that contain about 3 lines of code or less) I prefer style 1 for some reason.


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Style 2, but for functions that just return a value I'll mix the 1 aspect with it.

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For return values only I do this:

int function()
{return (42);}

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strange!!!
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Style 2 ( I need my space )

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I like style 1 for Java, C#, and C, but style 2 for C++...

Most company's coding standards will be style 2, however...


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Posted: 20th Apr 2005 18:42 Edited at: 20th Apr 2005 18:43
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I personally use the first one, but Uni coding standards require me to use the 2nd, actually, the Uni wants everything spaced out completely:



Quite over the top.


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I prefer Exeats 'over the top' example for new code. I use whatever is there already for existing code.

Ultimately, life's too short to worry about it too much

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in 99% of the time i will use brackets for single line ifs - just so i can come back and add more code without worrying to put in the brackets

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Quote: "Quite over the top."


Really? Well that's the way I do it 'normally'. I just have one exception--- my for loops are squished. But EVERYTHING else is spaced out for good reason.


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2, my style varies though:

int function(int moo) { return moo; }

and again if it was a long function:

int function(int moo)
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// lots of crap goes here

return moo;
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Now that I think of it, I've made programs with the intention of being hard to read. So my teacher couldn't tell why it was that whatever she typed into the linux console showed up as an *. Even after I handed her the source code to the... bacteria.



I love the way C/C++ is so flexible.

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Quote: "#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>
int main(){for(
int year=0;year
== 99; year++){
for(intmonth=0;
month==11;month
++){for(int hour
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0;min==60;min++)
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AHHHHHH!!!!!!

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I prefer this method:

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#1, I'm all about the 1TBS.

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That's how I do it:/


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How about this?

#include<iostream>
#include "specialdefine.cpp"
using namespace std;

WAKEUP
numbaneine num;
heyyou "Enter a number: ";
getoverhere num;
GETOUT


Inside "specialdefine.cpp"...


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brilliant coding!!


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Quote: "Really? Well that's the way I do it 'normally'."


In my opinion it is, I'd much rather use:



Both the 'For' / 'If' keywords as well as the tabbing signify a new code block so there's no need to use another line on the '{' character. Actually, I wouldn't mind spacing out the for loops that much but using 3 lines for "} else {" is just ridiculous in my opinion. It takes too long to scroll through code that way.


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I'm a little confused on your message there Jerico...?

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Quote: "I'm a little confused on your message there Jerico...?"


Your quite rightly simplified C++ with that tip..

I'm off to go program an OS now that I can use regular english in C


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Ah I gotcha now, thought you were talking about just the i/o part...confuddled my mind (need coffee).

My college instructor showed me that and I instantly began to plot how I would make life miserable for my high school programming teacher.

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Quote: "My college instructor showed me that and I instantly began to plot how I would make life miserable for my high school programming teacher."


Dumb teacher? If it were me I'd flat out fail you


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No. 2 for me. I especially dislike Benjamins style(No Offence) because its lead to me having particular difficults making changes to code, but maybe thats just me.

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to me code should always be easy to read - thats why my code has more comments about what the function does and how it does it than the code - that way i can tell what i am doing when i return to it months down the line

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I've no doubt o'that Jerico . This guy tries to, but I just keep getting everything right (to his dismay). We have to write our algorithm and code down on a special form (even for something like printing out integers from a file), and show it to him and we're not supposed to code it until he signs us off. Naturally we code it first anyway and I am truly amused when I compile it fine, and then he tells me I'm wrong.

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How Sad....

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but funny

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i like #1
although i would most likely if i was making something based on source i would use #2 for ease of reading

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#2

#1 bugs the crap out of me, anyone who codes using 1's standards, should die

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Quote: "although i would most likely if i was making something based on source i would use #2 for ease of reading"

Generally code is source

Quote: "because its lead to me having particular difficults making changes to code, but maybe thats just me."

Haha, prawned.


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int x
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