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Newcomers DBPro Corner / AS..... why?

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zzabb
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Posted: 18th Sep 2003 02:31
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I’ve noticed that some people are declaring their variables in the code they post
As interger
As float
As……

Does this make DBPro or DBReg more stable?
Is this a hold over from other programming languages?
I guess I’m asking why? because i don't see it in the DB documentation

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IanM
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Posted: 18th Sep 2003 02:52
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I guess that it's a personal thing.

I prefer to do it that way because it's the way it's done in the other languages that I use. Only BASIC has that wierd extra character at the end of the variable name that defines its type ($ or #)
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zzabb
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Posted: 18th Sep 2003 03:05
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ok thanx

i just wondered cause it seems at times DBPro forgets variable info, so i wondered if it made it a little more stable

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MicroMan
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Posted: 18th Sep 2003 04:55
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It's just a habit. I'm used to it from Visual Basic because there I have to declare each variable, and I've carried the habit over to Dark Basic Pro.

Besides, I think it makes for more readable code, and it's important to understand what the code is doing even after six months.

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zzabb
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Posted: 18th Sep 2003 06:10 Edited at: 18th Sep 2003 06:12
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its only more readable if you know what it means (-:

i'm not that bright
i haven't learnt any other programming than DB
i've only been using it for a few months
I’m 39yrs old
I thought pong was cool (when it came out)

(trying to think of excuses for why it took me a couple hours to figure out what it meant (-: )

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MicroMan
your tag line is great (-:

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PenguinPaws
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Posted: 18th Sep 2003 18:06 Edited at: 19th Sep 2003 01:14
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I use the Variable AS DataType because I prefer hungarian notation (prefixes before variable name) to show what type of variable I am using. It makes it easier for me to type the variable names and I don't have to remember what symbol goes with what data type.

Example:
Local iVariable as integer
Local fVariable as float
Local tVariable as string
(I use 't' because I use 's' for single in VB )
Etc.

I also like to know what variables I am using in a certain part code. It helps me keep the number of variables I am using down. I also like to create reusable variables for counters and temp. variables and such. I am always creating an 'i1 as integer' variable that I reuse for counters and momentary flags. If I know what variables I have already created I can reuse them.
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Posted: 18th Sep 2003 19:15 Edited at: 18th Sep 2003 19:16
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I agree with MicroMan and PenguinPaws, I am a vb6/vb.net programmer and I think it makes DBP more readable, and it is required in VB. I also use hung-notation but the three letter form...

intMyVariable as Integer
strMyOtherVariable as String

everyone has their own way which is fine but hopefully the programming newbies will get some good habits, so when we try to help them we can more easily read their code

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