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C#

Posted by Andras Csirmaz
Andras Csirmaz
1,471 Points

Single letter variables

You are discouraging single-letter variables, although - when inserting a for cycle for example - C# / Visual Studio itself uses it by default ("i" in this particular case).

1 Answer

Ronald Kratochwill
Ronald Kratochwill
11,213 Points

Are you referring to a variable in a for loop?

// Loop
for(int i, i < 10, i++ )
{
    // sample code
}

// descriptive variable
float TotalPrice = 75.00;

If so, then using a single letter for the index example(i) is preferable. In most other cases, you will want to use descriptive variables so that you and other coders know what you are referring to 6 months later.

Andras Csirmaz
Andras Csirmaz
1,471 Points

Yes, I was referring to for loops mainly, but any other loops where the variable is just kept as an index. Anyways, it could be put into the material as a strong exception - exceptions make the rule stronger, right? Also, if I want other coders to know what I did 6 months later, I'd use comments mainly. :)