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claudius mainja
9,661 Pointsvariable Name
i have question on javascript variable . since we are saying that a variable is a container or a box given a name that we can refer to when we want to use a property but my question is when naming is it possible for a class of cats giving it a variable name of dogs , that wont they cause some confusion or wont they affect anything in my codding for example below is it okay to code like this ?
var carTypes = "dogs"
or to place numbers on a variable container of not numbers
2 Answers
andren
28,558 PointsYes, the code in your example would work fine. Variable names in JavaScript (and all other languages I know of) are entirely arbitrary, there are no hard rules that restrict the names to something that makes logical sense. Though it is of course considered bad practice to make the variable names contradictory to what is stored in them, exactly due to the fact that it makes the code confusing to read and understand.
claudius mainja
9,661 Pointsthank you Andren , i was thinking that it might cause the programm error .. thank you a lot Again