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use of uppercase and lowercase in codes
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| venkat 2005-11-22, 4:01 am |
| I am familiar with vba for excel. there you type in any case, the code
staements are automatically changed to correct case. In java
programming it is notdone. Even though I have vague notion when the
case should be upper case is there any rule . for e.g in the statement
String firstname=""
the first s should be upper case
BurfferedReader reader
in the first word B and R upper case but in <reader? r is lower case.
where can I get such information.
sorry this is a qustion from an absolute beginner in Java programming
and plead for your indulgence. thanks regars.
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| Hal Rosser 2005-11-22, 4:01 am |
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"venkat" <venkat1926@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1132630832.601003.231500@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> I am familiar with vba for excel. there you type in any case, the code
> staements are automatically changed to correct case. In java
> programming it is notdone. Even though I have vague notion when the
> case should be upper case is there any rule . for e.g in the statement
> String firstname=""
> the first s should be upper case
>
> BurfferedReader reader
> in the first word B and R upper case but in <reader? r is lower case.
>
> where can I get such information.
>
> sorry this is a qustion from an absolute beginner in Java programming
> and plead for your indulgence. thanks regars.
>
I'm almost afraid to answer, because I do make mistakes- but as a general
rule:
Most method names (call them 'identifiers') begin with lower case letters,
and use 'mixed case' capitalization. By that I mean if the method name is a
composite of more than one word, that the first letter of each word is
capitalized after the first word. Same for variables. But Class names begin
with upper case letters. . Constants are usually ALL_CAPS with words
separated by underscores.
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| venkat 2005-11-22, 4:01 am |
| thanks very much. some clearing of cobwebs isstarting. I understand the
difficulty. I am writing this more to clarify my thoughts.
In seraching this newsgroup I understood that classname in java code
(first line) and the file name should match exactly, I presume, in the
context of letter cases also
In one of my experimental programme I have a class called <name> and
the file name is <name.java> it works.
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| Hal Rosser 2005-11-22, 4:01 am |
| > In one of my experimental programme I have a class called <name> and
> the file name is <name.java> it works.
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Just for the xxx of it - the name of the class should be capitalized
<Name> rather than <name> , its a convention to Capitalize the class name.
Its really stuck to by many java folk, and by not using caps for class names
is like fingernails on the blackboard for some.
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| venkat 2005-11-22, 4:01 am |
| thank you. shall keep in mind
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