do you name your file Myfile?

[LxQ]

Microsoft is getting on my nerves... I'm doing a tutorial and every time it tells me to rename a file or a field or anything, it's always MyFile, MySpreadsheet, Myfield, MyNewField, MyMyNewField... I was pretty aggravated to always go to My Documents or My Music.. does anyone at Microsoft think we name anything My..-something?

 

[Joe4]

I think that is just there way of insuring that you don't accidentally pick a reserved word for a variable when writing code. I have seen numerous problems that people have had with their code because they try to use words like "Cells" or "File" as variable names.

I usually do the same thing, precede all my variable with the word "My" to make sure I don't do the same thing. You could just as easily choose some other prefix, i.e. "foo", etc.

 

[Von Pookie]

I use it as a standard variable prefix all the time, especially when writing sample code to post on the board. It has nothing to do with Microsoft suggestions and everything to do with what happens to pop in my head. It's just easy *shrug*

 

[HalfAce]

I too name everything "MyFile", "MyCell", "MyVariable", (etc.) and it has nothing to do with
Microsoft. I can't even say it's because it's easy, or just what pops into my head.
The reason I do it is plain & simple.

I do it because (as with everything else)... it's all about ME!

( )

 

[SydneyGeek]

I often do it when writing examples too. I guess, because it's generic. But I can see how it could grate on the nerves after the 99th MySomething :x

It does have one advantage -- you can see when someone copied an example because it's full of MyVariables :wink:

Denis

 

[Greg Truby]

Personally, I never name anything MyWhatever. So whenever I see one on my system, 99 times outta 100 it's something Microsoft created.

 

[Von Pookie]

Something I apparently forgot to mention when I posted before: Other than using it in samples for the board, I *do* tend to re-write code for myself.

So, on my first runthrough I may name it "myVar" or something even more generic, but once I am sure everything is working I go back through and rename them to be something a bit more descriptive. And even then, this is not always the case. If it's just a one-off code, I'll just leave it. Depends on the situation.

That's just me, though. Everyone has their own style of coding