Prefix in variable naming - complete list?

[Xibalba]

Hello,

I've noticed that all the included examples uses a variable practice like so:

• $sWow64 (string)
• $hImage (handle)
• For $iY = 0 To $iH - 1 (integers)

 

and so on...

Which seems to be a nice practice in general.

I'm wondering if there's any list of all the data types, and how they are/can/should be used when it comes to naming variables? Or quality discussions on this specific area regarding coding standards.

For example, I'm not yet sure what data type $tSomething means (an example from the help file states: "a variable for use with DllStruct calls" which isn't that clear to me)

[Melba23]

Xibalba,

That type of variable naming is called Hungarian notation - or at least a subset of it. Here is an old link which offers an idea of the range of variables you are likely to come across in AutoIt - I add $c for ControlIDs in my own scripts.

M23

[Xibalba]

Xibalba,

That type of variable naming is called Hungarian notation - or at least a subset of it. Here is an old link which offers an idea of the range of variables you are likely to come across in AutoIt - I add $c for ControlIDs in my own scripts.

M23

 

Thanks.

Could you give an example of a ControlID usage?

[Melba23]

Xibalba,

A ControlID is the integer variable returned when you create a control using the native functions (GUICtrlCreate###). It is actually an index to an internal AutoIt array which holds all the details of the control and which allows you to affect the control by using the native functions such as GUICtrlSetData, GuiCtrlSetState, etc.

The return from the creation of a GUI or a control created using the UDF functions (_GUICtrl###_Create) is a Windows handle - a special hex value which uniquely identifies items in the Windows environment. These controls are not listed in the internal AutoIt array and so the coder needs to do a lot more work to get them to play nicely. A good example of this different behaviour is shown in the Tabs tutorial in the Wiki.

M23

P.S. When you reply, please use the "Reply to this topic" button at the top of the thread or the "Reply to this topic" editor at the bottom rather than the "Quote" button - I know what I wrote and it just pads the thread unneccessarily.

Edited January 17, 2014 by Melba23