Variable Naming Conventions

Variable naming is similar to Identifier A string used to identify an object in ATEasy, such as a variable or control. An identifier must begin with an underscore (_) or an alphabetic character, and can be followed by any combination of alphabetic characters, numeric characters or underscore (_). The maximum length of an identifier is 256 characters. - begin with an underscore (_) or an alphabetic character, and can be followed by any combination of alphabetic characters, numeric characters or underscore (_). Use this topic as guidelines to name a variable. ATEasy uses the following prefixes for naming internal (variables, user-defined) data types. The prefix naming convention is recommended for your use when you declare variables. Variables name prefix can be set automatically from the variable type and vise versa by activating the Type-Prefix options in the Variables Options page. When active, you can type the variable name with a prefix and the type will be set accordingly. For example name a variable as sData will set the variable name to String.

The following table lists the Type Modifier data types and the recommended prefix to use when you declare a Type Modifier as a variable. This data type is considered a Type Modifier because its basic data type is changed by adding a Type Modifier prefix before the data type prefix. You must add the Type Modifier prefix before the data type prefix.