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Names (cont)

A suggested standard for names in C programs:

Use upper-case nouns for constants

  • e.g.   MAXROWS,   PI,   TOLERANCE
Use first char upper-case for types
  • e.g.   Vectors,   Houses,   Coordinates
All others (variables,   functions) begin with lower-case letter
  • e.g.   sqrt,   averageLength,   getchar,   nlines,   i,   j