Naming Convention - Local scope variables

Coding standards for Rational Robot

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Naming Convention - Local scope variables

Description
Variables represent values that can be changed within a procedure or function. Local scope variables are placeholders that reside within a function- or a script-body.

Syntax
[Prefix]+[ShortDescription]
[Prefix] is a lowercase letter (either "n", s", "str", "d" or "t" appropriate to the type it represents)
[ShortDescription] is a corresponding name of what the variable stands for.
If [ShortDescription] consists of more then one word they are all separated using a capital letter for each new word.

Prefix   Datatype                     Examples
n        integer, short, long, float  nCountNumberOfRecords
                                      nNumItems
                                      nValue
s or str string                       sLastname  
                                      sUsername
                                      sPassword 
                                      strObjectRecognition 
d        Date                         dToday       
                                      dTomorrow  
                                      dSomeday
t       abstract datatype also        tPerson 
        known as structs                               
v       Variant                       vValueFromDB  
o       Object                        oExcel, oFile 
a       arrays                        AsPersonList   

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Other Interview Questions

• Rational Robot's Coding Standards
• Naming Convention - Local scope variables
• Naming Convention - Module-level variables ("member-vars")
• Naming Convention - Arrays
• Naming Convention - Globals
• Naming Convention - Constants
• Naming Convention - Functions
• Naming Convention - Scripts
• Naming Convention - Libraries
• Naming Convention - Verification points
• Functions - Introduction
• Functions - Parameters
• Functions - Indention
• Functions - Return value
• Functions - Error handling
• Functions - Size
• Scripts and libraries - Introduction
• Scripts and libraries - How to deal both scripts and libs
• Scripts and libraries - Size
• Documentation - Introduction
• Documentation - Functions
• Documentation - Scripts
• Documentation - Module level variables
• Documentation - Libraries