Difference between revisions of "Conventions for parameters and operands"

Latest revision as of 20:55, 5 February 2025

The following conventions are commonly used for representing parameters and operands of functions:

x, y, z: A number that may be integer or decimal.

d: A number in degrees.

p, q: A probability between 0 and 1.

n, m: An integer number.

s, t: Text values.

c: Character (a text value containing a single character).

I, J, K: The identifier of an index variable.

V, W: The identifier of a variable.

a, b: A Boolean value or expression.

e: An expression.

Note that the common stylistic convention uses capital names when it identifies an Object (alias semantics) and lower case names when it identifies a value (value semantics). Hence, index and variable parameter names are capitalized, other parameter names are lower case.

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 :<code>s, t</code>: Text values.
 :<code>c</code>: Character (a text value containing a single character).
-:<code>i, j, k</code>: The identifier of an index variable.
+:<code>I, J, K</code>: The identifier of an index variable.
-:<code>v, w</code>: The identifier of a variable.
+:<code>V, W</code>: The identifier of a variable.
 :<code>a, b</code>: A Boolean value or expression.
 :<code>e</code>: An expression.
+Note that the [[Objects_and_Values#Value_semantics_vs_Alias_semantics|common stylistic convention]] uses capital names when it identifies an Object (alias semantics) and lower case names when it identifies a value (value semantics). Hence, index and variable parameter names are capitalized, other parameter names are lower case.
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