Re: Tutorial on proper code formating

On Friday 12 April 2002 02:50, Kevin Stone wrote: > On the other hand the Inline Method is clean. You can see at a glance > where each block begins ends. But it is not compact. It spreads the code > out over many lines. I recommend this method for modern programmers coding > on large screens. Besides that I think it's just a better way to code. > More whitespace = less confusion = faster debugs. > > /**** INLINE METHOD *****/ > foreach ($mylist as $key => $val) > { > if ($key == $list_num) > { > for ($i=0; $i<count($key); $i++) > { > record_list($key[$i]); > } > } > elseif ($key == $skip_val) > { > continue; > } > else > { > echo "INVALID ENTRY: "$key ." at ". $val . "\n"; > } > } > /************************/ I prefer this style because I know exactly where my if statement ends, especially if you have a humungous nested if-elseif-else construct. foreach ($mylist as $key => $val) { if ($key == $list_num) { for ($i=0; $i<count($key); $i++) { record_list($key[$i]); }} elseif ($key == $skip_val) { continue; } else { echo "INVALID ENTRY: "$key ." at ". $val . "\n"; } } -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself. */