[Mean]

Why do some scripters put ALOT of spaces in their code? xD, I always wanted to know that!

[Finn]

What do you mean?

[weedarr]

Its called indentation and it makes the code easier to read and it looks better.

[Mean]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finn What do you mean?

Some people do like this:

pawn Код:

if ( sscanf ( params, "u", id ) ) 
    return SendClientMessage ( playerid, 0xAAAAAA, "Message" );

That's what I wanted to ask, why so much spaces? It makes the line LONG, and you can get error for "input line too long" if you do a long line...
I prefer no un-needed spaces like this:

pawn Код:

if(sscanf(params, "u", id)) 
    return SendClientMessage(playerid, 0xAAAAAA, "Message");

[Donny_k]

It's easy to read, looks neater to me also, I format my code always like that when I'm writing a samp script. When I write something for c# or c++ (visual IDE) I don't as it formats for me but when writing some code in an editor which doesn't auto format then it will look like that.

It's just a style like indentation, everyone has thier own, like you put spaces between your parameters.

[DeathOnaStick]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donny_k It's easy to read, looks neater to me also, I format my code always like that when I'm writing a samp script. When I write something for c# or c++ (visual IDE) I don't as it formats for me but when writing some code in an editor which doesn't auto format then it will look like that. It's just a style like indentation, everyone has thier own, like you put spaces between your parameters.

That's 100% my opinion. It's just the same thing with the brackets

pawn Код:

if(ble==1){
...
}

and

pawn Код:

if(ble==2)
{
...
}

does not matter which you use, but everyone uses his own style. I like the version with less spaces and the bracket directly behind the if-statement, which is the most common way of scripting, i guess, due to the fact, that it is the fastest one (which i know), although I began with putting the bracket into a new line, which makes it harder for me to now switch over to the, in my opinion better style.

[mamorunl]

I much rather have the second one. I then have a good overview of the brackets and can see if I am missing one (open or close resp)

[Hal]

Quote:

Originally Posted by mamorunl I much rather have the second one. I then have a good overview of the brackets and can see if I am missing one (open or close resp)

Yea i like it more for the readability. And since i do that much indentation, i do not count lines. I do not believe more lines = a good script. Neither does less lines = a good script

[ev0lution]

I'm definitely someone who likes to compact code as much as possible.
Usually it's just more convenient for me, as I hardly ever use the mouse, so using arrow keys when I need to fix something becomes a pain when you're going past 800 spaces in one line.

[Mean]

Well, abt the brackets, I put them in a new line, it's easier to find a missing bracket then.
Compare this

pawn Код:

public Something(sthing) {
    for(new i; i < MAX_PLAYERS; i++) {
        DoSomethin
    }
    return true;
}

It's easier to find a missing bracket like this:

pawn Код:

public Something(sthing) 
{
    for(new i; i < MAX_PLAYERS; i++) 
    {
        DoSomethin
    }
    return true;
}

Isn't it?

Abt the spaces, I might start scripting with spaces. LoL!