Question about variable decleration

This maybe is a stupid question.

Sometimes I see variables declared like

int _Counter;

What is the _ stands for can someone give me an example why you have to declare it like that.

Thank you.

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Question about variable decleration

Bitfrost

you are welcome , but i just want to know "Meen zalamak"

best regards
JPA_OVNI
I have a code that uses that, so I tought that it was used for a special purpose.

public partial class Scene1
{
private System.Windows.Media.Animation.Clock _animationClock;
private DispatcherTimer _dayTimer;
private int _top = 10, _left = 10, _right=200, _bottom=200;
bool _Maximized = false;
public const int _DEFAULT_WIDTH = 200;
public const int _DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 200;
}
jp.m

You can declare variable with any name .

But you some times see variables declared like that because of naming convention .

The _name usually used to represent static variables so that they can easily be identified when browsing through code.

Thanks.
n8dagr8
Hello Oguz,

Obviously you can name a variable just about anything you'd like. Some people prefer to use the _ prefix to denote a private variable. This way you know the variable is private in scope just by looking at the name.

Regards,

Mike
benwild
Meen zalamak, what is that
plusall
Thank you guys for the explanation.
Hossam Abdel Wahab
This is only a name!
chakravarthy_b

hi,

its just a naming convenient, which would be followed with class members(variable declared in the class itself to be visible for all methods) , for example if you want to make a property for your class called Name you write it like this

class Class1
{
private string _name;
public string Name
{
get { return _name; }
set { _name = value; }
}
void Method()
{
}

}

i wanted to creat a property called name , so i need a variable as data repository both of them called Name so the naming convenient is like that the class member will start by "_" or "m_" and the first letter will be small, but the property starts by capital letter, so in your code you can differentiate between them

hope this helps
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