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Consequently, the following statements all do the exact same thing:Even the last statement that is split over two lines compiles just fine.Quoted text separated by nothing but whitespace (spaces, tabs, or newlines) will be concatenated:Another exception where the C++ compiler pays attention to whitespace is with // comments. Tokens are delimited (bounded) by white-space characters and by other tokens, such as operators and punctuation. when you create a function, the IDE will automatically indent the statements inside the function body).However, as you add or remove code, or change the IDE’s default formatting, or paste in a block of code that has different formatting, the formatting can get messed up. If the project you're working on enforces a specific formatting, you can still write the code how you're used to and in the end auto-format everything with the demanded settings.Thank you, I know that it's not so important, just trying to set my formatter to some (more or less) acceptable style I like and stick with it. Fixing the formatting for part or all of a file can be a headache. Typically, 80 characters is the maximum length a line should be. Applies to See also.

Many different methods of formatting C++ programs have been developed throughout the years, and you will find disagreement on which ones are best. This can be done by indenting each subsequent line with an extra tab, or if the lines are similar, by aligning it with the line above (whichever is easier to read).This makes your lines easier to read. As we introduce new topics to you, we will introduce new style recommendations to go with those features.Ultimately, C++ gives you the power to choose whichever style you are most comfortable with, or think is best.

true if c is white space; otherwise, false.. :)Do you think you could recommend me some motivation, or just something that will tell me, just do it?It's only who you can do it and no one else. Do you have the words 'space' and 'tab' the wrong way around?Nope it's correct as written. If pure space coding was entirely superior, there would be no argument, the fact that there is shows immediately that there are benefits to the other that are being ignored.
Whitespace is a term that refers to characters that are used for formatting purposes. And during the time you don't, there are thousands of other people who're doing the same thing and becoming better and betterI'd like to somewhat contest your second sentence: it may seem that a lot of people are better than you already, but your success is independent other's performance.

There are so many different formatting practices, it's easy to get lost.> I don't recall seeing this style. Let's say you want to use an empty value in a website or application, but spaces are not accepted.

Instead of coming off as a pretentious coder version of a grammar nazi, at least discuss the alternatives instead of forcing users down a route that is highly debated.


Proponents of using tabs wonder why you wouldn’t use the character designed to do indentation for indentation, especially as you can set the width to whatever your preference is. I wish there's a way to configure a format style based on another style in VS but I guess we can't have nice things.Any help is greatly appreciated! Remarks.

They look like a space, but are in fact a different (unicode) character. Single-line comments only last to the end of the line.

However, we highly recommend you utilize the same style that we use for our examples. It has been battle tested by thousands of programmers over billions of lines of code, and is optimized for success. There’s no right answer here -- and debating it is like arguing whether cake or pie is better. Space, tab, line feed (newline), carriage return, form feed, and vertical tab characters are called "white-space characters" because they serve the same purpose as the spaces between words and lines on a printed page — they make reading easier. This is because the comment normally provides some sort of enlightening information about the line to come -- and you want to know that information before you try and understand the line, not after.I've never seen anybody place comments after the lines. Further, IDEs have features to highlight the corresponding brace when selecting one.For this reason, the "This enhances readability, and is less error prone since your brace pairs should always be indented at the same level. As a new programmer it's hard to tell what is considered good practice and what is frowned upon even if it won't prevent your program from functioning correctly.By Alex on June 1st, 2007 | last modified by nascardriver on April 18th, 2020Put all code inside code tags: [code]your code here[/code]

Thank you!

The C++ compiler generally ignores whitespace, with a few minor exceptions.

That's not to say it never happens, but it's certainly not best practice, and I would not recommend it.Also in 5th recommendation, in program, edl are not preceded by std::.Thanks for pointing out these discrepancies.

One exception where the C++ compiler does pays attentionYou indicated in an earlier post that you fixed it. Returns Boolean.

Coding with spaces only is literally one of the most painful times coding I've ever dealt with, the pure added tedium dealing with the negative consequences of a system based on using more characters to solve a trivial problem is enough that my productivity goes down approximately 30% when dealing with using pure spaces. But somehow it is back.This is best short and sweet style guide I've read so far. The C++ compiler generally ignores whitespace, with a few minor exceptions (when processing text literals). How do you represent white-space … A link to a better .clang-format would be so..so..I'm speechless..I need sleep..sleep..The default hotkey in Visual studio is ctrl k then ctrl d. If you want other styles you can go under tools > options > Text Editor > C/C++ > Formatting > General . I have to say I very strongly disagree with Basic Formatting #1.