Ok
Thanks for all suggestions.
the practice of departmentalising (or encapsulating - to use a less buzzy
word) some of the logic allowed me to move a sub-nest (if..then..else) to a
seperate procedure and to see the logic more clearly.
Neven's "case..." example looks very neat but *this* "programmer" will need
to study it in a lot more detail to be able to understand how to use it.
BTW any preferences for "begin end" layout?
if blah then
begin
DoStuff
end
or
if blah then begin
DoStuff
end
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Help with Logic flows
> Tottally agree Paul. Always using begin... end makes errors far less
common
> and your code much more readable. We use 4 space tabs, which both makes
> tabbing very obvious and also serves to discourage extremely nested ifs.
>
> Robert Martin
> Software Engineer
> Wild Software Ltd
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Mostek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 1:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Help with Logic flows
>
>
> > Mark,
> > Don4t be worried !
> > It4s very simple to develop complex algorithms
> > without lose your head.
> > First of all, you must be used to use indentation.
> > I use indentation of 3 blank spaces. It4s visually
> > more confortable do follow a logical sequence with a
> > good indentation !
> > Second: Allways use BEGIN and END, even when around
> > only one line of code.
> > Third: Immediately after open a BEGIN statement you
> > must close the END statement. This eases the process
> > of non forgetting the END...
> > Fourth: When you have a very complex sub-algorithm
> > inside another complex algorithm, you must consider
> > the possibility of encapsulating this sub-algorithm
> > inside a procedure or function...
> > I hope these simple tips help you to solve your
> > problem...
> >
> > Paul Mostek
> >
> >
> >
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