a good tutorial for code formating is "c and c++ style guides"
( http://www.cs.umd.edu/users/cml/cstyle/ )

a good code editor is vim (http://www.vim.org).

Jennifer Downey a écrit :

> Thank you Paul,
>
> I have asked about atutorial on proper code formatting and got back a
> tutorial that was extremely hard to understand. While lots of people have
> screamed at me for my  coding format no one has supplied an understandable
> answer. That is until this morning.
>
> > The first thing you should do is properly indent your code.  If you do so,
> > you'll be sure to find the missing bracket.  Basically, for each new
> block,
> > tab out again.
>
> Thought that was the best tutorial I could ever get. Short and sweet and oh
> so easy to understand.
> I am using HTML_Kit as it has the same features as all the othere editors
> (color coding and such) but it also has a lot more. I can get plugins for
> anything I would ever need. Except a formatting tutorial ;)
>
> Thank for your help
> Jennifer
>
> "Paul Burney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > on 4/12/02 11:15 PM, Jennifer Downey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] appended the
> > following bits to my mbox:
> >
> > > I believe it has something to do with the first while statement's
> closing
> > > curly bracket placement
> > > but I can't seem to get it in the right place.
> >
> > Hi Jennifer,
> >
> > The first thing you should do is properly indent your code.  If you do so,
> > you'll be sure to find the missing bracket.  Basically, for each new
> block,
> > tab out again.  It really helps to use a programmer's editor with syntax
> > highlighting like vim or BBEdit.  Here's an example using your code:
> >
> > =======================================================================
> >
> > $id = $HTTP_GET_VARS["id"];
> >
> > $query = "SELECT id, name, image, quantity, type FROM
> > {$config["prefix"]}_my_items WHERE uid={$session["uid"]} ORDER BY id";
> > $ret = mysql_query($query);
> >
> > while($row = mysql_fetch_array($ret)) {
> >
> >     $iid = $row['id'];
> >     $image = $row['image'];
> >     $name = $row['name'];
> >     $quantity = $row['quantity'];
> >     $type = $row['type'];
> >
> >     if ($iid == $id) {
> >
> >         $display_block ="<CENTER><img src=$image border=0><br><font
> > size=2>$name<BR>$quantity<BR>$type</font></CENTER>";
> >         echo "$display_block<BR><BR>";
> >
> >         if ($type == "food") {
> >
> >             //if book or weapon is present then set an option and include
> in
> > the form later
> >             $thisoption="<OPTION VALUE=\"feed\">Feed my pet\n</OPTION>";
> >
> >         } else {
> >
> >             //if any other type is present then set a blank
> >             $thisoption="";}
> >
> >         } // end option "if" statement
> >
> >     } // end id "if" statement
> >
> > /* More code after this point */
> >
> > } // end "while" if statement.
> >
> >
> > =======================================================================
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Paul Burney
> > <http://paulburney.com/>
> >
> > <?php
> >     while ($self != "asleep") {
> >         $sheep_count++;
> >     }
> > ?>
> >
> >
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