Matters of Style Study Guide

Question 1

Why do we have style requirements?

Answer 1

Increases readability, reusability, modifiability and easier to debug

Question 2

If you need to describe a section of executable code where should you put the comments?

Answer 2

before the block of code

Question 3

T/T It is okay to initialize variables in the declaration section.

Answer 3

False.

Question 4

What is the documentation next to the declaration section called?

Answer 4

data table

Question 5

What should the data table tell the reader?

Answer 5

1. what value it represents

2. how the values are obtained