What is dom?

Hello,

Can anyone tell "dom" basically?

For example, now I am writing:

/** List the days in each month */

public final static int dom[] = {

31, 28, 31, /* jan, feb, mar */
30, 31, 30, /* apr, may, jun */
31, 31, 30, /* jul, aug, sep */
31, 30, 31 /* oct, nov, dec */ }

Why am I writing "dom" keyword?

serap elbeyoglu wrote:
Why am I writing "dom" keyword?

If I had to guess, I'll say you picked "dom" because it is short for "days of month"?

Henry

it is short for "days of month"?

Henry

Henry, thank you for your attention, but I think it isn't true. Because I feel that dom is a keyword of Java. (int [] sample.dom) Why do we need to use it ? What do you say? Do you think my question is clear?

Thank you.

It is not a "keyword of java". It's just a variable name. It could be fred, or shoomp, or jasgdjhgdasjh or anything else that's an identifier. It's just a variable name.

Bear Bibeault wrote: It could be fred

How about "Find the Real End Day"? ...

Henry

Thank you for your helps guys, I've got the point

serap elbeyoglu wrote:Thank you for your helps guys, I've got the point

You can think of it as Don't Overdo Meaning

This makes me think of a story that a colleague once told me. He had been a programmer long ago, in the 1970's. He told me that they always used two- or three-letter variable names, like "a1", "a2", "a3" etc., and they would have a table on paper somewhere that would explain what each variable was used for. Maybe that was necessary in the 1970's, when computers had a very limited amount of memory and were much slower than the chip in your cell phone...

It's very important to choose good and clear variable names. A name like daysPerMonth would have been much better than something like dom. Choosing good variable names makes it much easier to understand and maintain code.

Don't Overdo Meaning

Thank you Jesper, it is a very clear explanation. Here is a good tip for java variables: Choose clear variable names for you programing process. AgeOfChildren is a better variable name than AOC. T

Thank you. At this point I want to ask "Why do we use variables?" My answer is that: "Serap, you can think variables are like tools in your kitchen. You have them to cook. The names of them is not so important. But, if you label them with good names according to their function, you would make jour job fast and easy. The important point is that how you will define and use them." Did I understand variables?