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Python Python Basics (2015) Python for Beginners Syntax and Style

Kostas Triaridis
Kostas Triaridis
268 Points
Posted by Kostas Triaridis
Kostas Triaridis
268 Points

Name of a function or variable

In the video Kenneth mentions that function and variable names should use a syntax/style like this: a_new_function Does that mean that a name like aNewFunction is incorrect?(I use that style of writing in my c++ code) because he doesn't mention something about capital letters. Thanks!

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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! The style that you're used to using is known as "camel case". This is used as the standard style of writing variable and function names in several languages such as C++/C#/JavaScript/Swift and others. Python is a little special and uses what is known as "snake case". It's not so much that "myFunction" would be incorrect, but rather "my_function" would be considered more standard in Python. It's just the style that Python has chosen to be the default.

That being said, there are other languages that also use snake_case including, C, Ruby, and PHP (in some cases).

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

Kostas Triaridis
Kostas Triaridis
268 Points
Kostas Triaridis
Kostas Triaridis
268 Points

Thank you very much for your quick answer :D