alguidelines/content/docs/NAVPatterns/3-cal-coding-guidelines/readability/variable-already-scoped/index.md

+++ title = "Variable Already Scoped" weight = 1400 tags = ["C/AL","Readability"] categories = ["Best Practice"] +++ Do not use scope ''.'' qualifier unnecessarily when a variable is already implicitly or explicitly scoped. It keeps the code simpler.

Bad code

ReturnRcptHeader.SETRANGE(ReturnRcptHeader."Return Order No.","Document No.");  

Good code

ReturnRcptHeader.SETRANGE("Return Order No.","Document No.");  

Bad code

WITH ChangeLogSetupTable DO BEGIN
    ...
    IF ChangeLogSetupTable.DELETE THEN
        ...
END;

Good code

WITH ChangeLogSetupTable DO BEGIN
    ...
    IF DELETE THEN
        ...
END;