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Created by Microsoft, Described by waldo
Description
Variables that refer to a AL object must contain the objects name, abbreviated where necessary.
A variable must begin with a capital letter.
Blanks, periods, and other characters (such as parentheses) that would make quotation marks around a variable necessary must be omitted.
If a variable is a compound of two or more words or abbreviations, each word or abbreviation should begin with a capital letter.
Bad code
WIPBuffer: Record "Job WIP Buffer"
Good code
JobWIPBuffer: Record "Job WIP Buffer"
Bad code
Postline: Codeunit "Gen. Jnl.-Post Line";
Good code
GenJnlPostLine: Codeunit "Gen. Jnl.-Post Line";
Bad code
"Amount (LCY)": Decimal;
Good code
AmountLCY: Decimal;
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