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Re: How to post code correctly

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On Monday, October 10, 2011 4:09:49 AM UTC-7, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> On 10/10/2011 2:31 AM, Linus Flustillbe wrote:
> > My previous posts to this group contained copy/paste Java code
> > from the Eclipse IDE directly into slrn's message area.  80
> > characters does not seem to be enough to contain well indented and
> > formatted code.  I would like to do this correctly for future posts
> > in an effort to be a good usenet citizen.  Does anyone have
> > any suggestions?  I was thinking that if you did something like this
> >
> > package testing;
> >
> > import java.sql.*;
> >
> > public class ConnectionTest  {
> >   public static void main(String[] args)
> >    throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException
> > {
> > Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
> > String tableName="LU_MEDIA_USAGE";
> > TableConnect myConnection = new TableConnect();
> > Statement stmt = myConnection.getStatement();
> > ResultSet rset = myConnection.GetResultSet(stmt, tableName);
> > while (rset.next()) {
> > System.out.println (rset.getString(1));
> > }
> > stmt.close();
> > }
> > }
> >      	
> > It's not pretty but should now be SSCCE as long as all the classes are
> > in the same package (no need to create a new package)
> 
> I usually use 2 spaces per indent level, and format, e.g. in Eclipse, to
> well under 80 spaces. I rarely post code with more than 4 levels, so 2
> spaces per indent only costs 6 columns, but makes it much more readable.
> 
> If I only need one public class I put all the code in one file, with no
> package statement. That is not good practice for actual development, but
> makes it simple for someone who wants to compile and run the code.
> 
> Your code would come out as:
> 
> import java.sql.*;
> 
> public class ConnectionTest {
>    public static void main(String[] args)
>        throws ClassNotFoundException, SQLException {
>      Class.forName("oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver");
>      String tableName = "LU_MEDIA_USAGE";
>      TableConnect myConnection = new TableConnect();
>      Statement stmt = myConnection.getStatement();
>      ResultSet rset = myConnection.GetResultSet(stmt, tableName);
>      while (rset.next()) {
>        System.out.println(rset.getString(1));
>      }
>      stmt.close();
>    }
> }

And don't use TAB characters to indent.

Set your IDE or editor to use spaces to indent.

-- 
Lew

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How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 09:31 +0000
  Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 04:09 -0700
    Re: How to post code correctly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 08:47 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 09:19 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 19:27 +0000
  Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 05:55 -0700
    Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 13:18 +0000
      Re: How to post code correctly markspace <-@.> - 2011-10-10 07:25 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 14:56 -0700
        Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 23:57 +0000
    Re: How to post code correctly Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2011-10-10 09:23 -0700
      Re: How to post code correctly Linus Flustillbe <admin@nacs.dyndns-office.com> - 2011-10-10 19:24 +0000
      Re: How to post code correctly Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-10-10 15:03 -0700
  Re: How to post code correctly Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2011-10-10 18:56 -0700
  Re: How to post code correctly Gorman <gormenski@gmail.com> - 2011-10-11 19:45 -0700

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