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simple name comparison table

Subject have example begin with have be be the same as start with contain is a subtopic of is a kind of have convention write in

simple class name
String
an uppercase letter first letter of each word capitalized by convention too general or too specific spaces Packages simple name the singular by convention

simple variable name
loadFile
areaCode
quitGame
a lowercase letter case sensitive the name of another variable in its scope a letter, an underscore character (_) or a dollar sign ($) any combination of Unicode characters after the first character Variables and Data Types variable name it consists of several words joined together with the first letter of the variable name in lowercase, each successive word beginning with a capital letter and all other letters lowercase

Subject	have example	begin with	have	be	be the same as	start with	contain	is a subtopic of	is a kind of	have convention	write in
simple class name	String	an uppercase letter	first letter of each word capitalized by convention	too general or too specific			spaces	Packages	simple name		the singular by convention
simple variable name	loadFile areaCode quitGame	a lowercase letter		case sensitive	the name of another variable in its scope	a letter, an underscore character (_) or a dollar sign ($)	any combination of Unicode characters after the first character	Variables and Data Types	variable name	it consists of several words joined together with the first letter of the variable name in lowercase, each successive word beginning with a capital letter and all other letters lowercase

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