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Naming functions and methods

Use the following guidelines when you name functions and methods in your code. For information on writing functions and methods, see Functions and Methods.

• Use descriptive names.
• Use mixed case for concatenated words. 

  A good example would be singLoud().

• Start function and method names with a lowercase letter.
• Describe what value is being returned in the function's name.

  For example, if you are returning the name of a song title, you might name the function getCurrentSong().

• Establish a naming standard for relating similar functions. 

  ActionScript 2.0 does not permit overloading. In the context of object-oriented programming, overloading refers to the ability to make your functions behave differently depending on which data types are passed into them.

• Name methods as verbs. 

  You might concatenate the name, but it should contain a verb. You use verbs for most methods because they perform an operation on an object.

Examples of method names include the following:

sing();
boogie();
singLoud();
danceFast();

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