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Ruby Ruby Basics (Retired) How Ruby Works Input and Output

Posted by Abirbhav Goswami
Abirbhav Goswami
15,450 Points

Why aren't we using camelCase?

In the code challenge, the instructions ask me to use a different naming convention. Is this how variables are usually named in Ruby? I'm used to other languages and they use camelCase. Why doesn't Ruby use this format? Is it just a preference?

1 Answer

Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points
Tobias Helmrich
Tobias Helmrich
31,603 Points

Hey Abby,

yes, like you already mentioned this is absolutely preference and it's just a convention to write variable names in Ruby with underscores in between the words and in all lowercase (this is also referred to as snake_case). Take a look here to see the naming section of the Ruby style guide. I hope that helps! :)

Abirbhav Goswami
Abirbhav Goswami
15,450 Points

Thanks! Just needed to clarify that.