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RE: Best Practices Issue

• Posted by Jonas Temple <jktemple at yhti.net> Feb 07, 2003
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I will typically use the value directly from the control if I only need 
to reference the value 1 or 2 times top.

If I need to reference the value in another routine (maybe with a global 
variable) or need to reference the value more than 2 times within a 
function I'll assign to a variable.  This reduces clutter, makes the 
code easier to read and also allows me to ? the value of the variable in 
debug.  It also helps with performance as you're not having to call 
getText() multiple times.

Jonas
C. K. Lester wrote:
> Okay, time for everybody to express their opinion...
> 
> In what circumstances, if any, might you allow controls to take the 
> place of
> variables? In what circumstances, if any, might you not?
> 
> Simple Example:
> 
> I have a window with a single edit text control. A user types '3' into 
> it.
> There are two ways to deal with this value: 1) Assign it to a variable 
> and
> use it that way, or 2) use it directly from the control (no variable
> required).
> 
> So, what do you do and why?
> 
>