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Following on from the success of the Camel Case post, may I please present, to those unfamiliar, the dark art of "Snake Case".

Not often seen in print, James explains (in a comment), "There is another method...which I've heard people call "snake case" and "dash case" (though I don't think these are authoritative) which some other...languages like Ruby use. Here, spaces are replaced by the underscore character"

I rather like the underscore, slipping them in as bullet points sometimes. Usually bold and shifted up a tad to align on the baseline; it's the bullet point for the new millennium.

Thanks for the info James.

Comments

[Bert Vanderveen]

I use an underscore in all those cases where websites don't allow spaces in a username (eg the lot!), esp to clarify my lastname: bert_vanderveen.

[davidthedesigner]

_or even the new millennium.

[Richard]

Yes_David.

[davidthedesigner]

_your_welcome (but just kidding this time).

[Hugo]

_or even _you're_welcome.

[Hugo]

_or maybe even _you_re_welcome.

[davidthedesigner]

That's what I meant when I said only kidding this time, Hugo (maybe it was just a teeny bit too subtle, methinks).

[The Worst of Perth]

Having typed into address bars so often, my fingers often itch to add an underscore to fill any space that might return a "page not found".