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--- guides:programstyle:constants [2020/07/24 12:08] – wikiadmin
+++ guides:programstyle:constants [2024/07/25 15:01] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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   * TWENTY is no more informative than 20.
   * If the value of the constant changed, the programmer might be tempted to produce the following totally unacceptable code
-  * <code c++>
+    * <code c++>
 const int TWENTY = 35;
 </code>
-Unless otherwise instructed, a single prompt, the
+Unless otherwise instructed, single use constants are usually not named unless they provide clarity to the program.  Examples include a prompt used one time or an arbitrary field width.
+The following is probably not necessairy
+<code c++>
+const int FIRST_FIELD_WITDTH = 20;
+const string FIRST_PROMPT = "Enter your Age";
+...
+cout << setw(FIRST_FIELD_WIDTH) << FIRST_PROMPT << endl;
+</code>