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8 - White Space


8.1 Blank Lines

Blank lines improve readability by setting off sections of code that are logically related.

Two blank lines should always be used in the following circumstances:

One blank line should always be used in the following circumstances:


8.2 Blank Spaces

Blank spaces should be used in the following circumstances:

       while (true) {
...
}

  • Note that a blank space should not be used between a method name and its opening parenthesis. This helps to distinguish keywords from method calls.
  • 								  a += c + d;
    a = (a + b) / (c * d);

    while (d++ = s++) {
    n++;
    }
    prints("size is " + foo + "\n");
        								for (expr1; expr2; expr3)
        						  myMethod((byte) aNum, (Object) x);
    myFunc((int) (cp + 5), ((int) (i + 3))
    + 1);


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