[blAck.]

Since I'm new, I was wondering what does 'sz' stands for?
I've seen some stuff like szName, szNameReceiver, szAmount, szCommand...
Please can somebody explain this to me?

[Ghosted]

I don't know what sz means but we use sz to know if variable is string (for readability & not for compiling)

[blAck.]

Originally Posted by Ghosted I don't know what sz means but we use sz to know if variable is string (for readability & not for compiling)

I still don't get it.. Can you explain a little bit more?

[Natsheh]

Originally Posted by blAck. I still don't get it.. Can you explain a little bit more?

sz means "string of characters, terminated by a null character" (z stands for zero).

[fysiks]

Originally Posted by blAck. Since I'm new, I was wondering what does 'sz' stands for? I've seen some stuff like szName, szNameReceiver, szAmount, szCommand... Please can somebody explain this to me?

"string, zero-terminated"

Meaning that the end of the string is denoted by a value of zero. This is why you must always size an array being used as a string with one extra element (for the zero-termination).

szString[7] = "hello"

string[0] = 'h' = 104
string[1] = 'e' = 101
string[2] = 'l' = 108
string[3] = 'l' = 108
string[4] = 'o' = 111
string[5] = EOS = 0
string[6] =

I didn't show a value for string[6] because it is ignored because it comes after the zero-termination; it could be any value.

Prefixing is not required but because Pawn is typeless, it is generally recommended to prefix your variable so that people, including yourself, know what you are actually using the variable for.

Other often used prefixes:

integer:  i
boolean:  b
Float:  f
string:  sz

For more about basic Pawn programming, you should look through the tutorials. This one is really good. Other tutorials can be found here.

[CrazY.]

To be more easily and specific, it's just a tag to use when declaring variables that will store strings (words, chars, etc).

[E1_531G]

Originally Posted by CrazY. To be more easily and specific, it's just a tag to use when declaring variables that will store strings (words, chars, etc).

In fact, it isn't a tag, it's a sort of a name convention, like Hungarian Notation.

Tags are:
1. bool:
2. Float:
3. Array:
4. Trie:
and others.

[CrazY.]

I said "tag" to be more specific.
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=308561

[E1_531G]

'Prefix' is the good word here.