[TUT][HQ] Indenting your code in proper way!

joelverghese · **Author**

Introduction
Hey there AM,
So I found many new beginners making a mistake of making the code poorly Indenting, and so I made

this small tutorial to help them fix this small problem.
Here's what Fysiks wrote

Quote:

Originally Posted by fysiks

You should search before posting. This has been ask no less than a million times

before.

You can ignore them if you really want to do so.

You should use a consistent indentation

style.

So I thought why to ignore that? Also why not to make a small guide so that every time a

person face this problem he/she might find this tutorial helpful and get's it fixed !

So let's begin ,

Warning that you will receive is

Quote:

warning 217: loose indentation

The Code that is badly indented

PHP Code:

#include <amxmodx> #include <amxmisc> #include <fun> #include <cstrike> #include <hamsandwich> public plugin_init() { RegisterHam(Ham_Spawn, "player", "gunsfort", 1) } public gunsfort( id ) { if(cs_get_user_team(id)==CS_TEAM_T) { strip_user_weapons( id ); give_item( id, "weapon_ak" ); give_item( id, "weapon_deagle" ); give_item( id, "weapon_knife" ); cs_set_user_bpammo( id, 35, CSW_DEAGLE ); cs_set_user_bpammo( id, 90, CSW_AK47 ); } return PLUGIN_HANDLED }

When we compile this code it would show us this warning

So let's fix this code now !

To do that we need
1.Brain
2.Notepad++
3.AMXx Studio

So let's begin,

Notepad++
Fixing the above code using Notepad++
1. Download

Notepad+

+.
2. Install TextFX plugin in notepad++
3. To install the plugin follow my instructions
Extract the file named(anywhere you wish) TextFX.v0.26.unicode.bin.zip

Now after extraction you will find a file named NppTextFX.dll

Copy that dll and paste it here (your directory:\Notepad++\plugins\NppTextFX.dll)

Restart Notepad++ and your done.

So now let's get back on indenting our badly indented plugin and to do so follow the below

given image.

Note-It's still not indented because i have not pressed the re-indent c++ code option

Let's get the indented code after pressing the option Re-indent C++ Code.

Now when you compile this plugin you will get this as a result

you might clearly see the difference in these two images that is when we don't press the

Re-Indent C++ Code option it like this

but when i press Re-indent C++ Code we get something like this

AMXx Studio
Now let's indented the same code using AMXx Studio.
To do that we have to
1.Open AMXx Studio
2.Paste the code in AMXx Studio
3.Go to tools and then press the option called Indenter
Ok let's do it

Note-This Code is NOT indented because I have not pressed the Indenter option.

Now let's press the Indenter option and get the Indented Code

Now when we compile the Indented Code we will get this as a result

Conclusion-

Indentation makes your code look good and easy to read.
What I recommend it to always use Notepad++ for Indenting your code as it will fix all the

indentation problems.