Spacing Binary Operators

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Best Practice

There must be exactly one space character on each side of a binary operator such as = + - AND OR =. The parameter comma operator however, should have no spaces.

Bad code

"Line Discount %" := "Line Discount Amount"/"Line Value"*100

Good code

"Line Discount %" := "Line Discount Amount" / "Line Value" * 100;

Bad code

StartDate := CALCDATE('<+'+FORMAT(Days + i)+'D>', StartDate);

Good code

StartDate := CALCDATE('<+' + FORMAT(Days + i) + 'D>',StartDate);

Bad code

StartDate := 0D;   // Initialize

Good code

StartDate := 0D; // Initialize

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Last modified October 23, 2025: Merge pull request #265 from igor-ctrl/patch-1 (afc35a8) by Henrik Helgesen