Metasyntactic Variables
Use conventional metasyntactic variables for your examples. It tells programmers to focus on the implementation not the content.
| Good | Bad |
|---|---|
foo bar baz |
whatever |
Metasyntactic Variables in the UK: Wibble & co.
If you are from the UK, you may want to use these variables.
| Good | Bad |
|---|---|
wibble wobble wubble |
boy oh boy |
Metasyntactic Variables in the UK: Fred & co.
Alternatively, UK folks may want to use these variables.
| Good | Bad |
|---|---|
fred flob |
great scott |
Pythonic Metasyntactic Variables
If you are writing Python, put spam, ham, and eggs in your examples.
| Good | Bad |
|---|---|
spam ham eggs |
wham bam thank you ma'am |
French Metasyntactic Variables
If you speak French, maybe you should use these wonderful French metasyntactic variables.
| Good | Bad |
|---|---|
toto titi tata tutu |
it's only wafer thin |
Italian Metasyntactic Variables
If you speak Italian, maybe you should use these special Italian metasyntactic variables.
| Good | Bad |
|---|---|
pippo pluto paperino |
goofy donald duck |
Singular example
Sometimes you need only one code sample.
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