>>I don't think I said otherwise:) Actually I say even 'c' is redundant in most cases.
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>IMO, we'd better use the data type prefix, the reasons are:
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>1) Without the prefix, very often, VFP will give a keyword color for the variable. The Beautify feature will turn the variable to upper case. Most of the time, the prefix will make our code more readable, for example
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>STORE 2 TO TABLE	&& "TABLE" in blue (keyword color). Turned to upper case by Beautify
>STORE 2 TO cTable	&& "cTable in black
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>2) The data type revealed by the prefix makes our code easier to maintain. "c" is redundant in cFirstName, but not in cParentID. I prefer using a neat and consistent prefix rather than using longer names such as ParentIDString or KeyValueString (cKeyValue is better).

I disagree... it is a personal thing after all < s >.
1) Why "cTable"? Why not "CustomerTableName"?

2) Ahhh, so it's not "readability" that you're worrying about, but typing!
I say it's high time that we stopped putting ourselves first and made 'the next guy' the object of our chosen techniques!

cheers


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>Ben