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What does the "o" of "oSheet" stand for?

I've noticed numerous examples online where OOoBasic & Libre Office Basic use a "o" convention for naming objects.

We always see oSheet, oCell, and so on.

Does the "o" stand for object ? Is there a document in which those conventions are listed ?

Solution

  • Yes, the "o" stands for Object. It's basically Hungarian notation.

    Have a look at Andrew Pitonyak's Macro document, especially section 3.5. Accessing And Creating Objects In OpenOffice. A quick look through the document shows the following prefixes:

    • o "Object", a very useful type for working with the UNO API.
    • x is for an UNO interface. Many of these variables are needed in Java code.
    • s "String"
    • v "Variant"
    • b "Boolean"
    • i "Integer"
    • l "Long"
    • n "number"
    • a "array" or "argument"
    • m perhaps "member" of a class or structure
    • c perhaps "constant"