snake case
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Some evidence shows that coders are better able to read code (their code and code written by others) when using snake_case, not camelCase naming."
- "While both camelCase and snake_case are perfectly valid syntax in Java, the development community functions better when everyone adopts the same style convention."
- "We were incorporating third-party Python libraries for some of our projects, leading to a mix within our codebase of our own CamelCase format with the externally preferred snake_case style."
Etymology
Coined in 2004 by Ruby programmer Gavin Kistner, from its resemblance to the long body of a snake, and by analogy with other naming schemes based on lower- and upper-case letters.
Usage
Inflected Forms
snake_case (alternative)