Name

Meaning

s and sz

a string

ch

single character string. If more than one character is in a string, only the first character is used.

ich

zero-based index to a character in a string or character in a line

ichFirst

first index in a range of characters

ichLast

last index in a range of characters (inclusively)

ichLim

limit index - one past the last index in a range

cch

count of characters

fThing

“f” means flag or boolean. fThing means “Thing” is True.

TRUE

a non-zero value, e.g. “1”

FALSE

a zero value, i.e. “0”

ln

zero-based line number

lnFirst

first line number in a range

lnLast

last line number in a range (inclusively)

lnLim

limit - one past the last line number in a range

hbuf

handle to a file buffer

hwnd

handle to a window

hprj

handle to a project

hsyml

Handle to a symbol list

Any other names

general string variables