How to name variables

Question

• What rules do you use to name your variables?
• Where are single letter vars allowed?
• How much info do you put in the name?
• How about for exam

Answer 1

I always use single letter variables in for loops, it's just nicer-looking and easier to read.

A lot of it depends on the language you're programming in too, I don't name variables the same in C++ as I do in Java (Java lends itself better to the excessively long variable names imo, but this could just a personal preference. Or it may have something to do with how Java built-ins are named...).