Indentation¶

Braces¶

The open brace ({) goes at the end of the line before the start of the code block. The close brace (}) goes on its own line, indented to match the beginning of the line containing the corresponding open brace, and include a descriptor on the closing brace line that indicates which opening brace it matches.

Code Inside Braces¶

Indent one level for each level of curly braces ({}).

Code Inside conditional statements and loops¶

Indent one level for lines of code in conditional statements and loops.

Continued lines¶

When a statement continues across two or more lines, indent the second and remaining lines an equal amount past the start of the first line of the statement.

Parameter Assignments¶

Place the equal characters of multiple assigments in same column of your code. Check the comprehensive example for this.

Example of proper indentation technique:

int RequestedAmount = INITIAL_AMOUNT;
int temp            = 200;

int withdraw (int RequestedAmount) {
   if (Balance < RequestedAmount) {
      return 0;
   }
   else {
      Balance = Balance - RequestedAmount;
      printf("Withdrawal of %4.2f
                        successful, leaving %4.2f.",
                        RequestedAmount, Balance);
      return 1;
   }
}