JP2868256B2 - Program editing device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a program editing device that assists in naming program names and variable names in a data processing system having a program editing function.

When creating a program, many program names and variable names are required. Variable names and the like are often given based on the meanings used in order to facilitate the decoding of programs, but in general, duplicate naming is not allowed. Therefore, when assigning variable names or the like having the same meaning, the program creator often has difficulty in thinking within his own knowledge, and the idea often gets stuck.
Therefore, a device that can easily create program names and variable names is desired.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional program / variable naming, it is common to combine words (such as English words and Roman letters) that are considered to be valid within the user's knowledge, and change the combination method or the meaning of the variables. With emphasis on
It is common to perform naming while taking into account the user's own considerations, such as deforming words such as arranging the corresponding meanings in a row, or simply changing the number with the number at the end.

However, if naming is performed within the scope of knowledge possessed by individuals, if many program names and variable names with similar meanings are required, the naming will be quite similar, and program errors are likely to occur. This makes it easy to make mistakes when you look at it later.

Also, when expressing the necessary meaning, program names and variable names that contain English words that the user does not have knowledge of cannot be named, so it is difficult to name them appropriately, and the range of choices for naming is narrow. In some cases, the naming is different from the original meaning.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional program creation, the naming of the program name and the variable name depends on the knowledge of only the user, and thus has the following problems.

(A) It takes time to search a Japanese-English dictionary to find an appropriate word.

(B) When the program is later viewed, it is easy to make mistakes with similar variable names. In addition, you may not know what it represents.

(C) It is difficult to name without knowing the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problem and to easily name a large number of program names and variable names required when creating a program.

[Means for solving the problem]

 FIG. 1 shows a configuration example of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is a display, 11 is a keyboard, 1
2 is a processing device including a CPU and a memory, 13 is a program editing processing unit such as an editor, 14 is a naming support processing unit that supports naming according to the present invention, 15 is a naming word input unit, 16 is a naming dictionary search unit, Reference numeral 17 denotes a naming word editing unit, 18 denotes an external storage device such as a magnetic disk device, and 19 denotes a naming dictionary.

The naming dictionary 19 stores one or more input words having a meaning, a corresponding word associated with the word of the input word, and a corresponding word group describing the number of characters for extracting the corresponding word, as one data. Stored data group.

Input words are nouns, verbs, and adjectives used when creating a program, and words having the same meaning as the word.
Corresponding associated words are English and Japanese Roman characters having the meaning of the input word in this example because the program is usually described in English characters.

When there is a request from the user while the program is being edited by the program edit processing unit 13, the naming word input unit 15 accepts input from the keyboard 11 to assist naming using the naming dictionary 19. Then, the input word is notified to the naming dictionary search unit 16.

The naming dictionary search unit 16 searches the naming dictionary 19 based on the input word specified by the user, and extracts a corresponding word represented by some alphanumeric characters or the like corresponding to the input word.

The naming word editor 17 displays the extracted corresponding words and prompts the user to select one of them.

When the user repeatedly enters the word that he wants to name for the variable,
The naming word editing unit 17 connects the words selected by the user one after another in the search result of the naming dictionary search unit 16, and when the input is completed, based on the corresponding word string selected so far, several types of Create and display suggestions.

[Action]

At any point in the program editing, if there is a request from the user, the naming support processing unit 14 accepts the input from the user, displays the corresponding words registered in advance, and further edits the selected corresponding word string. And display it as a candidate.

Therefore, an appropriate one can be selected from the list displayed as candidates and can be easily named as a program name or a variable name.

〔Example〕

FIG. 2 is an example of a configuration of a naming dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an example of a screen using the multi-window system in the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. FIG. 5 shows a naming dictionary search processing flow, FIG. 6 shows a naming word edit display processing flow, FIG. 7 shows a corresponding word display processing flow, and FIG. 8 shows an example of an output in response to a user input according to the embodiment of the present invention. .

Each data registered in the naming dictionary in this embodiment is
For example, as shown in FIG.
It consists of a list of corresponding words represented by English characters associated with the input word. For example, for the input word "display" or "display", "HYOUJI", "INDICATION", ...
Is set in advance in accordance with the meaning and reading of the input word so that the word corresponds.

Among the corresponding words, a word having a numeric argument indicates that some of the corresponding words can be candidates. That is, the number means the number of divisions of the corresponding word. For example, in the case of FIG. 2 (b), the number of divisions is "4".
"PRODUCE" is not the only candidate,
The character "PROD" is also a candidate. This is because the meaning of the variable name is considered, and the meaning can be roughly grasped only from the head part.

In the embodiment of the present invention using the multi-window system, it is possible to work on a screen as shown in FIG. 3, for example.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 30 denotes a screen screen, 31 denotes a program editing window used by the editor, 32 denotes a naming window, and 33 denotes a candidate window.

The naming window 32 is a window including an input area for accepting user input and a displayable area for assisting naming, and the candidate window 33 is a menu window for displaying a corresponding word of the candidate and prompting a selection. is there.

The screen shown in Fig. 3 is used for naming variables while editing the program with an editor.
Thus, the input word of "average" is input by the user, and a list of the corresponding words is displayed in the candidate window 33, indicating that "average" is selected.

The overall processing flow of the present embodiment is, for example, as shown in FIG.

If a naming instruction is given during the program creation, the naming support processing unit 14 shown in FIG. 1 is started. The processing contents
Hereinafter, description will be made in accordance with the processing shown in FIG.

A naming window 32 for naming support shown in FIG. 3 is created and displayed on the display.

-Input a naming word in the naming window 32. If the input has been completed, the processing moves to the next step.

Search the naming dictionary 19 and extract data related to the input word. If there is a corresponding word, processing is performed; if not, processing proceeds.

Corresponding words are displayed in a list in the candidate window 33 shown in FIG. 3, the user selects one, and the data is displayed in the naming window 32. Then, the process returns.

~ When input is completed, if there is a corresponding word specified so far, the naming word is edited and displayed based on it.

~ When naming support completion is input, the naming window 32 for naming support is deleted, and control is returned to the editor. If naming support is to be continued, control is returned to the process and the process is repeated in the same manner.

FIG. 5 shows a more detailed processing flow of the processing shown in FIG.

When using the naming dictionary 19 for the first time, the naming dictionary 19 is read from the file into the work area of the memory and initialized. Then, the corresponding word corresponding to the input word is read from the naming dictionary.
Search from 19 and extract the data related to the current input.

FIG. 6 shows a more detailed processing flow of the processing shown in FIG.

According to the number of characters to be separated added to the corresponding word,
Cut the selected word and create data. That is, words are separated based on the number of characters for separating words displayed so far, and candidate words are created by combining them.

 The resulting candidate word is displayed in the naming window 32.

FIG. 7 shows a more detailed processing flow of the processing shown in FIG.

 A candidate window 33 shown in FIG. 3 is created.

 A list of corresponding words is displayed in the candidate window 33.

If there is no necessary word among the corresponding words, the corresponding word display processing ends.

If there is necessary data among the displayed corresponding words, one word is selected according to the user's instruction.

 The candidate window 33 is deleted.

~ If the corresponding data is for the first input word,
If it is not the input word at the beginning, a hyphen is entered after the corresponding data in the naming window 32.

The selected corresponding data is displayed in the naming window 32, and the corresponding word display processing ends.

FIG. 8 shows specific examples of input and output when a user determines a program name suitable for creating a “program for searching for naming information”.

The naming support processing unit 14 shown in FIG. 1 is started, and "naming" is first input as an input word. Thus, the naming dictionary 19 is searched, and four corresponding words corresponding to the input in FIG. 8 are output. Here, it is assumed that the user has selected “NAME”.

Next, when "information" is input, the corresponding word corresponding to the input in FIG. 8 is output by searching the naming dictionary 19 in the same manner. Assume that the user's selection is the first "INFORMATION".

In response to the next "search" input, four corresponding words corresponding to the input in FIG. 8 are output. The user's choice is
Suppose it was "REFERENCE".

The result corresponding to this user input is NAME-INFORMATION-REFERENCE. Where INFORMA
The argument of (36) is added to TION. Therefore, INF and INFORM of the first three characters and six characters are also targeted as naming candidates. Similarly, REFERENCE contains
The argument of (35) is added. Therefore, REF and REFER are also candidates for naming word candidates.

The following nine types of program name candidates are finally given to the “program for retrieving naming information”.

(1) NAME-INF-REF (2) NAME-INF-REFER (3) NAME-INF-REFERENCE (4) NAME-INFORM-REF (5) NAME-INFORM-REFER (6) NAME-INFORM-REFERENCE (7 ) NAME-INFORMATION-REF (8) NAME-INFORMATION-REFER (9) NAME-INFORMATION-REFERENCE The user can select a favorite program name from these and name it.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, when naming a program name or a variable name, the user only needs to input a word, and the corresponding word is displayed and edited, and a time for devising the naming is taken. It can be easily named without any naming. In addition, the naming of unknown meaning is eliminated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration example of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a configuration example of a naming dictionary according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an example of a screen using the multi-window system in the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. Fig. 5 is a flowchart of a naming dictionary search process, Fig. 6 is a flowchart of a naming word editing and displaying process, Fig. 7 is a corresponding word displaying process flow, and Fig. 8 is an embodiment of the present invention. 5 shows an example of an output in response to a user's input according to the following. In the figure, 10 is a display, 11 is a keyboard, 12 is a processing unit,
13 is a program editing processing unit, 14 is a naming support processing unit, 15 is a naming word input unit, 16 is a naming dictionary search unit, 17 is a naming word editing unit, 18
Represents an external storage device, and 19 represents a naming dictionary.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A program editing apparatus having a program editing function, comprising: a corresponding word suitable for naming each input word, a naming dictionary having information on editing of the corresponding word, and a corresponding word corresponding to the input word. A search unit that searches the name from the naming dictionary, and in addition to the searched corresponding word, if one of the searched corresponding words has the editing information, the word edited based on the editing information is also a candidate. A program editing device, comprising: an editing display unit that displays as an image. 2. The program editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the naming dictionary has information on the number of characters for separating the candidate words as editing information. 3. The editing / display unit, when a plurality of input words are input, inserts a delimiter character before a candidate for an input word other than the first input word, and displays each candidate. The program editing apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the program editing apparatus performs the program editing.