Shortening lines of declarations to one line.

[E8A4Nwbp]

how may I minimize the ensuing header file declarations, just like how in many IDEs, function curly brackets can be shut to one line

I can't simple put curly brackets around these unfortunately

    bool Millie = false;
    bool Al = false;
    bool Rube = false;
    bool Meg = false;
    bool Luch = false;
    bool Much = false;
    bool Gordon = false;
    bool Ed = false;
    bool Joy = false;
    bool Val = false;

IDE: VS2017 W10

[George P]

I can name that code in two lines:

bool Millie = false; bool Al = false; bool Rube = false; bool Meg = false; bool Luch = false;
bool Much = false; bool Gordon = false; bool Ed = false; bool Joy = false; bool Val = false;

The only realistic restriction is how far across the screen do you want the code to go.

In one line you get code that goes to almost 200 characters in length.

[Peter87]

I can't simple put curly brackets around these unfortunately

Well, you could put them inside a struct.

[lastchance]

Give more context. It is highly unlikely that these would be the NAMES of variables. It is more likely that they would be VALUES, probably in an array of objects:

struct Person
{
    string name;
    bool hasRegistered = false;
};

Person people[100];

[Enoizat]

Is this a funny quiz of sort?

#include <iostream>

int main()
{
    bool Al, Rube, Meg, Luch, Much, Gordon, Ed, Joy, Val = false;
    bool Millie = Al = Rube = Meg = Luch = Much = Gordon = Ed = Joy = false;
    std::cout << std::boolalpha
              << Millie << ' ' << Al   << ' ' << Rube   << ' ' << Meg << ' '
              << Luch   << ' ' << Much << ' ' << Gordon << ' ' << Ed  << ' '
              << Joy    << ' ' <<  Val << '\n';
}

[lastchance]

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#include <iostream> #include <vector> using namespace std; struct Person { string name; bool hasRegistered = false; Person( const char * p ) : name(p){} }; int main() { vector<Person> people = { "Millie", "Al", "Rube", "Meg", "Luch", "Much", "Gordon", "Ed", "Joy", "Val" }; for ( auto p : people ) cout << p.name << " " << boolalpha << p.hasRegistered << '\n'; }

Millie false Al false Rube false Meg false Luch false Much false Gordon false Ed false Joy false Val false

[jonnin]

do you need text versions of their names?
enum the names as offsets into a vector of bool.
honestly, after your early schoolwork, this kind of thing is the type of data you would put into a file and read in, more often than not. Hard coded piles of data in serious programs usually end up being constants / lookup tables only, rarely are data/names 'variables' (meaning, opposite of constant) hard coded in bulk (you sometimes do this in test code, but that is to the side of the real code).

[Ganado]

While I agree with the other suggestions, such as putting the values in a struct, or having an array, here is one way you can force the Visual Studio IDE to provide code folding:

#pragma region optional comment
bool Millie = false;
bool Al = false;
bool Rube = false;
bool Meg = false;
bool Luch = false;
bool Much = false;
bool Gordon = false;
bool Ed = false;
bool Joy = false;
bool Val = false;
#pragma endregion 

Probably won't work with other IDEs.

Personally, I think excessive code folding (beyond just folding a function or struct) is generally a bad practice. If your code is becoming too unruly to read, then split it into multiple files or refactor it. Exceptions exist of course, perhaps a really long machine-generated file, or in C# where you can use regions to separate interface implementations from other methods.

[E8A4Nwbp]

Thank you ever so much @Ganado ,I'll take your comment as well, I suppose it can suggest I code in a manner which is un-commendable. Certainly somewhere to improve.

Thats been of great assistance, it's utterly useful.