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    Default Scope of Variables

    I am optimizing code that is very well organized and one of my main goals is to maintain this organization even with my additions to personalize the program for my individual use. Currently, I am trying to assign a button command to export data to an excel spreadsheet. However, the way the program is structured my export code uses and references variables that are declared after the buttons of the GUI are defined and their individual code is implemented. I would really like to include the code for my newly added button in the same location as all of the other buttons on the GUI. Is there any way to reference my export code while maintaining this structure?


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    Default Re: Scope of Variables

    That's an awful lot of text (c'mon, you know programmers hate to read), when an SSCCE would have been much easier to answer. Can you show us some code that demonstrates what you're talking about? The shorter the better.
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    Default Re: Scope of Variables

    The problem is it's not exactly a question where I can just provide an SSCCE. Here's my best attempt at an example:
    Line 14-25:Existing code for the individual buttons on GUI
    Line 26-35:Space for the code behind my newly added export button to the GUI
    Line 70-90: Optimized nested for loops which create the workbook and write the .xls file(These reference specific variables that are not created until these region of the code)

    Is there any way to reference the code in lines 70-90 in the button command in line 26-35 in order to keep the general organization and structure the program initially possessed?

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    Default Re: Scope of Variables

    Again, without seeing any code, it's almost impossible to tell you whether something is possible or not. You might be looking to pass a parameter to a method, or define a global variable, or something else- we honestly can't answer this question accurately without seeing the code you're talking about. And people don't really have the time to read through an entire program, so we ask for an SSCCE. It should be possible to write a much much smaller program that does the same general thing. Use a simple String variable instead of anything complicated, maybe.
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    Default Re: Scope of Variables

    Quote Originally Posted by PineAppleKing View Post
    I am optimizing code that is very well organized
    Why are you optimizing this code - what is the performance problem that makes it necessary?

    Rules of Optimization:
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    Rule 2 (for experts only): Don't do it yet.

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    Default Re: Scope of Variables

    Sounds like you are trying to refactor rather than optimize...big difference. Break the problem down, and think about the functionality: what pieces of code do what, splitting these into Classes and methods. Once things are reduced down to smaller pieces it makes it easier to call from other parts of code. Without an SSCCE we truly can't provide detailed advice, but it seems to me you have a single method for your program flow which should be put through the process I just described to reduce to methods that define a certain functionality/process.

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