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Some common standards in the PB world surrounding variable naming...

-The first letter of the variable name is determined by the variable's scope.

-Global -- g
-Instance -- i
-Local -- l

-The second letter of the variable name is determined by the variable's type.  Some of the common types:

-Boolean -- b
-DataStore -- ds
-DataWindow -- dw
-DataWindowChild -- dwc
-Date -- d
-DateTime -- dt
-Decimal -- d
-Integer -- i
-Long -- l
-String -- s
-Window -- w

-Always followed by and underscore, and then the descriptive portion of the name.

Examples:

-Global Level
String gs_filename
Long gl_id_no

-Instance Level
String is_folder
Long il_badge_no

-Local Level
String ls_name
Long ll_count