Camelize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To change a variable or object name that consists of several words into camel case.

    "We may use a camelized form to improve readability. You can use also underscore in between words if you want the identifier separated."

  2. 2
    To make or become a camel or camel-like.

    "Slowly the horses grow more horse-like, the shadowy camel begins to camelize himself, the buffaloes acquire the rudiments of horns, the deer branch out by tentative steps into still more complicated and more complicated antlers."

Example

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"We may use a camelized form to improve readability. You can use also underscore in between words if you want the identifier separated."

Etymology

From camel + -ize.

Related phrases

camel case

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