codeformatting
nounUK /ˈkəʊdˌfɔːmætɪŋ/
US /ˈkoʊdˌfɔːrmætɪŋ/
Code formatting is making the written instructions for a computer look neat and easy to read.
Good code formatting helps the whole team understand the program faster.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The automatic process a tool uses to fix spacing and line breaks in source code.
The editor's code formatting ran every time she saved the file.
3. A set of agreed rules a team follows for how code should look.
Their code formatting requires two-space indents and no trailing spaces.
4. The visual arrangement of code on a screen or page.
The code formatting in that tutorial was messy and hard to follow.