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# Uncommunicative Variable Name

## Introduction

An _Uncommunicative Variable Name_ is a variable name that doesn't communicate
its intent well enough. This code smell is a case of
[Uncommunicative Name](Uncommunicative-Name.md).

## Current Support in Reek

_Uncommunicative Variable Name_ checks for:

* single-character names
* any name ending with a number
* camelCaseVariableNames

## Configuration

Reek's _Uncommunicative Variable Name_ detector supports the
[Basic Smell Options](Basic-Smell-Options.md), plus:

| Option         | Value       | Effect  |
| ---------------|-------------|---------|
| `reject` | array of regular expressions | The set of regular expressions that Reek uses to check for bad names. Defaults to `[/^.$/, /[0-9]$/, /[A-Z]/]`. |
| `accept` | array of strings or regular expressions | Name that will be accepted (not reported) even if they match one of the `reject` expressions. Defaults to `['_']`.|

Version data entries

33 entries across 33 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
reek-4.8.2	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.8.1	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.8.0	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.7.3	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.7.2	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.7.1	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.7.0	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.6.2	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.6.1	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.6.0	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.5.6	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.5.5	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.5.4	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.5.3	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.5.2	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.5.1	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.5.0	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.4.2	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.4.1	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md
reek-4.4.0	docs/Uncommunicative-Variable-Name.md