Guidelines for using subroutines

Keep subroutines simple and small

Try to keep your subroutines small. Small scripts are easier to maintain than large scripts, and this applies to subroutines too. Keep your subroutines as small and simple as you can.

Use subroutines to avoid code duplication

You should avoid duplicating code at all costs. Instead of duplicating code, change the code you want to duplicate into a subroutine for reuse.

Remove unused subroutines

Remove unused subroutines from the script, even if comments describe why those subroutines are unusable.

If you use subroutines only in specific scenarios, use conditional flows to handle them. For code debugging subroutines, use a test script.

Related links

• Script development guidelines
• Guidelines for naming variables, subroutines, and scripts
• Guidelines for using variables
• Guidelines for using parameters
• Guidelines for using comments
• Guidelines for building scripts
• Guidelines for publishing scripts
• Guidelines for using selectors
• Guidelines for using regular expressions
• Guidelines for using folder and file paths
• Guidelines for handling the control flow of your script
• Guidelines for handling exceptions in your script
• Guidelines for using chatbots
• Guidelines for using computer vision in your scripts
• Guidelines for automating application windows