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title: Assignment name should use camelCase
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# Assignment name should use camelCase

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## Metadata{% #metadata %}

**ID:** `javascript-code-style/assignment-name`

**Language:** JavaScript

**Severity:** Notice

**Category:** Code Style

## Description{% #description %}

Ensure that variables and properties names use `camelCase` and not `snake_case` or `PascalCase`.

## Non-Compliant Code Examples{% #non-compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
var a = {
    MyProp: "should be camelCase",
    foo_bar: 0,
    #Priv: 2,
};
const my_var = {};
let FooBar = {};
const { a_b, ...Bla } = c;
const [a_b, ...Bla] = c;

const _bad_name = 200;
```

## Compliant Code Examples{% #compliant-code-examples %}

```javascript
const a = { myProp: "", #priv: 1 };
const myVar = {};
const { a } = c;
const { a, ...b } = c;
const [a, ...b] = c;
process.env.PCKG_OS_NAME;
const md5 = 'foo';
const PCKG_OS_NAME = 'foo';
const _unusedVar = 200;
```
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