# Explaining constants > 매직 넘버 대신 기호를 사용하기. 타이딩 중 하나. 매직 넘버 대신 기호를 사용하기. [타이딩](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Tidying.txt) 중 하나. > Create a symbolic constant. Replace uses of the literal constant with the symbol. --[Tidy first? A personal exercise in empirical software design](https://wiki.g15e.com/pages/Tidy%20First%20-%20A%20personal%20exercise%20in%20empirical%20software%20design.txt)