The Weird and The Wonderful

For x = 1 to 13
  Dim line As String
  line = GetLine(x, username, code, thing, item, anotherstring, andanother, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah)

  (Do something with line...)

Next x

...

Public Function GetLine(x As Long, username As String, etc etc etc etc etc)
  Select Case x
    Case 0
      GetLine = "SomeString="&username
    Case 1
      GetLine = "Something Else=" & code
    Case 2
      GetLine = "Another Thing=" & thing
    ...
    Case 13
      GetLine = "Some literal string"
  End Select
End Function

<br />
<br />
bool IsNumberEven(int number)<br />
{<br />
 return ((number % 2 == 0) ? true : false);<br />
}<br />
<br />
int Main()<br />
{<br />
int someNumber = 2^100;<br />
<br />
for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)<br />
{<br />
 while (IsNumberEven(someNumber) == true)<br />
 {<br />
  someNumber /= 2;<br />
 }<br />
}<br />
}<br />

bool IsNumberEven(int number)
{
    return ((number % 2 == 0) ? true : false);
}
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    if (IsNumberEven(2))
    {
    }

    if (IsNumberEven(2) == true) { }
}

// Code size       34 (0x22)
.maxstack  2
.locals init ([0] bool CS$4$0000)
IL_0000:  nop
IL_0001:  ldarg.0
IL_0002:  ldc.i4.2
IL_0003:  call       instance bool csharpWindowsApp.Form1::IsNumberEven(int32)
IL_0008:  ldc.i4.0
IL_0009:  ceq
IL_000b:  stloc.0
IL_000c:  ldloc.0
IL_000d:  brtrue.s   IL_0011
IL_000f:  nop
IL_0010:  nop
IL_0011:  ldarg.0
IL_0012:  ldc.i4.2
IL_0013:  call       instance bool csharpWindowsApp.Form1::IsNumberEven(int32)
IL_0018:  ldc.i4.0
IL_0019:  ceq
IL_001b:  stloc.0
IL_001c:  ldloc.0
IL_001d:  brtrue.s   IL_0021
IL_001f:  nop
IL_0020:  nop
IL_0021:  ret

<br />
bool IsEven(int someNumber)<br />
{<br />
 if (someNumber == 2 || someNumber == 4 || someNumber == 6 || // ok, you get the point)<br />
 {<br />
  return true;<br />
 }<br />
 else<br />
 {<br />
  return false;<br />
 }<br />
}<br />

bool IsNumberEven(int number) {
   string sNumber = number.ToString();
   string sLastDigit = sNumber[sNumber.Length - 1];
   if(sLastDigit == '0' || sLastDigit == '2' || sLastDigit == '4' || sLastDigit == '6' || sLastDigit == '8' ) {
       return true;
   }
   else {
       return false;
   }
}

dighn wrote:

slightly more redundant