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As something a little different we've launched a coding challenge of the week. A weekly simple programming problem that should take no more than half an hour or so, with the best answer winning a CodeProject T-shirt.
The first challenge is up, and it's culled directly from a problem we faced internally: Coding challenge: bad word filter[^]
If anyone has any small programming challenges they'd like to submit for the next challenge please send them to me (chris@codeproject.com).
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Quote: Use any language in your answer except profanity.
Does that mean I can or can't use Brainf*ck[^]?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I almost started a stopwatch to see how long it would take for that comment 
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Does that mean I won a T-shirt for posting first? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Easy!
if(str.length() == 4)
{
str = "elephant";
}
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Nice try, but that code doesn't take sunshines into consideration! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Easier.
if(str.length() > 0)
{
str = "";
}
It's impossible filter for every single word that people may find offensive, so you need to get rid of them all. eg. "I like Ds. Big Ds. I like to think long and hard about Ds." Gets past pretty much every word filter there is.
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I can optimize that!
str = "";
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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How long until someone copies and pastes the question in an attempt to get someone else to do the work for them.
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Does this[^] count?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Exactly ! If it works and Chris gets by with it by only giving out a T-Shirt, I think we can name it a good deal.
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Chris Maunder wrote: The first challenge is up
I suppose we unit test using Michael's posts ?
Chris Maunder wrote: If anyone has any small programming challenges they'd like to submit for the next challenge please send them to me
Awesome, free workforce !
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When I read this, I just had to think of this: http://thedailywtf.com/articles/The-Clbuttic-Mistake-
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Dark humour in the Lounge!
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Hi all,
Here I am sitting in the reception of a firm waiting for an interview. Following pro tips I leave time to get lost and find my way, traffic, Raptor attack etc. However of the two interviews I have had in the last week I have arrived almost an hour early. Please some tell me this doesn't make me seem a pain or over eager.
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An hour is rather over-eager - I'd probably have walked around the area for fifty minutes or so and got there ten minutes early instead. Probably have grabbed something for lunch to prevent hunger in the interview itself.
Good luck though - hope it goes well! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Transport worked today oddly!
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In those situations I go for a coffee nearby. I would not wait in the reception.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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I was going to but there is not a thing around here. Apart from a closed pub and a primary school (I thought going into reception would stop being arrested as I wearing a trench coat!)
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glennPattonInThePubAGAIN wrote: (I thought going into reception would stop being arrested as I wearing a trench coat!)
Hopefully, you're also wearing trousers under the trench coat??? It's not saturday night yet, you know!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Oh eck, knew I'd forget something! 
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- "Could you show me your CV, please?"
- "Nah, but I'll show you the helicopter instead!"
Yup, job's definitely yours...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Whatever you do - don't give them your CodeProject handle/id...
Seriously though, if you have 20 minutes - I'm sure there must be a pub open somewhere.
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The worst bit is Yes so being early I tried to get in and the so and so was shut...
modified 25-Nov-16 7:55am.
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