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Kirk 1038982111-Nov-15 4:08

Kirk 10389821

11-Nov-15 4:08

Thanks,
This was the question I used on applicants who claimed (on a scale of 1..10) a level 9 or 10 knowledge of the C language.

Also, I believe a[5] == *(a+5)
Because a[5] gives you the VALUE, not the pointer to the value
The rule as I learned it, is every [] => * level of de-referencing.

SeattleC++11-Nov-15 8:28

SeattleC++

11-Nov-15 8:28

Here's my favorite obscure C/C++ array trick, to print hex digits.

C++

std::uint8_t byte
char code[3] = 0;
   ...
code[0] = "0123456789ABCDEF"[byte >> 8];
code[1] = "0123456789ABCDEF"[byte & 0xf];
std::cout << code;

Brian J Rothwell11-Nov-15 10:04

Brian J Rothwell

11-Nov-15 10:04

For the record, this behavior is part of C since K&R. It exists in C++ for backward compatibility. I am not an objective-C guy, but suspect it has same behavior.

I work with computers too much

Weylyn Cadwell8-Dec-15 9:12

Weylyn Cadwell

8-Dec-15 9:12

I've had to use this knowledge before for an interview. They wanted me to explain how an array could be a constant lookup, and how they worked. This example is extremely good for just being able to understand how an array stores memory and how is accesses it.

PompeyThree9-Nov-15 23:59

PompeyThree

9-Nov-15 23:59

Just looked at the paper wall-planner on the wall behind my desk to see what today's date is. I was looking for it to be highlighted D'Oh! | :doh:

OriginalGriff10-Nov-15 0:06

10-Nov-15 0:06

There's an app for that[^]

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Jochen Arndt10-Nov-15 0:14

Jochen Arndt

10-Nov-15 0:14

Is that one washing out after one day? Then it would be perfect.

Member 1168325110-Nov-15 0:51

Member 11683251

10-Nov-15 0:51

When I'm looking through books, manuals or just plain printed documents there has been times when I genuinely wondered how the search function works.

It's a real pain in the derrière when you don't have access to digital copies.

Abhinav S10-Nov-15 1:20

Abhinav S

10-Nov-15 1:20

Its not that difficult - really - just buy a highlighter[^].

Mobile Apps - Sound Meter | Color Analyzer | SMBC | Football Doodles

chriselst10-Nov-15 1:23

chriselst

10-Nov-15 1:23

I tried to copy and paste from a paper notebook a few months ago.

Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

Kirk 1038982111-Nov-15 4:09

Kirk 10389821

11-Nov-15 4:09

I was expecting you to be more like me.

Realizing you put it up there in 1998, and it did not update itself automatically!

Time to go home fellows...

AndyKEnZ11-Nov-15 5:29

AndyKEnZ

11-Nov-15 5:29

My lady got into bed the other night with an actual paperback book, she began to read it then casually reached out and switched the light off!
Then she switched it back on again Big Grin | :-D

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter9-Nov-15 23:03

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

9-Nov-15 23:03

...because computers for the grown-ups...[^]

Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.

HobbyProggy9-Nov-15 23:18

HobbyProggy

9-Nov-15 23:18

Okay, i'm gonna leave work early today!

Rules for the FOSW ![^]

if(this.signature != "")
{
    MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
    MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}

phil.o9-Nov-15 23:32

9-Nov-15 23:32

This highlights the fact that children are half-way between man and animal.

I never finish anyth

OriginalGriff10-Nov-15 0:04

10-Nov-15 0:04

Nah...my cat can generate code. It doesn't compile, but it's better than some in QA! Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

phil.o10-Nov-15 0:32

10-Nov-15 0:32

Which language? Does it have problems with casing?

I never finish anyth

OriginalGriff10-Nov-15 0:38

10-Nov-15 0:38

Looks like APL[^] to me...

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

phil.o10-Nov-15 0:44

10-Nov-15 0:44

Well, APL, I'd like to have a cat fluent with mathematical concepts Smile | :)

I never finish anyth

CDP180210-Nov-15 1:12

CDP1802

10-Nov-15 1:12

It might be LOLCode[^]

The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here

This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.

"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."

If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

Daniel Pfeffer10-Nov-15 0:22

Daniel Pfeffer

10-Nov-15 0:22

phil.o wrote:
This highlights the fact that children are half-way between man and animal.

And so are many adults...

If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.

--Winston Churchill

phil.o10-Nov-15 0:46

10-Nov-15 0:46

If children are half way between man and animal, I would say that full grown-ups may have chosen one side or the other.

I never finish anyth

FSOW WSO OTD 2015-11-10 - Clue 2 + 3 Added! - Solved!

Member 116832519-Nov-15 23:41

Member 11683251

9-Nov-15 23:41

I agree 135.7% with this.

Chris Copeland9-Nov-15 22:34

Chris Copeland

9-Nov-15 22:34

Hoping this one is a little challenging!

ΩΜQΕΜΔ ΩΥΒΤQΔ (12) [6, 6]

Clue 1: It makes salad 50% better
Clue 2: To shift this along a little, the key is in the clue
Clue 3: He used this for obfuscation, though they still stabbed him in the back

modified 10-Nov-15 7:37am.

Re: FSOW WSO OTD 2015-11-10

OriginalGriff9-Nov-15 22:42