It's pretty. It looks like a fourteen legged spider had a seziure on the page and then all it's legs fell off and just got scattered about at the end there. It's pretty.
I don't understand it, but it's pretty.
You've been gone for a long time. Only yesterday I said to myself "Hmmm, lj user b4uistand has been gone for a long time". And yes, I say the tags in my head along with the user name.
Hey yeah, a fourteen legged spider... now I can see it...
Yes I was dead - several times - over the past week or more. Stupid death. Always gets in the way of my LJ posting. However, you would have noticed some replies to other people's journals, from the grave of course :D
It's too bad I don't have anything remotely entertaining to post in my LJ. I tend to hold back from posting as to reduce the overall boredom that is the b4uistand Live Journal. But with this post, I just had to make an exception.
Hey man, how's things? I've been LJ absent for ages...
As you can see, I'm moving into C++. I had a good think about things and decided C++ would be more worth investing my time in than Visual Basic. But I want to be versatile, so I'll probably end up learning more VB sometime in future anyway.
Yeah things aren't bad. *fingers crossed* I should be moving out of my shitty flat and into a nice house in the countryside by October :) How about you?
Yeah I do do some C++, the problem with the language is that its so big. So the code that I make some changes to (its really not my strong point) is a blend of traditional C++ / Win32 / MFC programming along with a whole load of confusion. All in all it means I can read it, change it some, but when it comes to writing something from scratch then I don't really have a clue. :)
I'm alright. Not moving to any nice houses in the countryside any time soon, but I'm alright :P
Altering someone else's code can be more confusing than writing it all yourself. Well that's what I find anyway. Having said that, I've never altered anything beyond some parts of a class mate's assignment when I was doing VB last semester. I enjoy the problem solving, so fixing up existing code can be quite enjoyable for me :o)
I haven't read a single line of my C++ book all week, due to work. I hate when that happens. I'll probably spend my weekend reading and coding :D
Practice. As you and I both know, the program itself is useless. However it's really about putting what you've learned into practice, which not only lets you see how it works, but also reinforces it so you have a better chance of retaining it.
I don't quite follow this part: "LetterArray[UpperCase[x] - 65];"
Did you want an explanation? I'll give one anyway, coz I can! :D
What that line does is reference the applicable keypad number for the entered letter. These numbers are pre-defined when LetterArray[] is initialised.
"UpperCase[x] - 65]" will equal the numerical value of the given letter within the alphabet, minus 1. So A will be 0, B will be 1, J will be 9, Y will be 24 and Z will be 25 etc. Remember arrays start their index at 0, not 1.
So, if we go with the example of the letter J, that fragment now reads:
LetterArray[9];
According to the pre-defined values for LetterArray[] provided at the time of its initialisation, the 10th value (indexed at 9) is 5. So entering a J will
( ... )
Practice. As you and I both know, the program itself is useless.
Yeah. To clarify, just in case, I was referring to the person who asked the original question not why you would help him.
I love it when my code works (mostly because it takes hours for me to write a line that works) but I think that might be why I didn't really get very good at programming. I didn't enjoy it because of the programs we were writing. They were all utterly useless.
At least one was a tic-tac-toe game, but other than that they served no purpose and hence didn't seem worth writing. The knowledge really didn't stick, either.
Maybe it's coz of your elite stealthiness :P
I'm not sure I understand why you said that but I shall take it as a big compliment. Thank you. :)
Yeah. To clarify, just in case, I was referring to the person who asked the original question not why you would help him.
That was my response to why the original person who posted it would want to do something like this. They're doing a C++ class (somewhere in the USA I believe), and they were testing what they had learnt so far. Actually I think they were testing more than the skills they were already supposed to have :P
Anyway, the reason still stands. I don't need to explain any more - we both know what we're talking about :o)
I love it when my code works...
You code? Which language? Or was it one of those things you had to do as part of your overall course? I have a cousin whose husband did an engineering course several years ago and had to do programming... he hated it, but now he works full time as a programmer!
I didn't enjoy it because of the programs we were writing. They were all utterly useless.
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Maybe you should try putting what the code actually does. For those playing at home.
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I'll add an explanation if I happen to get an actual request for one. Otherwise, no :o)
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I don't understand it, but it's pretty.
You've been gone for a long time. Only yesterday I said to myself "Hmmm, lj user b4uistand has been gone for a long time". And yes, I say the tags in my head along with the user name.
Were you dead?
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Yes I was dead - several times - over the past week or more. Stupid death. Always gets in the way of my LJ posting. However, you would have noticed some replies to other people's journals, from the grave of course :D
It's too bad I don't have anything remotely entertaining to post in my LJ. I tend to hold back from posting as to reduce the overall boredom that is the b4uistand Live Journal. But with this post, I just had to make an exception.
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As you can see, I'm moving into C++. I had a good think about things and decided C++ would be more worth investing my time in than Visual Basic. But I want to be versatile, so I'll probably end up learning more VB sometime in future anyway.
Do you do any coding in C++?
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Yeah I do do some C++, the problem with the language is that its so big. So the code that I make some changes to (its really not my strong point) is a blend of traditional C++ / Win32 / MFC programming along with a whole load of confusion. All in all it means I can read it, change it some, but when it comes to writing something from scratch then I don't really have a clue. :)
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Altering someone else's code can be more confusing than writing it all yourself. Well that's what I find anyway. Having said that, I've never altered anything beyond some parts of a class mate's assignment when I was doing VB last semester. I enjoy the problem solving, so fixing up existing code can be quite enjoyable for me :o)
I haven't read a single line of my C++ book all week, due to work. I hate when that happens. I'll probably spend my weekend reading and coding :D
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I went to the thread in cpp, why on earth would someone want to do this?
I don't quite follow this part: "LetterArray[UpperCase[x] - 65];"
Nice to see you.
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Practice. As you and I both know, the program itself is useless. However it's really about putting what you've learned into practice, which not only lets you see how it works, but also reinforces it so you have a better chance of retaining it.
I don't quite follow this part: "LetterArray[UpperCase[x] - 65];"
Did you want an explanation? I'll give one anyway, coz I can! :D
What that line does is reference the applicable keypad number for the entered letter. These numbers are pre-defined when LetterArray[] is initialised.
"UpperCase[x] - 65]" will equal the numerical value of the given letter within the alphabet, minus 1. So A will be 0, B will be 1, J will be 9, Y will be 24 and Z will be 25 etc. Remember arrays start their index at 0, not 1.
So, if we go with the example of the letter J, that fragment now reads:
LetterArray[9];
According to the pre-defined values for LetterArray[] provided at the time of its initialisation, the 10th value (indexed at 9) is 5. So entering a J will ( ... )
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Yeah. To clarify, just in case, I was referring to the person who asked the original question not why you would help him.
I love it when my code works (mostly because it takes hours for me to write a line that works) but I think that might be why I didn't really get very good at programming. I didn't enjoy it because of the programs we were writing. They were all utterly useless.
At least one was a tic-tac-toe game, but other than that they served no purpose and hence didn't seem worth writing. The knowledge really didn't stick, either.
Maybe it's coz of your elite stealthiness :P
I'm not sure I understand why you said that but I shall take it as a big compliment. Thank you. :)
*soundlessly sneaks off*
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That was my response to why the original person who posted it would want to do something like this. They're doing a C++ class (somewhere in the USA I believe), and they were testing what they had learnt so far. Actually I think they were testing more than the skills they were already supposed to have :P
Anyway, the reason still stands. I don't need to explain any more - we both know what we're talking about :o)
I love it when my code works...
You code? Which language? Or was it one of those things you had to do as part of your overall course? I have a cousin whose husband did an engineering course several years ago and had to do programming... he hated it, but now he works full time as a programmer!
I didn't enjoy it because of the programs we were writing. They were all utterly useless.
Is that the only reason you didn't enjoy it?
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