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2. No recruiting for your cockamamie projects (you won't replace facebook with 3 dudes you found on the internet and $20)
3. If you can't articulate why a language is bad, don't start slinging shit about it. Just remember that nothing is worse than making CSS IE6 compatible.
4. Use [code] tags to format code blocks.
berated-
Profile Blog Joined February 2007
United States1134 Posts
October 02 2014 02:03 GMT
#10481
On October 02 2014 10:03 tofucake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 02 2014 08:46 YourGoodFriend wrote:
On October 02 2014 07:38 tofucake wrote:
we don't talk about w3schools around here


Well for JavaScript Mozilla documentation is definitely better. But w3 isn't too bad

http://www.w3fools.com/


I'm not really sure I understand your objective with these types of posts. The ultimate goal should be teaching or helping, not just holding a better than thou type attitude. The guy was at least trying to help, unlike your posts.

I don't use w3schools, nor am I claiming its the best resource ever, but its available and they are trying to provide information to help others. I think Paul Irish says it best on his own github acct.


I'd like to wind down the tone of the site and use it to share positivity. We can recommend evaluating your learning sources, prioritize testing over trusting, and point to how to better develop your knowledge and participation in the community.


I get that it was cool to bash w3schools, but, it just seems less than helpful.
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19173 Posts
October 02 2014 03:11 GMT
#10482
W3schools is a bad resource. I don't bash it because it's "the cool thing to do".
Liquipediaasante sana squash banana
Ame
Profile Joined October 2009
United States246 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-04 22:36:22
October 02 2014 04:20 GMT
#10483
_Grazze_
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
834 Posts
October 02 2014 15:08 GMT
#10484
Hello!

Code
+ Show Spoiler +

#include <stdio.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(void)


{


srand( time(NULL) );
int secretNumber = rand()%100 + 1;
int guess = 0;
int counter = 0;

char input;


printf("Number is %d\n", secretNumber);

printf("I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 100\n");
printf("What is your guess?\n");



while(1)

{

counter++;
scanf("%d", &guess);

if (guess == secretNumber)
{

{
printf("It took you %d tries\n", counter);
printf("Play again? (y/n)?");
scanf("%c", &input);
}

{
break;
}
}

if (guess < secretNumber)
{
printf("Too low!\n");
}

if (guess > secretNumber)
{
printf("Too high!\n");
}


}

system("PAUSE");
return 0;


}


Problem:

I can't figure out how to get the program to start again if I press "y" when it asks "Play again (y/n)?".
I've come to the conclusion that I should use some sort of

do
{
code here
}
while (input == 'y');

but I can't get it to work. :/
nunez
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Norway4003 Posts
October 02 2014 15:14 GMT
#10485
made acquaintance with as-needed in gcc today.
gcc kept ripping all out the libraries i wanted to link,
didn't notice it happening before i wrote the simplest
of makefiles and ldd'd the binary. grrr...
conspired against by a confederacy of dunces.
icystorage
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Jollibee19350 Posts
October 02 2014 15:42 GMT
#10486
On October 03 2014 00:08 _Grazze_ wrote:
Hello!

do
{
code here
}
while (input == 'y');

but I can't get it to work. :/


You are ALMOST there. Won't give you the answer though but you are right on track in using a while loop
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Nesserev
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium2760 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-02 16:06:07
October 02 2014 15:53 GMT
#10487
--- Nuked ---
Nesserev
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Belgium2760 Posts
October 02 2014 16:25 GMT
#10488
--- Nuked ---
_Grazze_
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
834 Posts
October 02 2014 19:09 GMT
#10489
On October 03 2014 00:42 icystorage wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 03 2014 00:08 _Grazze_ wrote:
Hello!

do
{
code here
}
while (input == 'y');

but I can't get it to work. :/


You are ALMOST there. Won't give you the answer though but you are right on track in using a while loop



I'm just skipping this one lol.

I got it to work if I changed my scanf(%c, &input) to scanf(%d, &input) and changed input to an integer = 1;

So when I pressed 1 when it asked me to play again it worked haha, but not with characters.
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-02 19:16:56
October 02 2014 19:15 GMT
#10490
I'm learning C++ but my programming background is Java. I have to say though, Java's generics look like complete bullshit compared to C++ 'loose' templates. I like C++ so far even though it may not be as safe as Java.
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
October 02 2014 19:22 GMT
#10491
On October 03 2014 04:15 darkness wrote:
I'm learning C++ but my programming background is Java. I have to say though, Java's generics look like complete bullshit compared to C++ 'loose' templates. I like C++ so far even though it may not be as safe as Java.

While templates are much like more powerful generics, that'a just a glimpse of the power of templates. Templates are compile-time turing complete.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
MichaelEU
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands816 Posts
October 02 2014 19:22 GMT
#10492
On October 03 2014 01:25 Nesserev wrote:
[image loading]

Definitely spaces... for some reason, tabs make me feel dirty.


Vimrc!

set autoindent
set shiftwidth=4 " 1 tab = 4 spaces (autoindent)
set softtabstop=4 " 1 tab = 4 spaces (tab key)
set expandtab " never use hard tabs
set shiftround " only indent to multiples of shiftwidth
set smarttab


Definitely spaces, but the tab key is still handy.
世界を革命する力を!― znf: "Michael-oniichan ( *^▽^*)ノ✩キラ✩"
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-02 19:35:54
October 02 2014 19:23 GMT
#10493
Yay I figured out how to separately trim the numbers from the string e.g. "Page 56 of 95[EXTRACT]" (where the string can be smaller or larger than this in length e.g. "Page 2 of 95[EXTRACT]" is smaller in length and we need some way to detect this). YAY.

This is how I done it (vbs)
+ Show Spoiler +

example string: "Page 55 of 85[EXTRACT]"


pageNumberPage = Mid(pageNumberExtract, 5, (InStr(pageNumberExtract, "of")-6))
'start at char 5 (constant) and give us X characters equal to position of "of" - 6 (due to starting +5)


pageNumberOfPage = Mid(pageNumberExtract,(InStr(pageNumberExtract, "of")+2),((InStr(pageNumberExtract,"EX")-1)-(InStr(pageNumberExtract, "of")+2)))
'start at (position of "of"+2 and give us X characters equal to ( position of "EX" -1 (eg 14)) minus ( position of "of" +2 (eg 10))


msgbox("pageOf " + pageNumberPage + " ofPage " + pageNumberOfPage)

output: pageOf 77 ofPage 95


I set my checkPageNumbers function to 0 if pageOf = ofPage because it means we've run to the final page of the website and if the function is 0 then my "do this on every page" function exits its loop because we no longer need to "do this on every page".

I am smart.

Anyone want to comment on the way I trimmed the string? It looks retarded complicated and took me 1-2 hours.

Also anyone want to comment on how I named variables here? E.g. pageOf. I thought just calling it page was a bit too vague but pageOf looks weird too.

PS I probably should test this more before posting it LOL
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nunez
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Norway4003 Posts
October 02 2014 19:35 GMT
#10494
On October 03 2014 00:53 Nesserev wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 03 2014 00:14 nunez wrote:
made acquaintance with as-needed in gcc today.
gcc kept ripping all out the libraries i wanted to link,
didn't notice it happening before i wrote the simplest
of makefiles and ldd'd the binary. grrr...

Wait, why was it 'ripping out' the libraries?? The as-needed flag should normally not cause any problems, right?

i had never faced it before, so i was quite bemused when it did not find symbols that i knew were in the libraries i linked against, and after a cursory google it seemed like there were some caveats for us uninitiated, relating to ordering of stuff (possibly)... but i did not dwell on it, i just turned it off. it was just a minor assignement.
conspired against by a confederacy of dunces.
Shield
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Bulgaria4824 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-02 19:59:14
October 02 2014 19:50 GMT
#10495
On October 03 2014 04:09 _Grazze_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 03 2014 00:42 icystorage wrote:
On October 03 2014 00:08 _Grazze_ wrote:
Hello!

do
{
code here
}
while (input == 'y');

but I can't get it to work. :/


You are ALMOST there. Won't give you the answer though but you are right on track in using a while loop



I'm just skipping this one lol.

I got it to work if I changed my scanf(%c, &input) to scanf(%d, &input) and changed input to an integer = 1;

So when I pressed 1 when it asked me to play again it worked haha, but not with characters.


Don't change your 'input' variable to int. char is fine. Just make sure that you read:

http://stackoverflow.com/a/14419972/1091781

Edit: Nevermind, you already propose a do-while loop to check user's choice.

You may also consider transferring your number guessing code into a function or more, so whenever the user types 'y', you just reuse that function to generate a new number to guess as well as to restart game.
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-10-02 22:02:59
October 02 2014 20:29 GMT
#10496
edit: reposted my question about Do Loop Until on stackoverflow, please see here :D

why does my Loop Until condition get assessed at the beginning of the loop instead of at the end?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26170125/do-loop-until-vbs-loop-condition-is-assessed-at-start
Cool BW Music Vid - youtube.com/watch?v=W54nlqJ-Nx8 ~~~~~ ᕤ OYSTERS ᕤ CLAMS ᕤ AND ᕤ CUCKOLDS ᕤ ~~~~~~ ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ PUNCH HIM ༼ ᕤ◕◡◕ ༽ᕤ
MichaelEU
Profile Joined February 2011
Netherlands816 Posts
October 02 2014 20:40 GMT
#10497
On October 03 2014 04:23 FFGenerations wrote:
Yay I figured out how to separately trim the numbers from the string e.g. "Page 56 of 95[EXTRACT]" (where the string can be smaller or larger than this in length e.g. "Page 2 of 95[EXTRACT]" is smaller in length and we need some way to detect this). YAY.

This is how I done it (vbs)
+ Show Spoiler +

example string: "Page 55 of 85[EXTRACT]"


pageNumberPage = Mid(pageNumberExtract, 5, (InStr(pageNumberExtract, "of")-6))
'start at char 5 (constant) and give us X characters equal to position of "of" - 6 (due to starting +5)


pageNumberOfPage = Mid(pageNumberExtract,(InStr(pageNumberExtract, "of")+2),((InStr(pageNumberExtract,"EX")-1)-(InStr(pageNumberExtract, "of")+2)))
'start at (position of "of"+2 and give us X characters equal to ( position of "EX" -1 (eg 14)) minus ( position of "of" +2 (eg 10))


msgbox("pageOf " + pageNumberPage + " ofPage " + pageNumberOfPage)

output: pageOf 77 ofPage 95


I set my checkPageNumbers function to 0 if pageOf = ofPage because it means we've run to the final page of the website and if the function is 0 then my "do this on every page" function exits its loop because we no longer need to "do this on every page".

I am smart.

Anyone want to comment on the way I trimmed the string? It looks retarded complicated and took me 1-2 hours.

Also anyone want to comment on how I named variables here? E.g. pageOf. I thought just calling it page was a bit too vague but pageOf looks weird too.

PS I probably should test this more before posting it LOL


I've never written vbs before. But looks convoluted. Ever tried Split?

page_number_split = Split(page_number_extract)
page_number = page_number_split(1)
extract_idx = InStr(page_number_split(3), "[EXTRACT]")
total_number_of_pages = Left(page_number_split(3), extract_idx)


For naming, I recommend the above. Admittedly does not look as nice in camelCase.
世界を革命する力を!― znf: "Michael-oniichan ( *^▽^*)ノ✩キラ✩"
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
October 02 2014 22:17 GMT
#10498
oh nice, so Split defaults to space character and would give me "Page" "#" "of" "#[EXTRACT"
i think thats really good thanks for the insight. i don't know whether to feel smart anymore lol. obviously i saw Split when trying to look at the various functions but didnt think to use it.

posted a new q here btw http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26170125/do-loop-until-vbs-loop-condition-is-assessed-at-start
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FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
October 03 2014 14:25 GMT
#10499
hi guys, can you please have a look at this and tell me why my Wscript.exe stays in task manager when i randomly close the application? I'm trying to figure out where to put this shit to catch whatever error it gets when you randomly close it..... it no longer shows an error message when you randomly close it, but wscript stays running in task manager

+ Show Spoiler +


On Error Resume Next

Do

Do While checkSortBy() = 0

If horizontalNumber = -1 Then

iret = iim1.iimClose
WScript.Quit(iret)

ElseIf checkNextLinkExists() Then

clickLink()
modifyControlValues()

Else

clickPreviousLink()

End If

Loop

extract()

clickPreviousLink()

Loop

objFileSystem.Close
strOutputFile.Close
iret = iim1.iimClose
WScript.Quit(iret)

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Gowerly
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
United Kingdom916 Posts
October 03 2014 15:24 GMT
#10500
Are you not just in a big Do Loop? Even if you close the program, you don't seem to have anything that will break the Do Loop.
I don't know that language, but you may need an equivalent of ThreadAbortException, or something that actually exits the loop?
I will reduce you to a series of numbers.
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