The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

JBert · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

If pasting 4096 zeroes in your source file is easier than using a for loop or constructor the perpetrator better be a Vi or Emacs user. Then again, that somebody might be paid by SBOC.

Placeholder · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

TRWTF is the use of both string and String.

var s = new String("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");

There, much better.

EDIT: Added the zeros that had been deliberately removed by Remy.

accalia · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

s = '0' * 4096

if you're looking to golf, python is even better.

abarker · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

Placeholder:

TRWTF is the use of both string and String.

var s = new String("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");

There, much better.

TRRWTF is not making it a const.

const var s = new String("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");

:trolleybus:

INB4 You can't do const var

Placeholder · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

TRRRWTF is forgetting the variable name

const var s = new String("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000");

abarker · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

You can't prove anything.

accalia · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

var s = '';
for(var i = 4096; i > 0; --i) {
    var x = 0;
    for(; x < 32; +x++);
    s = (char)x + s;
}

abarker · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

var s = new String('0', 4096);

accalia · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

you copied that one from teh article.

and it is significanl;ty less WTFY than my suggestion

abarker · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

No I didn't. I didn't read that far into the article. :P

Plus, mine uses var. ;)

accalia · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

abarker:
Plus, mine uses var.

AH! so you did read the article!

abarker · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

accalia:

abarker:
Plus, mine uses var.

AH! so you did read the article!

After you accused me.

accalia · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

:factory:s are a :barrier: to :statue_of_liberty:

Placeholder · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

All of those uses of var weren't quite convenient enough.

var s = Enumerable.Repeat("0", 4096);

This is a much more convenient use of var

Placeholder · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

Also,

abarker:
You can't prove anything.

I beg to differ. [image] Completely irrefutable evidence. You think you could get away with such :hanzo: edits? <INB4 someone screenshots one of my posts before I edit all the tyops out>

abarker · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

accalia:
and it is significanl;ty less WTFY than my suggestion

:wtf:y enough for you? I even made mine into a function able to produce the variable output sizes, with a misleading input variable name!

public String ZeroedBitString(double megaBytes)
{
    int z = (int)Math.Floor(megaBytes * 1024);
    z = z * 2;
    var s;
    var c = 0;
    var l = 0;
    while (z-- > c++)
    {
        var s = l.ToString() + s;
    }

    return (string)s;
}

abarker · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

Placeholder:
Completely irrefutable evidence. You think you could get away with such :hanzo: edits? <INB4 someone screenshots one of my posts before I edit all the tyops out>

Such paltry screenshots are easy to fake.

[image]

See?

Looks like you INB4d the wrong thing. ;)

accalia · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

i can use devtools too.

[image]

Placeholder · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

Needs more LINQ.

public String ZeroedBitString(double megaBytes)
{
    int z = (int)Math.Floor(megaBytes * 1024);
    return String.Join("", Enumerable.Repeat(new List<string> { "0" }, z).SelectMany(x => x));
}

accalia · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

i like the typo there.

Placeholder:
megaBytes

shouldn't that be kilobytes as you're only multiplying by 1024?

abarker · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

accalia:
i like the typo there.
Placeholder:
megaBytes

shouldn't that be kilobytes as you're only multiplying by 1024?

That's mine, and fully intentional.

abarker:
with a misleading input variable name!

PJH · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

accalia:
shouldn't that be ~~kilo~~kibibytes as you're only multiplying by 1024?

HTH, HAND etc...

accalia · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

[image]

Zemm · 2015-07-20 Reply Admin

accalia:
python is even better.

Perl

$s = 0 x 4096;

Martin_Bene · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

TRWTF is that the original string seems to be 4081 bytes and not 4096 bytes?

RFoxmich · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

Amazing is that in such a short article Remy still manages to get 2 Html comments. Remy, was it zero number 1234 or 666? I couldn't quite be sure which..and of course I have to ask is that numbered from "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...."

Eldelshell · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

Alice also gets a zero:

string s = new String("0", 4096);

Colin_t_Hart · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

TRWTF is making a change like this likely to cause breakage when the new string is a different length than the old one...

CoyneTheDup · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

RFoxmich:
Amazing is that in such a short article Remy still manages to get 2 Html comments.

He did the Easter egg wrong, though, because he didn't make it hard enough to find. He should have deleted a zero, then copied one of the other zeros, pasting the copy in the wrong place, then dared people to find all three problems. That would have been a proper three Easter egg problem.

JBert · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

That's boring though, a real master of mischief would put an uppercase 'O' in there.

Filed under: Better commit it under somebody else's name though

Ralph_Hosking · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

I only made it 4082 '0's

isthisunique · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

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I would do it like this.

boomzilla · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

LOL...use back ticks.

>>>++<<+>>.-[>>+.]>><<<<>>[>[>[>+.++-.--.+-->]<<+]-.]

++<<+>>.-[>>+.]>><<<<>>[>[>[>+.++-.--.+-->]<<+]-.]

isthisunique · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

I broke it with editing.

swayde · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

I hate you.

eor · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

TRRRRWTF is a variable named s

Gaska · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

let s = repeat('0').take(4096).collect();

PWolff · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

Obviously, we could omit the String constructor altogether to optimize for speed:

string s = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000;

(As no compiler would ever be able to detect that the arguments of the constructor are constants)

Or, as 4096 is a power of 2, we can use

var s = new String("0",(int)Math.Pow(2,0));
for (var i = 0; i < Math.Log(4096, 2); i++) {
  s += s;
};

Placeholder:
Needs more LINQ.

return Range(0, n).AsEnumerable().Distinct().Aggregate<int, string, string>("", (string x, int y, string z) => x + z, (string x) => x.ToString());

Zowayix · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

It was a Unary program that moves the pointer to the right and does nothing else. Okay then.

bryan986 · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

Only 4081 characters, yes. The number of bytes depends.

powerlord · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

No, this is the new Zero:

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/ninehourspersonsdoors/images/c/cc/Zero-Escape-3-Ann-Init-600x300.jpg

Magus · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

Aaaagh! The capitalized string! Don't you people ever consider that someone might want to use aString class from a different namespace some day? All of you are writing awful unmaintainable code!

PWolff · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

It just crossed my mind that magic numbers are evil™.

So we should use something like this:

const int stringLength4096 = 4096;

string s = repeatedZeroString(stringLength4096);

// ...

string repeatedZeroString(int stringLength4096) {
  return Range(0, 4096).AsEnumerable().Distinct().Aggregate<int, string, string>("", (int x, string y) => y + '0', (string x) => x.ToString());
}

hungrier · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

PWolff:
string repeatedZeroString(int **stringLength4096**) { return Range(0, **4096**).AsEnumerable().Distinct().Aggregate<int, string, string>("", (int x, string y) => y + '0', (string x) => x.ToString()); }

I hope this was intentional.

accalia · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

so it doesn't matter how many zeros you ask for repeatedZeroString() will always give you 4K.

BRILLANT!

PWolff · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

Justified by that nobody would be so stupid to assign a constant with 4096 in its name anything else than 4096.

accalia · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

hungrier:
I hope this was intentional.

const int stringLength4096 = 4096;

string s = repeatedZeroString(stringLength4096);

// ...

string repeatedZeroString(int stringLength4096) {
  return Range(0, this.stringLength4096).AsEnumerable().Distinct().Aggregate&lt;int, string, string&gt;("", (int x, string y) =&gt; y + '0', (string x) =&gt; x.ToString());
}

is that better? :tropical_fish:

presidentsdaughter · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

TRWTF is nobody being afraid WHY there is a 4K '0'-filled string in the first place...

accalia · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

it's more we're afraid of the answer to that question.

Gaska · 2015-07-21 Reply Admin

I'm sure it makes sense in context.

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