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  • Z ZurdoDev

    OriginalGriff wrote:

    call me old fashioned, but in my day, 9, 15 and 21 were divisible by 3

    Ya, but that's also back when Pluto was a planet. We live in a very different place now. This user submitted this in QA, got closed, and resubmitted it in QA. I told him to post as a tip but apparently he didn't realize some explanation should be added. Or, the important part, THAT IT SHOULD WORK! :laugh:

    There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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    #4

    RyanDev wrote:

    back when Pluto was a planet.

    What? You mean he wasn't always a dog? :omg:

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

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    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      This is the whole of a would-be Tip submitted today:

      public class Class1
      {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
      Console.WriteLine("Enter a Number");
      int num = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
      for (int i = 1; i <=num ; i++)
      {
      if(i==2)
      Console.WriteLine(2);

                  if (i % 2 != 0)
                  {
                      Console.WriteLine(i);
                  }
              }
      
           }
      }
      

      No text, no explanation - the author (I can only assume he works for Mindfire, it's about their level) clearly felt that it spoke for itself. And boy, does it ever! This, ladies-n-gentlemen, is a Prime Number generator according to the author. So...I tried it... According to this code, the prime numbers under 26 are:

      1
      2
      3
      5
      7
      9
      11
      13
      15
      17
      19
      21
      23
      25

      Now, call me old fashioned, but in my day, 9, 15 and 21 were divisible by 3, and both 15 and 25 were divisible by 5... So which is wrong? The Code? Or the Laws of Mathematics? Only the author can tell... :laugh:

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

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      newton saber
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      All odd numbers are prime, right? Let me check. Yep, all odd numbers are prime. Makes it a lot easier to count by the primes. Also, are there more odd numbers or even numbers? I know the answer, but it's a puzzle for you.

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      • N newton saber

        All odd numbers are prime, right? Let me check. Yep, all odd numbers are prime. Makes it a lot easier to count by the primes. Also, are there more odd numbers or even numbers? I know the answer, but it's a puzzle for you.

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        Ian Shlasko
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        newton.saber wrote:

        Also, are there more odd numbers or even numbers? I know the answer, but it's a puzzle for you.

        I dunno, let's find out... You start naming odd numbers, and I'll start naming even numbers... Whoever can name more of them wins! :laugh: By the way, is Infinity odd or even? I mean, it's a sideways 8, and 8 is even... But since it's sideways, that's a little odd, right? It's also kind of a car, except they spell it oddly, so maybe the original spelling is even... My head hurts...

        Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
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          All odd numbers are prime, right? Let me check. Yep, all odd numbers are prime. Makes it a lot easier to count by the primes. Also, are there more odd numbers or even numbers? I know the answer, but it's a puzzle for you.

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          OriginalGriff
          wrote on last edited by
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          newton.saber wrote:

          it's a puzzle for you.

          Not really: there are an infinite quantity of each. The way we define "more", "less", and "equal" for infinite quantities is as follows. For two collections A and B (say A are the even numbers and B are the odd numbers) we say that If you can associate every item in A with a unique item in B, and vice versa, then A and B are the same size. If you can associate every item in A with a unique item in B, but not vice versa, then B is bigger than A. If you can associate every item in B with a unique item in A, but not vice versa, then A is bigger than B. In this case you can associate every even number n with the odd number n+1, and you can associate every odd number m with the even number m−1 (assuming 0 is even) so therefore there are just as many odd numbers as even numbers.

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

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • I Ian Shlasko

            newton.saber wrote:

            Also, are there more odd numbers or even numbers? I know the answer, but it's a puzzle for you.

            I dunno, let's find out... You start naming odd numbers, and I'll start naming even numbers... Whoever can name more of them wins! :laugh: By the way, is Infinity odd or even? I mean, it's a sideways 8, and 8 is even... But since it's sideways, that's a little odd, right? It's also kind of a car, except they spell it oddly, so maybe the original spelling is even... My head hurts...

            Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
            Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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            den2k88
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            Quote:

            By the way, is Infinity odd or even? I mean, it's a sideways 8, and 8 is even... But since it's sideways, that's a little odd, right?

            Please, stop! You're hurting me! :-D

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            • N newton saber

              All odd numbers are prime, right? Let me check. Yep, all odd numbers are prime. Makes it a lot easier to count by the primes. Also, are there more odd numbers or even numbers? I know the answer, but it's a puzzle for you.

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              PIEBALDconsult
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              newton.saber wrote:

              All odd numbers are prime, right?

              No, primes aren't just any odd number.

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              • Z ZurdoDev

                OriginalGriff wrote:

                call me old fashioned, but in my day, 9, 15 and 21 were divisible by 3

                Ya, but that's also back when Pluto was a planet. We live in a very different place now. This user submitted this in QA, got closed, and resubmitted it in QA. I told him to post as a tip but apparently he didn't realize some explanation should be added. Or, the important part, THAT IT SHOULD WORK! :laugh:

                There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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                DaveAuld
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                #10

                RyanDev wrote:

                but that's also back when Pluto was a planet

                There was a thing on the telly recently that stated it had been voted back in as a planet.

                Dave Find Me On:Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn Folding Stats: Team CodeProject

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                  RyanDev wrote:

                  but that's also back when Pluto was a planet

                  There was a thing on the telly recently that stated it had been voted back in as a planet.

                  Dave Find Me On:Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn Folding Stats: Team CodeProject

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                  ZurdoDev
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                  True fans never gave up hope. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

                  There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

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                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                    This is the whole of a would-be Tip submitted today:

                    public class Class1
                    {
                    static void Main(string[] args)
                    {
                    Console.WriteLine("Enter a Number");
                    int num = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
                    for (int i = 1; i <=num ; i++)
                    {
                    if(i==2)
                    Console.WriteLine(2);

                                if (i % 2 != 0)
                                {
                                    Console.WriteLine(i);
                                }
                            }
                    
                         }
                    }
                    

                    No text, no explanation - the author (I can only assume he works for Mindfire, it's about their level) clearly felt that it spoke for itself. And boy, does it ever! This, ladies-n-gentlemen, is a Prime Number generator according to the author. So...I tried it... According to this code, the prime numbers under 26 are:

                    1
                    2
                    3
                    5
                    7
                    9
                    11
                    13
                    15
                    17
                    19
                    21
                    23
                    25

                    Now, call me old fashioned, but in my day, 9, 15 and 21 were divisible by 3, and both 15 and 25 were divisible by 5... So which is wrong? The Code? Or the Laws of Mathematics? Only the author can tell... :laugh:

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

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                    PIEBALDconsult
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #12

                    At least he used the % operator rather than implementing his own function.

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                    • P PIEBALDconsult

                      At least he used the % operator rather than implementing his own function.

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                      OriginalGriff
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #13

                      I suspect luck was involved.

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

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                      • P PIEBALDconsult

                        At least he used the % operator rather than implementing his own function.

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                        Ian Shlasko
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                        #14

                        Yeah, it could have been worse...

                        public static bool SeeIfNumberIsOdd(int i)
                        {
                        for (int n = i; n > 0; n--)
                        {
                        if (n==1)
                        return true;
                        else if (n==2)
                        return false;
                        }
                        return true;
                        }

                        That felt dirty to write... Ok, I probably could have made it a LITTLE worse... Maybe O(n^2), but that might be gratuitous.

                        Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                        Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                          Yeah, it could have been worse...

                          public static bool SeeIfNumberIsOdd(int i)
                          {
                          for (int n = i; n > 0; n--)
                          {
                          if (n==1)
                          return true;
                          else if (n==2)
                          return false;
                          }
                          return true;
                          }

                          That felt dirty to write... Ok, I probably could have made it a LITTLE worse... Maybe O(n^2), but that might be gratuitous.

                          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                          Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                          PIEBALDconsult
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                          See the mod function in here: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?aid=830657[^]

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                            See the mod function in here: http://www.codeproject.com/script/Articles/ArticleVersion.aspx?aid=830657[^]

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                            Ian Shlasko
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                            Bah, I can do better than that!

                            //TODO: Remove all comments before publishing. Real programmers don't need comments!
                            public function SuperMod(int n, int o) // o is a great variable, because it looks like a zero
                            {
                            int p = o; //Shorter variable names make the code run faster!
                            loopy: //Labels make me feel young again!
                            while (p < n) p += o;
                            if (p < n) goto loopy; //Just in case the compiler makes a mistake
                            int answer = p - n;
                            return answer;
                            }

                            Ok, I think that's about as bad as I can make it, and though I didn't test it at all (Honestly, I think the compiler would come to life and slit my throat for even trying to execute this monstrosity), that should technically give the right answer... Unless 'o' is negative or zero, but validating parameters is so 20th century...

                            Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                            Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                            • I Ian Shlasko

                              Bah, I can do better than that!

                              //TODO: Remove all comments before publishing. Real programmers don't need comments!
                              public function SuperMod(int n, int o) // o is a great variable, because it looks like a zero
                              {
                              int p = o; //Shorter variable names make the code run faster!
                              loopy: //Labels make me feel young again!
                              while (p < n) p += o;
                              if (p < n) goto loopy; //Just in case the compiler makes a mistake
                              int answer = p - n;
                              return answer;
                              }

                              Ok, I think that's about as bad as I can make it, and though I didn't test it at all (Honestly, I think the compiler would come to life and slit my throat for even trying to execute this monstrosity), that should technically give the right answer... Unless 'o' is negative or zero, but validating parameters is so 20th century...

                              Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                              Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                              PIEBALDconsult
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                              Ian Shlasko wrote:

                              give the right an answer

                              FTFY

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                              • P PIEBALDconsult

                                newton.saber wrote:

                                All odd numbers are prime, right?

                                No, primes aren't just any odd number.

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                                newton saber
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                                #18

                                PIEBALDconsult wrote:

                                No, primes aren't just any odd number.

                                Of course they are. It's ridiculous to think that they aren't.

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  newton.saber wrote:

                                  it's a puzzle for you.

                                  Not really: there are an infinite quantity of each. The way we define "more", "less", and "equal" for infinite quantities is as follows. For two collections A and B (say A are the even numbers and B are the odd numbers) we say that If you can associate every item in A with a unique item in B, and vice versa, then A and B are the same size. If you can associate every item in A with a unique item in B, but not vice versa, then B is bigger than A. If you can associate every item in B with a unique item in A, but not vice versa, then A is bigger than B. In this case you can associate every even number n with the odd number n+1, and you can associate every odd number m with the even number m−1 (assuming 0 is even) so therefore there are just as many odd numbers as even numbers.

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

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                                  newton saber
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                                  This is terribly incorrect, because I stopped counting on an odd number, so there are more odd numbers than even. Thank you for your input. :D

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    This is the whole of a would-be Tip submitted today:

                                    public class Class1
                                    {
                                    static void Main(string[] args)
                                    {
                                    Console.WriteLine("Enter a Number");
                                    int num = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
                                    for (int i = 1; i <=num ; i++)
                                    {
                                    if(i==2)
                                    Console.WriteLine(2);

                                                if (i % 2 != 0)
                                                {
                                                    Console.WriteLine(i);
                                                }
                                            }
                                    
                                         }
                                    }
                                    

                                    No text, no explanation - the author (I can only assume he works for Mindfire, it's about their level) clearly felt that it spoke for itself. And boy, does it ever! This, ladies-n-gentlemen, is a Prime Number generator according to the author. So...I tried it... According to this code, the prime numbers under 26 are:

                                    1
                                    2
                                    3
                                    5
                                    7
                                    9
                                    11
                                    13
                                    15
                                    17
                                    19
                                    21
                                    23
                                    25

                                    Now, call me old fashioned, but in my day, 9, 15 and 21 were divisible by 3, and both 15 and 25 were divisible by 5... So which is wrong? The Code? Or the Laws of Mathematics? Only the author can tell... :laugh:

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

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                                    PIEBALDconsult
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #20

                                    http://www.codeproject.com/Lounge.aspx?msg=85311#xx85311xx[^] http://www.codeproject.com/search.aspx?q=prime+number+error&categoryid=f1_1159_[^]

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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      This is the whole of a would-be Tip submitted today:

                                      public class Class1
                                      {
                                      static void Main(string[] args)
                                      {
                                      Console.WriteLine("Enter a Number");
                                      int num = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
                                      for (int i = 1; i <=num ; i++)
                                      {
                                      if(i==2)
                                      Console.WriteLine(2);

                                                  if (i % 2 != 0)
                                                  {
                                                      Console.WriteLine(i);
                                                  }
                                              }
                                      
                                           }
                                      }
                                      

                                      No text, no explanation - the author (I can only assume he works for Mindfire, it's about their level) clearly felt that it spoke for itself. And boy, does it ever! This, ladies-n-gentlemen, is a Prime Number generator according to the author. So...I tried it... According to this code, the prime numbers under 26 are:

                                      1
                                      2
                                      3
                                      5
                                      7
                                      9
                                      11
                                      13
                                      15
                                      17
                                      19
                                      21
                                      23
                                      25

                                      Now, call me old fashioned, but in my day, 9, 15 and 21 were divisible by 3, and both 15 and 25 were divisible by 5... So which is wrong? The Code? Or the Laws of Mathematics? Only the author can tell... :laugh:

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

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                                      PhilLenoir
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                                      That's odd!

                                      Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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                                      • D DaveAuld

                                        RyanDev wrote:

                                        but that's also back when Pluto was a planet

                                        There was a thing on the telly recently that stated it had been voted back in as a planet.

                                        Dave Find Me On:Web|Facebook|Twitter|LinkedIn Folding Stats: Team CodeProject

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                                        PhilLenoir
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                                        That's democracy for you!

                                        Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

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                                        • P PIEBALDconsult

                                          Ian Shlasko wrote:

                                          give the right an answer

                                          FTFY

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                                          Ian Shlasko
                                          wrote on last edited by
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                                          Heh, yeah, you're right... It needs to be n+o-p... But hey, what's the point of testing when you're trying to write the worst code possible? (Still haven't tested... I was going to, but the compiler pulled a knife on me and said some very non-KSS things would happen if I tried)

                                          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                                          Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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