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What position is the letter A? Let's use a lookup table!

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  • N Nagy Vilmos

    That was written just before you stopped drinking? Yes?

    veni bibi saltavi

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    OriginalGriff
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    #10

    It was written as a follow up to Converting numbers to the word equivalent. [^] since we were getting a lot of "Roman numbers" homework in QA back then.

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      It was written as a follow up to Converting numbers to the word equivalent. [^] since we were getting a lot of "Roman numbers" homework in QA back then.

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      #11

      So you'd moved off the booze by then; onto the class 'A' drugs. :laugh:

      veni bibi saltavi

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      • N Nagy Vilmos

        So you'd moved off the booze by then; onto the class 'A' drugs. :laugh:

        veni bibi saltavi

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        #12

        Class A++ I suspect... :~

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        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

          Class A++ I suspect... :~

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          Nagy Vilmos
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          #13

          Doing crack, heroin and meths is a stage people go through. Just don't do VB!

          veni bibi saltavi

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          • R Rotted Frog

            Just found this gem hiding in a project I've just inherited. Fortunately it doesn't appear to be used.

            public class AlphabetPositionMap
            {
            private static Dictionary<char, int> alphabet = new Dictionary<char, int>();

            static AlphabetPositionMap()
            {
                alphabet.Add('A', 1);
                alphabet.Add('B', 2);
                alphabet.Add('C', 3);
                alphabet.Add('D', 4);
                alphabet.Add('E', 5);
                alphabet.Add('F', 6);
                alphabet.Add('G', 7);
                alphabet.Add('H', 8);
                alphabet.Add('I', 9);
                alphabet.Add('J', 10);
                alphabet.Add('K', 11);
                alphabet.Add('L', 12);
                alphabet.Add('M', 13);
                alphabet.Add('N', 14);
                alphabet.Add('O', 15);
                alphabet.Add('P', 16);
                alphabet.Add('Q', 17);
                alphabet.Add('R', 18);
                alphabet.Add('S', 19);
                alphabet.Add('T', 20);
                alphabet.Add('U', 21);
                alphabet.Add('V', 22);
                alphabet.Add('W', 23);
                alphabet.Add('X', 24);
                alphabet.Add('Y', 25);
                alphabet.Add('Z', 26);
            
            }
            
            public static int Position(char letter)
            {
                return alphabet\[letter\];
            }
            

            }

            Prizes awarded to anyone who can find a more pointless use of a lookup table.

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            Rotted Frog
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            #14

            And it gets better... Just noticed the next class on from that one:

            public class ZeroBasedAlphabetPositionMap
            {
            private static Dictionary<char, int> alphabet = new Dictionary<char, int>();

            static ZeroBasedAlphabetPositionMap()
            {
                alphabet.Add('A', 0);
                alphabet.Add('B', 1);
                alphabet.Add('C', 2);
                alphabet.Add('D', 3);
                alphabet.Add('E', 4);
                alphabet.Add('F', 5);
                alphabet.Add('G', 6);
                alphabet.Add('H', 7);
                alphabet.Add('I', 8);
                alphabet.Add('J', 9);
                alphabet.Add('K', 10);
                alphabet.Add('L', 11);
                alphabet.Add('M', 12);
                alphabet.Add('N', 13);
                alphabet.Add('O', 14);
                alphabet.Add('P', 15);
                alphabet.Add('Q', 16);
                alphabet.Add('R', 17);
                alphabet.Add('S', 18);
                alphabet.Add('T', 19);
                alphabet.Add('U', 20);
                alphabet.Add('V', 21);
                alphabet.Add('W', 22);
                alphabet.Add('X', 23);
                alphabet.Add('Y', 24);
                alphabet.Add('Z', 25);
            
            }
            
            public static int Position(char letter)
            {
                return alphabet\[letter\];
            }
            

            }

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            • R Rotted Frog

              And it gets better... Just noticed the next class on from that one:

              public class ZeroBasedAlphabetPositionMap
              {
              private static Dictionary<char, int> alphabet = new Dictionary<char, int>();

              static ZeroBasedAlphabetPositionMap()
              {
                  alphabet.Add('A', 0);
                  alphabet.Add('B', 1);
                  alphabet.Add('C', 2);
                  alphabet.Add('D', 3);
                  alphabet.Add('E', 4);
                  alphabet.Add('F', 5);
                  alphabet.Add('G', 6);
                  alphabet.Add('H', 7);
                  alphabet.Add('I', 8);
                  alphabet.Add('J', 9);
                  alphabet.Add('K', 10);
                  alphabet.Add('L', 11);
                  alphabet.Add('M', 12);
                  alphabet.Add('N', 13);
                  alphabet.Add('O', 14);
                  alphabet.Add('P', 15);
                  alphabet.Add('Q', 16);
                  alphabet.Add('R', 17);
                  alphabet.Add('S', 18);
                  alphabet.Add('T', 19);
                  alphabet.Add('U', 20);
                  alphabet.Add('V', 21);
                  alphabet.Add('W', 22);
                  alphabet.Add('X', 23);
                  alphabet.Add('Y', 24);
                  alphabet.Add('Z', 25);
              
              }
              
              public static int Position(char letter)
              {
                  return alphabet\[letter\];
              }
              

              }

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              Lost User
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              #15

              You should not pay developers by LOC :wtf:

              Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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              • R Rotted Frog

                Just found this gem hiding in a project I've just inherited. Fortunately it doesn't appear to be used.

                public class AlphabetPositionMap
                {
                private static Dictionary<char, int> alphabet = new Dictionary<char, int>();

                static AlphabetPositionMap()
                {
                    alphabet.Add('A', 1);
                    alphabet.Add('B', 2);
                    alphabet.Add('C', 3);
                    alphabet.Add('D', 4);
                    alphabet.Add('E', 5);
                    alphabet.Add('F', 6);
                    alphabet.Add('G', 7);
                    alphabet.Add('H', 8);
                    alphabet.Add('I', 9);
                    alphabet.Add('J', 10);
                    alphabet.Add('K', 11);
                    alphabet.Add('L', 12);
                    alphabet.Add('M', 13);
                    alphabet.Add('N', 14);
                    alphabet.Add('O', 15);
                    alphabet.Add('P', 16);
                    alphabet.Add('Q', 17);
                    alphabet.Add('R', 18);
                    alphabet.Add('S', 19);
                    alphabet.Add('T', 20);
                    alphabet.Add('U', 21);
                    alphabet.Add('V', 22);
                    alphabet.Add('W', 23);
                    alphabet.Add('X', 24);
                    alphabet.Add('Y', 25);
                    alphabet.Add('Z', 26);
                
                }
                
                public static int Position(char letter)
                {
                    return alphabet\[letter\];
                }
                

                }

                Prizes awarded to anyone who can find a more pointless use of a lookup table.

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                kmoorevs
                wrote on last edited by
                #16

                :thumbsup: Nice find and thanks for sharing! I feel better now! :laugh:

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                • R Rotted Frog

                  Just found this gem hiding in a project I've just inherited. Fortunately it doesn't appear to be used.

                  public class AlphabetPositionMap
                  {
                  private static Dictionary<char, int> alphabet = new Dictionary<char, int>();

                  static AlphabetPositionMap()
                  {
                      alphabet.Add('A', 1);
                      alphabet.Add('B', 2);
                      alphabet.Add('C', 3);
                      alphabet.Add('D', 4);
                      alphabet.Add('E', 5);
                      alphabet.Add('F', 6);
                      alphabet.Add('G', 7);
                      alphabet.Add('H', 8);
                      alphabet.Add('I', 9);
                      alphabet.Add('J', 10);
                      alphabet.Add('K', 11);
                      alphabet.Add('L', 12);
                      alphabet.Add('M', 13);
                      alphabet.Add('N', 14);
                      alphabet.Add('O', 15);
                      alphabet.Add('P', 16);
                      alphabet.Add('Q', 17);
                      alphabet.Add('R', 18);
                      alphabet.Add('S', 19);
                      alphabet.Add('T', 20);
                      alphabet.Add('U', 21);
                      alphabet.Add('V', 22);
                      alphabet.Add('W', 23);
                      alphabet.Add('X', 24);
                      alphabet.Add('Y', 25);
                      alphabet.Add('Z', 26);
                  
                  }
                  
                  public static int Position(char letter)
                  {
                      return alphabet\[letter\];
                  }
                  

                  }

                  Prizes awarded to anyone who can find a more pointless use of a lookup table.

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                  PIEBALDconsult
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                  #17

                  How about adding another lookup that gets the uppercase equivalent of a lowercase letter?

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                    how about :

                    public class NumberMap
                    {
                    private static Dictionary number = new Dictionary();

                    static NumberMap()
                    {
                        number.Add('1', 1);
                        number.Add('2', 2);
                        number.Add('3', 3);
                        number.Add('4', 4);
                        number.Add('5', 5);
                        number.Add('6', 6);
                        number.Add('7', 7);
                        number.Add('8', 8);
                        number.Add('9', 9);
                        number.Add('0', 0);
                    }
                    

                    }

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                    Sascha Lefevre
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                    #18

                    Even more bonus points for a pointless lookup table for not being able to actually do a lookup :laugh:

                    If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

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                    • P PIEBALDconsult

                      How about adding another lookup that gets the uppercase equivalent of a lowercase letter?

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                      Lost User
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                      #19

                      AlphabetPositionMap seems to have a brother called ZeroBasedAlphabetPositionMap[^]. Yes, it is missing lowercaps variants, meaning there should at least be four of these methods. And globalization is missed completely. Scheiß drauf.

                      Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                      • R Rotted Frog

                        Just found this gem hiding in a project I've just inherited. Fortunately it doesn't appear to be used.

                        public class AlphabetPositionMap
                        {
                        private static Dictionary<char, int> alphabet = new Dictionary<char, int>();

                        static AlphabetPositionMap()
                        {
                            alphabet.Add('A', 1);
                            alphabet.Add('B', 2);
                            alphabet.Add('C', 3);
                            alphabet.Add('D', 4);
                            alphabet.Add('E', 5);
                            alphabet.Add('F', 6);
                            alphabet.Add('G', 7);
                            alphabet.Add('H', 8);
                            alphabet.Add('I', 9);
                            alphabet.Add('J', 10);
                            alphabet.Add('K', 11);
                            alphabet.Add('L', 12);
                            alphabet.Add('M', 13);
                            alphabet.Add('N', 14);
                            alphabet.Add('O', 15);
                            alphabet.Add('P', 16);
                            alphabet.Add('Q', 17);
                            alphabet.Add('R', 18);
                            alphabet.Add('S', 19);
                            alphabet.Add('T', 20);
                            alphabet.Add('U', 21);
                            alphabet.Add('V', 22);
                            alphabet.Add('W', 23);
                            alphabet.Add('X', 24);
                            alphabet.Add('Y', 25);
                            alphabet.Add('Z', 26);
                        
                        }
                        
                        public static int Position(char letter)
                        {
                            return alphabet\[letter\];
                        }
                        

                        }

                        Prizes awarded to anyone who can find a more pointless use of a lookup table.

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                        PaulLinton
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                        #20

                        I thought I had a more useless lookup table, but I was wrong

                        private static Dictionary alphabet = new Dictionary();
                        static AlphabetPositionMap()
                        {
                        alphabet['A'] = 'A';
                        alphabet['B'] = 'B';
                        // you get the idea
                        }

                        I am wrong because it is only a small step from this code to creating an Enigma machine in software, which I believe had some amount of use a few years back. Failed at being useless :sigh:

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                        • S Sascha Lefevre

                          Even more bonus points for a pointless lookup table for not being able to actually do a lookup :laugh:

                          If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson

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                          V 0
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                          #21

                          It's all in the wrist baby ;P

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                          • R Rotted Frog

                            Just found this gem hiding in a project I've just inherited. Fortunately it doesn't appear to be used.

                            public class AlphabetPositionMap
                            {
                            private static Dictionary<char, int> alphabet = new Dictionary<char, int>();

                            static AlphabetPositionMap()
                            {
                                alphabet.Add('A', 1);
                                alphabet.Add('B', 2);
                                alphabet.Add('C', 3);
                                alphabet.Add('D', 4);
                                alphabet.Add('E', 5);
                                alphabet.Add('F', 6);
                                alphabet.Add('G', 7);
                                alphabet.Add('H', 8);
                                alphabet.Add('I', 9);
                                alphabet.Add('J', 10);
                                alphabet.Add('K', 11);
                                alphabet.Add('L', 12);
                                alphabet.Add('M', 13);
                                alphabet.Add('N', 14);
                                alphabet.Add('O', 15);
                                alphabet.Add('P', 16);
                                alphabet.Add('Q', 17);
                                alphabet.Add('R', 18);
                                alphabet.Add('S', 19);
                                alphabet.Add('T', 20);
                                alphabet.Add('U', 21);
                                alphabet.Add('V', 22);
                                alphabet.Add('W', 23);
                                alphabet.Add('X', 24);
                                alphabet.Add('Y', 25);
                                alphabet.Add('Z', 26);
                            
                            }
                            
                            public static int Position(char letter)
                            {
                                return alphabet\[letter\];
                            }
                            

                            }

                            Prizes awarded to anyone who can find a more pointless use of a lookup table.

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                            imagiro
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                            #22

                            ... the map is static...

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                            • V V 0

                              how about :

                              public class NumberMap
                              {
                              private static Dictionary number = new Dictionary();

                              static NumberMap()
                              {
                                  number.Add('1', 1);
                                  number.Add('2', 2);
                                  number.Add('3', 3);
                                  number.Add('4', 4);
                                  number.Add('5', 5);
                                  number.Add('6', 6);
                                  number.Add('7', 7);
                                  number.Add('8', 8);
                                  number.Add('9', 9);
                                  number.Add('0', 0);
                              }
                              

                              }

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                              GuyThiebaut
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                              #23

                              I've noticed that you do not cover lowercase numbers.

                              “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                              ― Christopher Hitchens

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                              • G GuyThiebaut

                                I've noticed that you do not cover lowercase numbers.

                                “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                                ― Christopher Hitchens

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                                #24

                                There is a seperate uppercase number lookup table for that ! :laugh:

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                                  There is a seperate uppercase number lookup table for that ! :laugh:

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                                  GuyThiebaut
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                                  #25

                                  I was thinking more of something like "1".tolower might work.

                                  “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                                  ― Christopher Hitchens

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