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What do you do when you get stuck?

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    R tsumami
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    Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

    saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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      Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

      saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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      I fix it, and then if it's something that Micrsoft screwed up, I come here and rant about it.

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        Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

        saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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        Lost User
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        well at the moment am stuck in the office due to snow outside and i can do nothing - may be it's better to get stuck in the office than in road ;)

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        • R R tsumami

          Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

          saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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          I stare at it for hours and then give up and go for a drink; when I come back it looks so much clearer. ;)

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            Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

            saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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            I take it to codeproject, to google, if answers are not close it might be a logical problem then I go to facebook forget about code for several hours then answer comes as i watch a movie.

            I only read newbie introductory dummy books.

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              Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

              saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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              Go to the toilet. I seem to get all my best ideas, moments of inspiration when stood at a urinal.

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                Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                Debug it. :laugh:

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                  Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                  saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                  Single Step Debugger
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                  If I stuck on some code more than a few minutes this means that I’m using a wrong approach. So I try to look on the problem from a different angle and this does the job. It’s like playing chess – if you focus only on a part of the position struggling to make a break at exactly this spot, you usually lose the game. Also if you have a technical problem and the Google and the documentation don’t have a solution for your and you are not doing something very specific/programing embedded systems etc./ in 90% of the cases this means you are doing something wrong or/and missing something obvious.

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                    Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                    saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                    You call for mommy. :-O

                    Wout

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                      Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                      saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                      R-tsumami wrote:

                      Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                      I throw my computer out the window and I run down my street butt naked screaming at the top of my lungs...it is quite refreshing I must say. :-D

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                        Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                        saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                        Go home and come back the next day!

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                          Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                          saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                          Ian Shlasko
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                          Stare at it for a few minutes, then reroute it to my subconscious and browse the web... Inevitably, sometime within the next 5-60 minutes (Depending on complexity), the answer pops into my head while I'm in the middle of typing a forum p--

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                            Go home and come back the next day!

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                            Manfred Rudolf Bihy
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                            I like your approach to this kind of situation!

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                              I take it to codeproject, to google, if answers are not close it might be a logical problem then I go to facebook forget about code for several hours then answer comes as i watch a movie.

                              I only read newbie introductory dummy books.

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                              Corporal Agarn
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                              What you should do is put it in Ask a Question then have someone else give you the google link. :-D

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                                Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                                saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                                Ravi Sant
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                                I drink tea or coffee, brain-storm for sometime rest few moments and retry it stuck yet, then stare at it for hours

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                                  Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                                  saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                                  I tell the client to change his requirements, as he has obviously got them wrong. :suss: :laugh:

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                                    Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                                    saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                                    R-tsumami wrote:

                                    what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code

                                    2 things:

                                    • I try to isolate the unexpected behavior in a standalone app or method that I can test in isolation.  If the problem persists (i.e. I'm not able to identify its cause), I request a second pair of eyes to take a look at it.  It's much easier for a developer to look at an isolated test case than code in the context of something much larger.
                                    • Many (perhaps most) times, the answer jumps out at me simply by explaining the problem to a developer who's unfamiliar with the issue.  Explaining the issue to someone else forces me to think in a clear an unbiased manner, making as few assumptions as possible.

                                    /ravi

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                                      Just wondering what most of you do when you get stuck on a piece of code or something that does something it’s not supposed to do or just doesn't work.

                                      saru mo ki kara ochiru (even monkeys fall from trees) Usualy i'm that monkey. If you want an intelligent answer, Don't ask me. To understand Recursion, you must first understand Recursion.

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                                      PIEBALDconsult
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                                      Print out the code and get away from the computer.

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