Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder01.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!fx06.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Daniel Pitts User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: java code References: <1o6dnRRLlOIZI5TOnZ2dnUVZ7oednZ2d@bt.com> <87mwhd7vvd.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87mwhd7vvd.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 66 Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsrazor.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:53:48 UTC Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:53:52 -0800 X-Received-Bytes: 2756 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2865300880 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:27602 On 2/26/14 7:10 AM, Simon Lewis wrote: > lipska the kat writes: > >> On 25/02/14 22:54, Daniel Pitts wrote: >>> On 2/23/14 1:25 AM, lipska the kat wrote: >>>> On 21/02/14 00:03, jay'el antonio wrote: >>>>> please someone help me..what is the code of this output program using >>>>> java >>>>> 11 >>>>> 221 >>>>> 3321 >>>>> 44321 >>>>> 554321 >>>>> 6654321 >>>>> 77654321 >>>>> 887654321 >> >> >> >>> You are a Troll, sans Hunter. You also made that far more complicated >>> than it needs to be. >>> >>> public class BetterThanATroll { >>> public static void main(String[] args) { >>> String s = ""; >>> for (int i = 1; i <= 8; ++i) { >>> s = i + s; >>> System.out.println(i + s); >>> } >>> } >>> } >> >> Well now let's analyze your 'solution' shall we. >> >> Agreed the 'specification' is a little lacking but as we are unable to go back >> to the client at this time we need to make some assumptions. >> >> Assumption 1. It's 'homework' >> >> OK, now what do you imagine the learning objectives are? >> >> Well it certainly looks 'loopy' so >> >> Assumption 2. It's intended to get the student to learn about loop control >> variables, possibly to control nested loops. >> >> The output is numeric so >> >> Assumption 3. It's intended to exercise some understanding of manipulation of >> numeric variables ... >> >> Well that's about it for the assumptions, now how does your solution meet the >> objectives? >> >> ... ah yes, String concatenation in a for loop >> >> 1/10 for effort > > Nicely done. Why is that Java groups and IRC channels in particular are > so full of self inflated pompous idiots who seem to be there only to > belittle others and demonstrate their inate stupidity and narrow > mindedness? > What, are you lipska's alter ego?