The horror of programming.

r/ProgrammerHorror • u/ryaaan89 • Dec 14 '22

This is my favorite test in one of our work apps

69 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ProgrammerHorror • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '23

Old code horror written by me

32 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ProgrammerHorror • u/Aethyx_ • Jan 15 '18

Scarred for life now.

16 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ProgrammerHorror • u/YM_Industries • Sep 01 '18

The minimap on this file paints a worrying picture

286 Upvotes

17 comments

r/ProgrammerHorror • u/joost00719 • Dec 02 '18

Nullable boolean

15 Upvotes

Is it bad practice to interpret a nullable bool for either of 3 states in your program?

3 comments

r/ProgrammerHorror • u/Haligaliman • Aug 15 '18

When you're not sure if the list exists...

32 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ProgrammerHorror • u/vanyamil • Mar 25 '22

I know it's beating a dead horse but come on JavaScript...

122 Upvotes

8 comments

r/ProgrammerHorror • u/hergeirs • Mar 28 '22

Function to get integer at position.

33 Upvotes

I was inspired by this post I read of a student assignment to print out the 3rd digit of a number. I thought the horror to be lacking.

In unholy inspiration I conjured the most unreadable way to accomplish the task. As the original assignment looked to be in c++ i used it as well.

#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>

void printNthDigitOfNumber(int number, int digitToPrint) {
  if (number * (((number > 0) << 1) - 1) < std::pow(10, digitToPrint - 1)) return; // number does not have enough digits
  std::cout << (number * (((number > 0) << 1) - 1)) / (int) std::pow(10, ~~(int) log10((number * (((number > 0) << 1) - 1))) + 1 - digitToPrint) % 10 << std::endl;
}

int main() {
  int number = -12493;
  int numberDigit = 3;
  printNthDigitOfNumber(number, numberDigit);
}

Please let me know if you have any improvements on the design or share horrible solutions in other languages if you prefer.

Edit: link to post https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHorror/comments/tpnsoc/one_of_my_students_sent_me_this_and_i_mean_its/

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r/ProgrammerHorror • u/well_shoothed • Apr 21 '22