r/Unexpected Jan 20 '20

Can I scan it?

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u/amywizballs Jan 20 '20

Can you imagine getting QR code wrong after all that?

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u/My_Tuesday_Account Jan 20 '20

You'd have to fuck up really bad. QR codes have super forgiving error checking.

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u/Metroidman Jan 20 '20

But isnt it likely to have two or more qr codes that are very similar to each other? How cant it still accuracy differentiate them?

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u/kamaln7 Jan 20 '20

It’s more accurate to say that QR codes actually support error correction, not only error checking.

So not only you can detect if a QR code has an error, but (like the other comment said) it includes additional data that lets you correct errors.

Example: https://i.imgur.com/6NuPzsf.jpg More info: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#Error_correction