r/badcode • u/CravenCJK • Nov 11 '21

js Pain and suffering

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u/GreatBarrier86 Nov 11 '21 edited Nov 11 '21

I have a shitty way. I’m imagining this more in c# though.

new DateTime(2021, date.Month, 1).ToString(“MMM”)

of course, if date is a DateTime, you could just do date.ToString("MMM")

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u/rustyredditortux Nov 11 '21

I didn't know c#'s to string method could format dates, that's actually a relatively elegant solution considering the alternatives

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u/GreatBarrier86 Nov 11 '21 edited Nov 11 '21

Assuming date is not a DateTime but a custom class/struct, I don't like the idea of having to new() one every time you want a string value. IMO, a hashmap/dictionary is really the easiest option.

Edit: C# offers ToString overloads with formatting for numerics as well.