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I'm developing a suite of internal tools using Microsoft's Application APIs through C#. It looks like C++, smells like Java, acts like VB, but has its own soul. It lets me do my thing with the occasional "s'cuse me, Ma'am, my leg is caught in the door". But it's generally Not A Problem®.
There are arrays of item objects in a structure in another object class. No problem. They're only one-dimensional arrays. That really should be no problem (not like the five-dimensional monsters I had to deal with once).
All these arrays start at index one. *dramatic pause* 1... ... ... ONE... ... ...
Who the hell starts counting from one?!?!?!
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So do you have to use C#, or are you just a glutton for punishment? ;)
Actually, one place I worked we had Microsoft as a client, and they seemed ok, although I never actually talked to anyone from Microsoft on that project.
Still, you have to wonder. Why break a rule that old and established, especially when making a language that's a derivative of several older and more established ones? It just doesn't make sense.
Then again, being mildly useful doesn't justify making code unreadable, so...
So, if you're traversing, instead of:
for( i = 0; i <= sizeof(Array); i++ ){
...
}
you'd have to go:
for( i = Array.GetLowerBound(1); i < Array.GetUpperBound(1); i++ ){
...
}
Which is a pain in the ass, but that's the way C# works.
Or can arrays change size dynamically? I suppose so. In that case, you would need to recalculate each time through the loop.
(Oh, and wouldn't the "normal" example use sizeof(Array)/sizeof(Array[0]) rather than plain sizeof(Array)? After all, you want the number of elements in the array, not the number of bytes.)
Yeah, you'd stick it in a variable.
Or can arrays change size dynamically? I suppose so. In that case, you would need to recalculate each time through the loop.
Not that I know of... but it wouldn't surprise me if you could. You can do that in Perl and PHP, you just keep appending elements to the end.
(Oh, and wouldn't the "normal" example use sizeof(Array)/sizeof(Array[0]) rather than plain sizeof(Array)? After all, you want the number of elements in the array, not the number of bytes.)
Yeah, me and my pseudo-code =)
I *think* Mathematica may have also, but I'm much less certain there.
MathCAD defaults counting array positions at zero, but in we were told to change it to one. I think you can set it to any whole number though...
Hahaha =)
It has been four years since my last formal programming class. :-P You just caught me off guard.
one loonie, two loonies, three...
+ I'm from Texas.
+ why I'm here, what exactly is here? livejournal? or here in your journal? I'm on livejournal just because I use it as practice as I write my script for my movie, and I'm in your livejouranl because I read that you do computer programming, and I think that's amazing. As far as livejournal goes, you seem to have more substance then most.
+ I'm a 19 y/o mathematics/computer sci. major in San Antonio, TX. I'm getting my basics out of the way at the community college level. Nothing against the community colleges here, but personally, I find them boring, the people lacking in creativity and/or ambition. I listen to soul, jazz, r&b, and tons of other music genres. My spelling can be atrocious. I'm particular to film and books. I really like films from the 60's and I like a lot of the beat era poets and authors.
If you want to know anything else, just e-mail/aim me. or comment back.
Good luck with your project.
what exactly is here?
I guess I meant "here" as in "my journal".
you seem to have more substance then most.
Thanks =)
See you around =)