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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Dan Bron <j...@bron.us> wrote: > The Wiki has a long memory: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Scripts/Fixargs . > > (Fortunately for we tacit weirdos, this has never been an issue. Now, if we > changed the spelling of @ .... ) > > -Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: programming-boun...@jsoftware.com > [mailto:programming-boun...@jsoftware.com] On Behalf Of Raul Miller > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 9:45 AM > To: Programming forum > Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Challenge 7 March Bad Mess > > Unfortunately, I do not have any such scripts. > > If they mattered to me, I have fixed them so long ago that I do not > remember the event. > > Perhaps it matters that I view programming as an activity rather like > inhaling. Inhaling is an important part of breathing, but if you > never exhale you will not do so well. > > Put differently, I think there is an activity related to programming > which involves discarding code that's not useful. Code is easy to > generate... > > Finally, one of the things I most value about J is that it's concise > enough that I can do useful transformations on bodies of code with > relatively low amounts of keyboarding. I can think of all sorts of > automated transforms, but ultimately it's my understanding that's the > valuable thing for me. > > -- > Raul > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 4:54 AM, Linda Alvord <lindaalv...@verizon.net> wrote: >> For This Challenge Only! This is for Raul, Ric and others. You may respond >> immediately. The embargo is lifted. Work together, ask questions, compare >> strategies, ask for advice and share your code at will. >> >> Use whatever will work most efficiently. No holds barred. Do not hold back >> if you are a very experienced programmer, rather join in the fun. >> >> >> >> Here's the problem: design a function pw for powerwash. Apply pw to any >> legacy script which is a mess and made you mad when two changes were made. >> It is a script that you miss but you moved on without it because it took too >> much effort and you abandoned it. The errors all came from a small change of >> arguments x. becoming x and y. becoming y >> >> >> >> So here is what is needed. Apply powerwash to the offending .ijs >> >> >> >> pw 'legacymessedup.ijs' >> >> >> >> The function or several functions taken together will powerwash your code >> in four ways. >> >> >> >> 1. It will find all instances of x and replace them with xx >> >> 2. It will find all instances of y and replace them with yy >> >> 3. It will find all instances of x. and replace them with x >> >> 4. It will find all instances of y. and replace them with y >> >> >> >> This will not insure that your legacymessedup script will work. But it >> will prevent the madness of having to do it yourself every time. >> >> >> >> This one is for my own use and is beyond my skill or energy to tackle. I >> imagine there will be others out there who might appreciate it too. We >> thank you in advance. Also this may have been done since 2001 and I never >> saw it in which case we will move on to Challenge 8. >> >> >> >> Linda >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
