Jeremy Moles wrote:
> I was looking through some code of my today and noticed this little gem
> I wrote a few days back that I had totally forgot about:
> 
> fill = [("%%-%ds\n" % (columns - 1)) % " " for i in range(yoffset - 2)]
> 
> ...and then I went on to do:
> 
> "".join(fill)
> 
> Talk about using the wrong tool for the job... :(
> 
> All I needed was:
> 
> " " * (columns - 1) * (yoffset - 2)
> 
> Anyone else remember any shameful one-liners like this? :) I'm just
> curious to see what kinda mistakes people make you think about a
> solution WAY TO HARD... :)

So TIMTOWTDI after all in Python!!



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