[Jprogramming] Challenge 7 March Bad Mess

[Raul Miller]

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Raul

On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Dan Bron <j at 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
>
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> From: programming-bounces at jsoftware.com [mailto:programming-bounces at 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 <lindaalvord at 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
>>
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