I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who responded to my question. Basically, I was looking to find any code in our system that could possibly be adding leading 0's to our item number since we are converting from a fixed 5 digit item number to a variable length number. With the help of the list (once again), I can file another project away in the success drawer. Thanks very much to all!
I also wanted to say that I am sorry for starting any holy wars. Oh yeah, and Kevin... While I would agree from reading many of your posts that you are an extemely sharp individual, I have to tell you that it is really irritating to people to hear others refer to themselves in the third person (ie. "the brain"). Or... Did I misunderstand yet another e-mail. Haha JK Thanks, Scott -------------- Original message -------------- > Spacing is "overly grand"? Though I can't cite specifics, I do recall > a study done several years ago that talked about the ergonomic value > of whitespace in code. At the risk of misquoting, it seems the brain > interprets whitespace as a natural terminator when reading through > code, and makes it easier to interpret variable names like ASDTFY or > DRT. By contrast, the brain has to manually interpret = as a > terminator (and the next statement) and it slows down the overall > comprehension. > > ASDTFY = "" > DRT = "" > > When the brain sees the first space after the variable, it understands > that the previous whatever-it-is is complete. Then when it sees the > equal symbol it can comprehend the meaning of the symbol independently > of the variable. Secondly, when assignments (and the like) are > aligned like this it tends to reinforce the relationship between the > variables, which may be otherwise indirect. By contrast: > > ASDTFY="" > DRT="" > > When the brain sees the = after the variable, it has to first sort out > an ambiguity. Is this the termination of what was shown prior, or > something new? In truth, it's both, and then both have to be > processed as equal priority until the brain can establish any other > form of precedence to establish which is more important. This is then > complicated by the fact that one must read to the end of the statement > to determine there is no additional context for establishing > precedence, which only complicates the mental process to a greater > degree. Also, by having no alignment, there is no relationship > implied in the variables, even though they are being assigned in > tandem. This further reinforces the ambiguity. > > So in summary, you can write code as compact as you wish, but > understand you do so at the risk of self-imposed (and otherwise > unnecessary) mental strain. > > -Kevin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.PrecisOnline.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 4:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] [UV] making 00001 our of 1 > > Mark, > > I'm one of those programmers who use the "overly grand" way of spacing > you describe. I believe that > > ASDTFY = '' > AS = '' > DRT = 0 > > is much more readable than > > ASDTFY='' > AS='' > DRT=0 > > especially when there is a lot more code than in this example, and > everything else around it is crammed together as tightly as it can be > as well. Code is written for the human as much as the compiler, and I > like it to be as easy to read (and spot errors) as possible. > > This spacing won't bother a find program if you wrote it or have the > source, and teach it better. > > My 4 cents. > > Regards, > Charlie Noah > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > writes: > > [snip] > P.S. If you use my concept, you may want to have your search strings > contain no spaces and convert to "" the spaces in each reviewed line. > There is a overly grand way people program with spaces between > operators and even though the complier doesn't care, FIND programs or > the editor will miss them if they don't match exactly. > > My 3 cents. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Barry Brevik" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > >I have always used "R%5" but I may miss programs > > >that use other techniques to arrive at the same result. > > >Can someone give me examples that they have seen for changing 1 to > 00001? > > > > I don't want to start a religious war, but I think it is completely > normal > > to use: > > > > NBR = NBR "5'0'R" > > > > or > > > > NBR = NBR"5'0'R" > > > > Barry > > ------- > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
