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Prince Wang's programmer was coding software. His fingers danced upon the keyboard. The program compiled without and error message, and the program ran like a gentle wind.

"Excellent!" the Prince exclaimed. "Your technique is faultless!"

"Technique?" said the programmer, turning from his terminal, "What I follow is Tao -- beyond all techniques! When I first began to program, I would see before me the whole problem in one mass. After three years, I no longer saw this mass. Instead, I used subroutines. But now I see nothing. My whole being exists in a formless void. My senses are idle. My spirit, free to work without a plan, follows its own instinct. In short, my program writes itself. True, sometimes there are difficult problems. I see them coming, I slow down, I watch silently. Then I change a single line of code and the difficulties vanish like puffs of idle smoke. I then compile the program. I sit still and let the joy of the work fill my being. I close my eyes for a moment and then log off."

Prince Wang said, "Would that all of my programmers were as wise!"

Quote:

A novice asked the Master: "In the East, there is a great tree-structure that men call 'Corporate Headquarters'. It is bloated out of shape with vice presidents and accountants. It issues a multitude of memos, each saying 'Go Hence!' or 'Go Hither!' and nobody knows what is meant. Every year new names are put onto the branches, but all to no avail. How can such an unnatural entity exist?"
The Master replied: "You perceive this immense structure and are disturbed that it has no rational purpose. Can you not take amusement from its endless gyrations? Do you not enjoy the untroubled ease of programming beneath its sheltering branches? Why are you bothered by its uselessness?"

V. wrote:

now to find some good games...

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
{
    if (i > 0)
    {
        result.Append(", ");
        if (i == list.Count - 1)
            result.Append("or ");
    }
    result.Append(list[i]);
}

var list = new HashSet<object>() { };
var result = new StringBuilder();

int count = 0;
foreach (var item in list)
{
    if (count++ > 0)
    {
        result.Append(", ");
        if (count == list.Count - 1)
            result.Append("or ");
    }
    result.Append(item);
}

return result.ToString();

count++;
if (count > 1)
{
    result.Append(", ");
    if (count == list.Count)
        result.Append("or ");
}

private static ParseNode _ParseBoolean(ParserContext context) {
       ParseNode result = null;
       if ((JsonParser.@true == context.SymbolId)) {
           // Boolean -> true
           ParseNode[] children = new ParseNode[1];
           children[0] = new ParseNode(JsonParser.@true, context.Value);
           context.Advance();
           return new ParseNode(JsonParser.Boolean, children);
       }
       if ((JsonParser.@false == context.SymbolId)) {
           // Boolean -> false
           ParseNode[] children = new ParseNode[1];
           children[0] = new ParseNode(JsonParser.@false, context.Value);
           context.Advance();
           return new ParseNode(JsonParser.Boolean, children);
       }
       context.Error("Expecting true or false");
       return null;
   }

honey the codewitch wrote:

context.Error("Expecting true or false");

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.

var list = new HashSet<object>() { };
var result = new StringBuilder();

foreach (var item in list)
{
    if (result.Length > 0)
        result.Remove(result.Length - 3, 3);
    result.Append(item);
    result.Append(",or ");
}

return result.ToString();

Quote:

C#

else if(0==c) {
    result.Append(list[0]);
}

public static string JoinList<T>(this IEnumerable<T> list, string delimiter = ", ", string finalDelimiter = "or ")
{
    int count = list.Count();
    switch (count)
    {
        case 0:
        {
            return string.Empty;
        }
        case 1:
        {
            return Convert.ToString(list.First());
        }
        default:
        {
            int index = count;
            var result = new StringBuilder();
            foreach (var item in list)
            {
                if (result.Length != 0) result.Append(delimiter);
                if (index == 1) result.Append(finalDelimiter);
                result.Append(item);
                --index;
            }
            
            return result.ToString();
        }
    }
}

var result = new StringBuilder();
list.ForEach(item => result.Append(item).Append(item == list.Last() ? "" : item == list.Take(list.Count - 1).Last() ? ", or " : ", "));

var result = new StringBuilder();
list.ForEach(item => result.Append(item).Append(item == list.Last() ? "" : item == list.Take(list.Count - 1).Last() ? " or " : ", "));