This is too funny

[xander333]

http://www.cplusplus.com/articles/i86AC542/

First reaction: Obvious troll is obvious.
Then, I visited his website.
Seems like an early 2000's site.
He ACTUALLY HAS that program for sale. (check the "Check Register" program)

Is this a very elaborate trolling move?

[Catfish2]

Never before, was the past so alive.

[Duthomhas]

I thought that Articles were reviewed and approved before becoming visible.

Besides my distaste for his coding methods, the numerous links to his external site just drips of self-indulgent advertising. And the one-vote 5-star rating?

There needs to be a 'report' button for Articles.

[xander333]

Hehe that was me :)

[Catfish2]

Does anybody else feel like re-installing Borland C? I know I do.

Edit: I gave him 5 stars too, in recognition for the effort.

[BHX]

Yeah he obviously was a C programmer. I've never seen so many arrays in my life.

[chrisname]

His website isn't that bad, at least it's not one of those 90s ones with the 3D red bullet points, American flags, rotating GIFs everywhere with the <blink> and <marquee> tags all over the place.

BHXSpecter wrote:

Yeah he obviously was a C programmer. I've never seen so many arrays in my life.

Hey... :(

[Moschops]

So how much can we improve it (i.e. completely rewrite it)? Points for (lack of) size, elegance, cool C++11 stuff and wit.

[10oTURfi]

5 star as well. I wish all trolling was like that...

[MrHutch]

Either a genius troll or a terribly amusing attempt at a programmer.

Either way, it made me smile.

[BHX]

chrisname wrote:

Hey... :(

No disrespect meant. Just saying I would have probably used an array of strings rather than C-Strings. Can't imagine how much of a pain that was to keep straight.

[LB]

"this is C++ code from underneath a pushbutton on a data entry screen for editing data for a checkbook register program i made for an actual customer of mine."

How can C++ code be underneath anything but a license?
Do data entry screens ever not edit data?
Can he have written a longer run-on sentence with a lowercase I in it?
Is he suggesting that sometimes he writes code for fake customers of his?
Will this post consist only of a quote and questions following it?
Are you wondering where I am going with this?
Have you considered decaf?

[Catfish2]

How can C++ code be underneath anything but a license?
Do data entry screens ever not edit data?
Can he have written a longer run-on sentence with a lowercase I in it?
Is he suggesting that sometimes he writes code for fake customers of his?
Will this post consist only of a quote and questions following it?
Are you wondering where I am going with this?
Have you considered decaf?

Why are there so many questions, and yet so few answers?
Or does an answer lie within its question?
What else?
Why?

[strongdrink]

lol... either way it made me laugh

[slumpers]

I saw this a couple days ago and thought that writing this program would be a fun little challenge.

After I was done, I decided to make the code as obfuscated and difficult to follow as possible, and here is the finished result! Nothing fancy from the 2011 standard though.

#define sstr substr
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
void print(std::string);
std::string l(std::string);
std::string strw(int);
int get(char);
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
	for(int i=1; i<argc; i++) print(argv[i]);
	return 0;
}
void print(std::string s) {
	std::string t=s, str="", a=strw(0), b;
	while(t[0]=='0') t.erase(0,1);
	while(t.find(",")!=std::string::npos) t.erase(t.find(","),1);
	int d=t.find("."); 
	bool r=(t[0]=='$'), j=((d!=(int)std::string::npos)?true:false);
	if(r) t=t.sstr(1,t.size()-1);
	d=t.find(".");
	a=t.sstr(0,((int)t.size()-1<d)?t.size():d);
	if(d!=(int)std::string::npos) b=(t.sstr(d+1)+"0").sstr(0,2);
	int k=20;
	for(int i=a.size()-1; i>1; i=i-3) {
		if(a.sstr(i-2,3)!="000") str=l(a.sstr(i-2,3))+strw(247)+strw(get(char(k+48)))+strw(247)+str;
		k=k+(k<=23?1:0);
	}
	d=(a.size()%3);
	if(d!=0) str=l(a.sstr(0,d))+strw(247)+strw(get(k+48))+strw(247)+str;
	if(str.empty()) str=strw(get((char)48))+(char)32;
	if(r) str+=strw(145);
	while(str.find(strw('{'*2))!=std::string::npos) str.erase(str.find(strw('{'*2)),1);
	if(str==strw('h'+'1')) str=str.sstr(0,str.size()-1);
	if(j) {
		if(b!="0"&&b!="00") str+=strw('A'+'d')+l(b)+(r?(strw('d'+'G')):"");
		else if(r) str+=strw('Y'*2);
		else str+=strw(165)+strw(0);
		if(str.find(strw('a'*2))!=std::string::npos&&str.find(strw('f'*2))==std::string::npos) str=str.sstr(0,str.size()-1);
	}
	if(str.sstr(str.size()-1,1).compare(strw(247))==0) str=str.sstr(0,str.size()-1);
	while(str.find(strw('{'*2))!=std::string::npos) str.erase(str.find(strw('{'*2)),1);
	std::cout << (char)toupper(str[0]) << str.sstr(1,str.size()-1) << ".\n";
}
std::string l(std::string s) {
	std::string str="00"+s;
	char a=str[str.size()-1], b=str[str.size()-2], c=str[str.size()-3];
	str=std::string(((a-48!=0)?strw(get(a)):""));
	if(b-48==1) {
		if(((int)a-48)<6) str=strw(get(a+10));
		else	str=strw(get(a))+strw(219+(((a-48)%8)?0:1));
	}
	else if(b-48!= 0) {
		if(((int)b-48)<6) str=strw(get(b+14))+std::string(((a-38)%10)?(strw(224)+str):"");
		else {
			if(((int)b-48)!=8) str=strw(get(b))+strw(230)+std::string(((a-38)%10)?(strw(224)+str):"");
			else str=strw(get(b))+std::string(((a-38)%10)?((strw(236)+strw(224))+str):strw(236));
		}
	}
	if(c-48!=0) str=strw(get(c))+strw(247)+strw(238)+strw(247)+str;
	if(str=="") return strw(0);
	else return str;
}
std::string strw(int n) {
	int nn['S'+'T'+'R'] = {  122, 101, 114, 111, 123, 111, 110, 101, 123, 116,  
	119, 111, 123, 116, 104, 114, 101, 101, 123, 102, 111, 117, 114, 123, 102, 
	105, 118, 101, 123, 115, 105, 120, 123, 115, 101, 118, 101, 110, 123, 101, 
	105, 103, 104, 116, 123, 110, 105, 110, 101, 123, 116, 101, 110, 123, 101, 
	108, 101, 118, 101, 110, 123, 116, 119, 101, 108, 118, 101, 123, 116, 104,
	105, 114, 116, 101, 101, 110, 123, 102, 111, 117, 114, 116, 101, 101, 110, 
	123, 102, 105, 102, 116, 101, 101, 110, 123, 116, 119, 101, 110, 116, 121, 
	123, 116, 104, 105, 114, 116, 121, 123, 102, 111, 114, 116, 121, 123, 102, 
	105, 102, 116, 121, 123, 116, 104, 111, 117, 115, 197, 110, 100, 123, 109, 
	105, 108, 108, 105, 111, 110, 123, 198, 105, 108, 108, 105, 111, 110, 123, 
	100, 111, 108, 108, 197, 114, 115, 123, 111, 110, 101, 132, 100, 111, 108, 
	108, 197, 114, 115, 123, 132, 197, 110, 100, 132, 123, 132, 199, 101, 110, 
	116, 115, 123, 132, 197, 110, 100, 132, 122, 101, 114, 111, 132, 199, 101, 
	110, 116, 115, 123, 111, 110, 101, 132, 199, 101, 110, 116, 115, 123, 145, 
	111, 110, 101, 132, 199, 101, 110, 116, 115, 123, 101, 101, 110, 123, 116,
	101, 101, 110, 123, 145, 123, 116, 121, 145, 123, 116, 121, 123, 121, 145,
	123, 121, 123, 104, 117, 110, 100, 114, 101, 100, 123, 132, 132, 123  };
	if(nn[n]!='N'*2-'!') return (char)((nn[n]>='{')?nn[n]-'d':nn[n])+strw(n+1);
	else	return "";
}
int get(char a) {
	int n=('n'-'V');
	int nn[24] = { 0, 5, 9, 13, 19, 24, 29, 33, 39, 45, 50, 54, 61,
			 	68, 77, 86, 94, 101, 108, 114, 119, 120, 129, 137 };	
	return nn[a-n*2];
}

Gets the job done in under a hundred lines and with only two arrays.

[Catfish2]

Oh no, my precious neurons!

[10oTURfi]

So this is your entry for IOCCC?

[strongdrink]

Oh my.