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Let me start by saying that the code I have given here (post 3 i think) is an acceptable solution to the problem.
Yes it was obvious I needed to take into the program a number and convert it into an array.
I didn't want any help writing any of the code at all, when people give code the person seeking help doesn't learn anything. I'd much rather write it myself and go through the sun documentation.
What I didn't get was why you would want to convert the input to a boolean array ever. Mathematically it seems much easier to do it the way i did, with an array of integers. When I emailed him he said that I could do it that way.
My only issue was why would you want to do the extra work of converting it into booleans and back. I have problems doing things in a stupid way, earlier in this same assignment he had us create a new instance just to store the data.
I asked him why and he said that you couldn't return more than one piece of data at a time, my response was to use toString and put it all in there instead of making a new instance. (I like efficiency over OOP)
Yes it was obvious I needed to take into the program a number and convert it into an array.
I didn't want any help writing any of the code at all, when people give code the person seeking help doesn't learn anything. I'd much rather write it myself and go through the sun documentation.
What I didn't get was why you would want to convert the input to a boolean array ever. Mathematically it seems much easier to do it the way i did, with an array of integers. When I emailed him he said that I could do it that way.
My only issue was why would you want to do the extra work of converting it into booleans and back. I have problems doing things in a stupid way, earlier in this same assignment he had us create a new instance just to store the data.
class MusicDisc {
public String title, artist;
public int year;
}; I asked him why and he said that you couldn't return more than one piece of data at a time, my response was to use toString and put it all in there instead of making a new instance. (I like efficiency over OOP)
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To tell you the truth, that may seem efficient, however, once returned, the rest of th program must then "parse" that String to extract the info (it won't necessarilly only be used for output), whereas that object will allow the rest of the program to directly access the data without having to parse it first.
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Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
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Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it.
--Brian Kernighan
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Oh, sorry, I meant efficient as I have other stuff to do and I need to get this assignment done first 
. (I do understand why its important to do it the other way though)
. (I do understand why its important to do it the other way though) Last edited by rpk5000 : Nov 19th, 2007 at 12:39 am.
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