Thread: Substring Help (Simple?)

bokarhino

thank you sincerely for the code. I was not the person who asked for it though, I simply restated their request the way I understood it. I hope that was what the poster needed who wanted the help. (I will take your advice as well about not speaking for someone else.)

Now, I have looked around here and I do see a a lot of posts here answered by a several regulars and I applaud them--Salem included.

However, being helpful is not license to be crass, snide or rude. The original poster had a join date of Oct 2007, and admitted being a newbie. Whats the harm in cutting a little slack to someone who is brand spanking new to this forum, C lang and probably anything similar.

This guy is just now getting far enough into his first programming book that the cover is finally staying open, and that is how he get treated? That's horse poop!

Wasn't Salem ever brand spanking new to programming, and have a struggle or two?.

I just joined a few days ago too. As a person who has fiddled around w/ php for a few years now I have been to the forums and I know how intimidating that can be at the start.

Again, thanks

>Yes, long ago before the days when everything could be found with a web-search and there were masses of forums like this to help you along.

>If you couldn't figure it out through hard work, experimentation and reading the books, then you failed - no exceptions.

I couldn't agree more. As I am old enough to have been there and done that.

>Nowadays it seems like people just broadcast their homework all over the net and so long as one recent noob who is still keen to show of their new skills is about, then they're likely to get their homework on a plate, or through searching find something which can be easily tweaked to their own needs. Sure you get your 'tick', but have you actually learnt anything?

Again, I agree 100%

>He was (like you) given several opportunities to at least show some sign of effort. You might think you can stonewall the regulars into giving up asking and just posting the code for you, but it rarely works. More usually, you either get ignored or flamed.

Last time Salem, I was not the one who needed this code, I thought I was helping by restating their question as I understood it.

But enough of this. You do good here, I understand that.