Thread: mmmm C#

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    Code Goddess Prelude's Avatar
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    mmmm C#

    I have to admit my first reaction to C# was hostile. Being a card carrying member of the 'Java haters' club the syntax was a big turnoff for me at first glance. Now that I've studied a bit of C# I'm warming up to it, and what I first believed to be a wasteful syntax isn't quite as wasteful as I first thought ( Believing C# to be a Java ripoff ).
    Here are two quickie programs that show size differences between C# and my beloved C.
    Code:
    // C# code
    using System;
    
    class Print
    {
      public static void printNumber ( int n )
        {
          while ( n != 0 ) {
            Console.Write ( n % 10 );
            n /= 10;
          }
          Console.WriteLine();
        }
    }
    
    class ProgramDriver
    {
      public static void Main()
        {
          Print.printNumber ( 45678 );
        }
    }
    Code:
    /* C code */
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <stdlib.h>
    
    void printNumber ( int n )
    {
      while ( n != 0 ) {
        printf ( "%d", n % 10 );
        n /= 10;
      }
      printf ( "\n" );
    }
    
    int main ( void )
    {
      printNumber ( 45678 );
      return EXIT_SUCCESS;
    }
    I still don't like how the functions ( methods ) float in space while C's functions are completely left justified. It forces me to use a GNU bracing style to maintain somewhat decent readability.

    Does anyone have ideas for a C# bracing style that works well? This textbook code just doesn't do it for me ( I hate textbook code )
    Code:
    // Yucky yucky
    class Print
    {
      public static void printNumber ( int n )
      {
        while ( n != 0 ) 
        {
          Console.Write ( n % 10 );
          n /= 10;
        }
        Console.WriteLine();
      }
    }
    At the moment I'm using three bracing styles according to indention level. Class level indention ( fully left justified ) gets an Allman style, method level ( first level in, very floaty ) practically demands GNU to look good, and for the processing level ( if..else's, loops, switches, etc.. ) I maintain my K&R bracing.

    -Prelude
    My best code is written with the delete key.

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    Something Clever ginoitalo's Avatar
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    This looks ok, (quasi C++ style)

    Code:
    class Print{
    
         public static void printNumber ( int n ){
             while ( n != 0 ) {
                   Console.Write ( n % 10 );
                   n /= 10;
              }
           Console.WriteLine();
         }
    
    }

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    Code:
    class Print
    {
         public static void printNumber(int n)
    {
             while (n != 0) 
              {
                   Console.Write(n % 10);
                   n /= 10;
              }
           Console.WriteLine();
         }
    
    }

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    Just one more wrong move. -KEN-'s Avatar
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    Originally posted by Unregistered
    Code:
    class Print
    {
         public static void printNumber(int n)
    {
             while (n != 0) 
              {
                   Console.Write(n % 10);
                   n /= 10;
              }
           Console.WriteLine();
         }
    
    }
    that's dreadfully ugly. I just code like I usually do in C.

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    Registered User CompiledMonkey's Avatar
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    Prelude, that's about the same code you'd use if doing the same thing in Java. It makes things much easier for a Java guy (like me) when the syntax is so similar.

    I'd structure the code like this...

    Code:
    using System;
    
    class Print {
    	public static void printNumber(int n) {
    		while(n != 0) {
    			Console.Write(n % 10);
    			n /= 10;
    		}	
    		Console.WriteLine();
    	}
    }
    
    class ProgramDriver {
    	public static void Main() {
    		Print.printNumber(45678);
    	}
    }

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    >Prelude, that's about the same code you'd use if doing the same thing in Java

    hmmm, I didn't realise Java imposed a particular style of code formating.

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    Not the format in particular, but the actual code itself. Just a few changes. Example, instead of "Console.Write(n % 10);" it would be "System.out.println(n % 10);". Most of the code from this certain app could be "ported" like that.

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