Re: else ladders practice

Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> writes:

On 16.11.2024 16:14, James Kuyper wrote:
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On 11/16/24 04:42, Stefan Ram wrote:
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#include <stdio.h>
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const char * english( int const n )
{ const char * result;
  if( n == 0 )result = "zero";
  if( n == 1 )result = "one";
  if( n == 2 )result = "two";
  if( n == 3 )result = "three";
  else        result = "four";
  return result; }

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That's indeed a nice example.  Where you get fooled by treachery
"trustiness" of formatting[*]. - In syntax we trust!  [**]

Misleading formatting is the lesser of two problems.  A more
significant bad design choice is writing in an imperative
style rather than a functional style.