Rube Goldberg Code

[Ray.R]

Ran into this code today and it seems to be screeming Rube Goldberg.  Any comments?

 

[RavensFan]

I'm not seeing what the simpler alternative would be for this to be a Rube.  Looking at it for a minute or so, it doesn't seem bad.

[Ben]

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@Ray.R wrote:

Ran into this code today and it seems to be screeming Rube Goldberg.  Any comments?

 

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Sorry Ray but I am with Bill and can not point the RubeGoldbergness of that code. It some ways it is rather clever way to get the index (plus 1) of all of the true bits in a cluster of booleans.

Ben

[crossrulz]

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Ray.R wrote:

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The only thing Rubish I see is perhaps the cluster could have been an array from the beginning.  But there are often good reasons for the cluster.

[Ray.R]

Thanks guys!

I am always looking for ways to improve my code.  🙂

[PalanivelThiruvenkadam]

Snap of portion of code

[Jacobson-ni]

What is happening before element 3 in the initial code? Does the equals just not have anthing attached to its output?

[PalanivelThiruvenkadam]

Actually its a part of complexcode, just portion of it i thought to share, the output will be passed to another loop.

[altenbach]

I would even build the rows 2&3 into a 2D array of strings (or use subset array), do only one single spreadsheet conversion, then index the rows out at the end.

I am also questioning the sanity of using binary formats for DBL. That's typically a thing for integers so maybe the type should be a blue array. Where is the output used?

Of course all output terminals should have self-explanatory names. Most seem to be at the defaults.

[billko]

You know, this is mainly a fun thread, but we could use it as an excellent tool to post what we think is Rube-ish code and see if anyone can help us un-Rube it.