Most SHAMEFUL one-liner:

[Jeremy Moles]

I was looking through some code of my today and noticed this little gem
I wrote a few days back that I had totally forgot about:

fill = [("%%-%ds\n" % (columns - 1)) % " " for i in range(yoffset - 2)]

....and then I went on to do:

"".join(fill)

Talk about using the wrong tool for the job...

All I needed was:

" " * (columns - 1) * (yoffset - 2)

Anyone else remember any shameful one-liners like this? I'm just
curious to see what kinda mistakes people make you think about a
solution WAY TO HARD...

 

[Bengt Richter]

I was looking through some code of my today and noticed this little gem
I wrote a few days back that I had totally forgot about:

fill = [("%%-%ds\n" % (columns - 1)) % " " for i in range(yoffset - 2)]

...and then I went on to do:

"".join(fill)

Talk about using the wrong tool for the job...

All I needed was:

" " * (columns - 1) * (yoffset - 2)

So the original was wrong as well as a bit opaque? (What happened to the \n ? ;-)

Regards,
Bengt Richter