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mojuba · 2020-01-16 06:57:34

    if( ! fits)

Why this (constently) terrible formatting though? Never seen anyone using this style.

iopq | karma 3183 | avg karma 1.74 · | 2024-03-15 15:27:18

So you don't somehow end up with mismatched curly braces?

I might paste something, but mess up and forget to select one of the curly braces or select too many. I am seriously considering closing all of them on the same line in this style

    if blah {
        thing; }

kunil | karma 54 | avg karma 0.55 · | 2013-09-04 08:50:32+00:00

    // If statements require brace brackets, and do not require parens.

Even if it is single line?

travisglines | karma 1501 | avg karma 12.4 · | 2011-03-06 22:45:52

Tip: make sure you hit space two times before writing your code so it renders correctly:

var not_formatted;

  var formatted;

its-summertime | karma 615 | avg karma 2.36 · | 2023-06-20 06:22:34

> Set IFS to just newline and tab, if you can, to reduce the risk of mishandling filenames with spaces.

should be: reduce the risk when mishandling filenames.

If your handling of filenames depends on IFS, you are already in big trouble!

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8note | karma 4988 | avg karma 1.12 · | 2021-04-01 17:04:16

I see something different in there.

F(condition1,

Condition2)

Is worse than

F(

  Condition1,

  Condition2

)

The problem isn't tabs or spaces, it's trying to align to the length of the function name instead of adding a new line

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nxn | karma 238 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2011-06-12 02:26:45

  [ "Why not just use"
  , "this indentation style"
  , "to avoid the problem"
  , "in the first place?"
  ]

mhurron | karma 7184 | avg karma 3.32 · | 2013-02-27 13:14:07+00:00

Because it's Java.

Also, significant whitespace is a pain in the ass.

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jlas | karma 870 | avg karma 4.24 · | 2013-11-17 22:06:32+00:00

I agree, there are like 7 lines that bunch together logic using commas.

This one has three operations in one line:

  newEl.className = newEl.className.replace(' f', ''), length++, hasFood = false;

kazinator | karma 30751 | avg karma 1.78 · | 2018-06-06 16:43:31+00:00

> how does one format code in HN?

Two space indent.

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z3c0 | karma 1156 | avg karma 2.27 · | 2022-03-02 09:59:49

Code formatting is just blockquotes.

  So one empty space followed by indented text (2 or more spaces)

imafish | karma 658 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2021-06-29 20:45:06+00:00

The formatting will not be pretty.

Source: I tried this.

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2iP1zbR | karma 13 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2021-04-27 20:47:24+00:00

  i should probs be working Lmfao

you can cheat by adding trailing spaces

Procrastes | karma 626 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2013-12-20 22:58:14+00:00

oops,

  ^(?!.*(.)(.)\2\1).*$

With proper formatting hopefully.

vacri | karma 17701 | avg karma 1.83 · | 2015-04-08 04:39:46

    - Four spaces at the start of a line makes 'preformat',
      useful for code or lists. 
      - You'll want to manually wrap long lines, though.

posterboy | karma 649 | avg karma 0.27 · | 2016-12-15 19:47:41+00:00

>has somewhat odd syntax

says the programmer using significant whitespace

runs for cover

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cyclotron3k | karma 468 | avg karma 3.27 · | 2024-06-26 21:19:09

I was wondering the same thing too. And even if you wanted to keep this odd behaviour, it could be better written as

  /^[izehsglbo][izehsgl]o?$/

a1369209993 | karma 3438 | avg karma 1.19 · | 2020-08-31 23:01:12+00:00

Actually it's only 2 spaces.

  Like this.
    Not this.

klyrs | karma 20410 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2019-12-23 17:23:04+00:00

If they're surrounded by spaces it goes ok...

    x ** y

dualogy | karma 3139 | avg karma 2.15 · | 2013-03-11 07:16:30+00:00

It spaces them evenly if you have multiple subsequent lines of them. Readable enough:

    var (
        i, j        int
        foobarStuff string
        bebop       bool
    )

What's not readable?