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gtar100

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3. If you've got a file to read into the program,

Reply to Midnightwalk (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2019, 10:39 PM

Jan 2019

name the variable representing the file "if". I was the lucky recipient of a series of scripts written in Tcl/Expect and the programmer did just that.

set if filename

Scratched my head for a bit until I finally realized what he'd done.

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How To Write Unmaintainable Code [View all] Midnightwalk Jan 2019 OP

There is a book "Obfuscated C" flyingfysh Jan 2019 #1

My son got a big kick out of this! Alas, I am not very techie but generous about sharing great posts FM123 Jan 2019 #2

If you've got a file to read into the program, gtar100 Jan 2019 #3

While that was fun to read, ManiacJoe Jan 2019 #4

Thanks radhashetty Jun 2023 #5