• hellishharlot@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Not that I’m aware of but that’s a condition where you’re thinking with an index. What’s the difference you’re looking for?

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      1 year ago

      Something like parsing a string that could have command codes in it of varying length. So I guess the difference is, is this a 1-, 2-, or 3-character code?

      I have something like this in a barcode generator and I keep trying to find a way to make it more elegant, but I keep coming back to index and offset as the simplest and most understandable approach.