Comments by KenBonny (Top 33 by date)

I gave it 5, my reason: mind = blown. The first algorithm was a little brain f***. But the example with the if then else cleared it right up. Very nice use of the shorthand method.

Then I dare you to run the next console application, written in C#:

using System;
using System.Security.Cryptography;

namespace Test
{
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
bool stop = true;

do
{
int i = RandomNumber(int.MaxValue);

if (i > 256)
{
stop = false;
Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
}

Console.WriteLine(i);
} while (stop);

Console.Read();
}

private static int RandomNumber(int maxvalue)
{
RandomNumberGenerator random = RandomNumberGenerator.Create();
var r = new byte[1];

random.GetBytes(r);

var val = (double)r[0] / byte.MaxValue;

return (int)Math.Round(val * maxvalue, 0);
}
}
}

I don't see it either, unless I'm missing something.

The val variable will contain a double between 0 and 1, depending on the value of the random byte that was generated. Then the maxvalue will be multiplied with a value between 0 and 1 and will thus act as if divided by the number behind the comma. Example: maxvalue = 6, val = 0.2 => return 3. This is 'random' depending on how random the byte is, that is generated by the random.GetBytes function.

Reason for my vote of 5
I knew I could alias a namespace, but I didn't know I could do it with a type. Thanks!

Reason for my vote of 5
Indeed, I prefer int.TryParse over a chunky and unreadable RegEx any day.

Your code will remove all the "Node" elements, while Kim's code will only remove the first "Node" element.

Aah, didn't know that. Thought any button would do. Thanks for sharing.

Reason for my vote of 5
Great link to a blowfish implementation.

Sorry for asking this then: isn't it easier to give each WebService function a distinct name instead of overloading one function and giving them specific names through attributes. With each function having it's own name, you can more easely find the right function when you are searching through the code base and only have the webmethod name (say, you're debugging and you got only the stacktrace from a remote call). Just my 2 cents.

Reason for my vote of 5
Very well described. But when I want to call the methods from remote code, wouldn't I have to use "OverloadingWebService.AddInt(1, 2)" instead of "OverloadingWebService.Add(1, 2)"?

Reason for my vote of 4
Great tips and I was just looking at RegEx in general, so thanks!

Reason for my vote of 3
Not bad for custom buttons, but there is a standard implementation for Accept and Cancel events on a Windows Form. See my alternative below.

Reason for my vote of 5
Thanks for the info. As a new programmer (school training about <1 year .NET dev, I know some stuff, but not much C ), I appreciate people writing articles about (basic) stuff like this. I learn a lot from it.

I think this is an anonymous method, but I'm not entirely sure.