Jeremy Moles wrote: > 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... :)
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