IImplyingImplications lemmy.ca3Hide 3 repliesI was once handed a document that said "Surname:" so I wrote my last name. Then the next line was "Last Name:"...so I wrote my last name, again. The lady I handed it back to made fun of me for not knowing what "Surname" meant.32Reply
illectrility replylemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesThe only right answer... But wouldn't Name[1] be 'e' in this case? I would add a .split(' ') to avoid confusion. So the full answer would be Name.split(' ')[1] Why do I always over think stuff like this... Edit: they also shouldn't capitalize variable names9Reply
ShittyKopper [they/them] replylemmy.w.on-t.work1Hide 1 replyhttps://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/4Reply
GGTG3000 replyprogramming.devThere's a reason I refuse to try parsing names as a string separated by spaces. Separate fields, bitches.1Reply
YYpsilenna possumpat.io1Hide 1 replyHappened to me several times. I always wanted to scream, but I had to be quiet so I just thought "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"15Reply
Tango lemmy.ml1Hide 1 replyThat's when you circle the last name and draw an arrow towards the correct field!14Reply
GreenCrush lemmy.world1Hide 1 replySomething about this one really hit me. I think it's his face just blankly staring.13Reply
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I was once handed a document that said "Surname:" so I wrote my last name. Then the next line was "Last Name:"...so I wrote my last name, again.
The lady I handed it back to made fun of me for not knowing what "Surname" meant.
Don't both of them mean the same thing?
YES!
Well the field says Name. That's his name.
Yup, there is no First in front.
LastName = Name[1]
The only right answer... But wouldn't
Name[1]be 'e' in this case? I would add a.split(' ')to avoid confusion.So the full answer would be
Name.split(' ')[1]Why do I always over think stuff like this...
Edit: they also shouldn't capitalize variable names
https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
There's a reason I refuse to try parsing names as a string separated by spaces.
Separate fields, bitches.
Love me some JS brother
Could be the middle name though, better use name[name.length-1]
Happened to me several times. I always wanted to scream, but I had to be quiet so I just thought "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"
Screams internally
That's when you circle the last name and draw an arrow towards the correct field!
I hate this, but also do it
Something about this one really hit me. I think it's his face just blankly staring.
Dude I'm laughing my ass off
Peter Pee Parker
even worse
No, I wasn't there ever. 😄
I feel seen, and I don't appreciate it