Hrm. I agree, I had not intentionally mis-formatted yours, I had simply cut&paste what I had several times :) ah cut&paste, I love thee and yet thy use doth cause me pain.

I dislike the return - unless structure, as I said, I have a bad memory, I prefer my condition first, so that I can compare my mental state against that and continue or discard the block depending on the result. If I have to read the operation first, I then have to remember what that was when I reach the condition :) 

if (you're using formatting to line one up) { you have to use formatti
+ng to line the other up as well };
{I think I can stop here} unless (another example is used).

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You're not kidding me :) you really do write your code like you write your english :) :)

For reference, this is how I write the same thing in english: 

Regarding this particular example, if you're using formatting to line 
+one up you have to use formatting to line the other up as well.

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Thats highly amusing. Notice that the way I do it, I've put a guard clause in at the start of the sentence, effectively: 

if (!this particular example) { return }
if (you're using formatting to line one up) { you have to use formatti
+ng to line the other up as well }

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Thats kinda cool :)

In reply to Re: Re^6: Pattern Matching Query by PhiRatE
in thread Pattern Matching Query by Elgon

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