This charmer was found in the codebase im working on now. I almost fell out of my chair when I first encountered it: 

Public Function MyMonthName(ByVal m As Long, _
                            Optional ByVal appr As Boolean = False) As
+ String

   Dim tmp As String

   Select Case m
      Case 1:     tmp = "January"
      Case 2:     tmp = "February"
      Case 3:     tmp = "March"
      Case 4:     tmp = "April"
      Case 5:     tmp = "May"
      Case 6:     tmp = "June"
      Case 7:     tmp = "July"
      Case 8:     tmp = "August"
      Case 9:     tmp = "September"
      Case 10:    tmp = "October"
      Case 11:    tmp = "November"
      Case 12:    tmp = "December"
      Case Else:  tmp = Format(m, "0")
   End Select

   If appr Then
      MyMonthName = Left(tmp, 3)
   Else
      MyMonthName = tmp
   End If

End Function

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demerphq

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In reply to Re: The joys of bad code by demerphq
in thread The joys of bad code by BUU

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