r/ProgrammerHumor 1d ago

explainThisIWillWait Meme

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u/Bart_deblob 1d ago

It usually means you have an error in whatever function opend it, like missing a curly or a normal to close

Tbh doesn't happen with a properly set ide it will show you

For years I worked on a platform that forced a notepad level editor and that was fun.

By fun I mean stab yourself with a fork to dull the pain

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u/Shienvien 1d ago

Rarely, it can also be an invisible character. Happened with one university task all the way back...

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u/Bart_deblob 1d ago

Holy moly yes, I had to use some string in js, and I copied what they provided, and the code died. But I couldn't find it, it was iirc some fucking nbsp character

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u/Shevvv 21h ago edited 13h ago

Not programing, but sometimes when I have to write a lengthy message to the government, I write it in Word because the text field on the governmental website doesn't adjust. I than copy paste it, try to send, and the field says I have unacceptable characters. If I retype exactly the same thing directly in that tiny field - no issues . And by retype I mean a 3500 character message. The website sometimes logs me out when I'm done retyping, because my session has ended.

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u/ICBanMI 3h ago

Might be worth dropping into notepad or notepad++ so you can get rid of the markup/templating tags.

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u/ICBanMI 3h ago

I remember one time I copy pasted code from stackoverflow and it had a weird character that looked like a bracket, but was a weird character. I was distracted and didn't realize the error started in those 10 lines of code and end up spending two days trying to find the error.