If this is as short as the issue gets then it's probably off topic for SO, you might have more luck somewhere else. SO's preferred format is a precise problem with a precise solution, it sounds like you're asking about general software design which might be better suited for programmers or gamedev. — user657267 4 mins ago

This question belongs on programmers.stackexchange.com. But in short you need to create a windows form application. and need to add text box validation and program and event to calculate the textbox. When the calculation is done, you update a label to display that back to a user. Look up some Hello World windows form applications, that would point you into the right direction. — Shane Van Wyk 1 min ago

@user657267 - this wouldn't be a good fit on Programmers either. The OP is more interested in a pseudo-code based answer which implies it is an implementation issue and therefore off-topic for Progs. And from my reading of it, you already addressed the conceptual aspects in an earlier comment of "Give your character class an addItem method." — GlenH7 1 min ago

@user657267 - this wouldn't be a good fit on Programmers either. The OP is more interested in a pseudo-code based answer which implies it is an implementation issue and therefore off-topic for Progs. And from my reading of it, you already addressed the conceptual aspects in an earlier comment of "Give your character class an addItem method." — GlenH7 5 mins ago

@ShaneVanWyk - This would be quickly down voted and closed on Programmers, just like it was (or will be) here. Too broad for SO is likely too broad for Programmers. — GlenH7 1 min ago

@GlenH7 Thanks, I clearly don't visit programmers often enough to know what kind of questions are on-topic. — user657267 24 secs ago

Check out Programmers.se or Code Review - Boo. — rolfl 1 min ago

@user657267 - You may find this Meta.Progs post helpful: meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/7182/… — GlenH7 45 secs ago

@osager: “On a two's complement machine a signed integral value”. Some programmers in some situations would like to make sure their code works in use-cases beyond that. — Slipp D. Thompson 30 secs ago

I know lots of 3-star programmers. They are quantum chemists that program 4D arrays in the naive but common fashion. — Jeff 28 secs ago

If you can tell us specifically what you want to do with the maze, we might be able to help. However, you might first find it useful to review the Open letter to students with homework problems. — Simon 39 secs ago

thank you for the advice! I couldn't respond to my own bemusement when arguing which language is best to use for doing a mini OS as a side-project. I'm glad, I've found kindled programmers that still cling to the conservative ways. — macmania314 39 secs ago

@inmyth the specific class to use depends just on your requirements. And no this is definitely not a good question for Stack Overflow because it is literally asking for opinions. That's why the "primarily opinion-based" close reason is for. Questions asking for best practices or opinions belong on Programmers. See also here. — Xaver Kapeller 52 secs ago

I'm glad, I've found kindled programmers that still cling to the conservative ways. For such OS-stuff, of all programmer who really works with such things (and are good enough to write usable things), I´ll be surprised if there is anyone thinking that Golang etc. is better. — deviantfan 1 min ago

Jesus Christ! How did you do that! That was amazing! You have solved all my problems in less than an hour! I have to congratulate you! And thank you very much, you are indeed one of the best programmers I've met. Thank you very much, julian — julian avar 47 secs ago

@XaverKapeller this question is a poor fit for Programmers - it would be quickly voted down and closed over there, see meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/6483/… Recommended reading: What goes on Programmers.SE? A guide for Stack Overflow — gnat 49 secs ago

@ChristianPanhuber Most likely you have been taught how to use dynamic memory allocation of 2D arrays incorrectly, as most other C programmers have too. It is really sad that the crap C teachers/books/tutorials are far more numerous than the good ones. The vast majority of C programmers out there need to unlearn and then re-learn the above. — Lundin 41 secs ago

Shouldn't this be on programmer.stackexchange? "Programmers Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for professional programmers interested in conceptual questions about software development" — Andy Brown 14 secs ago

@maryisdead: The on-topic page includes "software tools commonly used by programmers" and as a programmer I'd like to get some idea about the differences of developing with one or the other. What's wrong about that? — jor 51 secs ago

Have you tried deleting the link to the spreadsheet in Access and re-linking it? A possible workaround is to have Access programmatically open the spreadsheet in the background. The last reply on this thread suggests some code for achieving this: access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=243802 — Matt Hall 46 secs ago

Testability, replacability (swap EF for another ORM), abstraction (implement multiple equal actions for equal entities only once). This question is off-topic for SO though, try searching programmers.stackexchange.com for "why use repository pattern". Also note there is a lot of hate for the repository pattern, especially when using an ORM, while the repository does add value in certain cases. — CodeCaster 1 min ago

@EmilioPelaez it very much depends on the individual ( a mathematician or physician would have the mental tools to learn from experimenting) and their access to mentors. I am in favour of learning from tutorials, starting from small ones, as well as reading code from much better programmers, as journeymen learned from watching masters. — Kheldar 34 secs ago

This appears to be your homework, just dumped into the question box. That is not acceptable. Please read meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/6166/… — jonrsharpe 49 secs ago

This question is about how to introduce Applicative to Scala (mostly Jala) programmers. I believe it can be done with the Builder pattern, which the audience already knows. — Michael 52 secs ago

Thanks a lot! Feel free to upvote then, looks like a lot of so called programmers are not even curious... — Tchou 21 secs ago

This question is how to introduce Applicative to programmers. I believe it can be done with the Builder pattern, which the audience already knows. — Michael 56 secs ago

It's done, wow big deal for so called programmers. — Tchou 1 min ago

This is no the truly answer, but can help you: programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/26548/… — Daniel Moreira 1 min ago

That's true; but they accomplish different goals. Your second approach sets up the prototype chain for instances of the function object, whereas I want to set up the prototype chain of the function object itself. Seems like the Javascript writers didn't intend for programmers to do this. — onsmith 22 secs ago

Select Case is often ignored by new programmers, but it can make code easier to follow and understand. Enjoy! — Portland Runner 1 min ago

You are probably including the HTML when you POST to it too, so you get it back as part of the response to that AJAX request you make. That's why you need the exit. But if you also need to change the class on that button you might want to remove the exit calls so that the HTML is returned in the AJAX call and replace the whole form's HTML with the returned one. I also don't think you understand the difference between client-side and server-side code: programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/171203/… — Sergiu Paraschiv 58 secs ago

You might find this helpful: programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/208572/… — mstbaum 39 secs ago

@AndyBrown - This likely wouldn't fare well on Programmers. Career and education advice is explicitly off-topic. "Education advice" includes questions like this. — GlenH7 24 secs ago

Mandatory read: mjt.me.uk/posts/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-addresses => addresses are hard. — Matthieu M. 34 secs ago

No, if you want the calling program to know the bounds used inside a called routine you have to pass those bounds out along with the array. Most of us Fortran programmers (I assert grandly without supporting data) just count from 1, like normal people, rather than mess about with arbitrary indexing for arrays. — High Performance Mark 20 secs ago

PS--If I had my druthers, I would add as I mentioned a constraint that a typecast to (int) would direct a compiler to convert the bottom 32 bits of a value into an int assuming two's-complement semantics, such that INT_MAX >= (int)x; would be true for all x, even though INT_MAX >= x; would not necessarily be true for all x of type int. Don't-care values are often very good for performance; too bad today's hyper-modern philosophy forces programmers to care about things they don't care about, as the only way to guard against compilers arbitrarily rewriting things the programmers do. — supercat 1 min ago

James, Adam: Thanks very much for the comments and detailed explanation - trying to learn some new tricks at age 66 but I am like kid playing with razor blades . Good to see how professional programmers think beyond the obvious. — axmc 54 secs ago

Welcome to Stack Overflow! Since this about your GCSE programming problem, please do read Open letter to students with homework problems. — Martijn Pieters 38 secs ago

Welcome to Stack Overflow! This is a community for professional and enthusiast programmers. For understanding what can and what can't be asked here, please check the tour. — Gabriel Tomitsuka 23 secs ago

@abarnert sadly programmers have to be experts in the problem domain they're coding in. If that problem domain is math… — kojiro 27 secs ago

@abarnert most of the mathematician programmers I know are acutely aware of floating point issues. But I could have a sample bias. </shrug> — kojiro 27 secs ago

@kojiro: Well, yeah, I suppose most mathematicians aren't programmers, and most mathematicians who are programmers are either doing something close to mathematical physics or other numerical-realm stuff, or coding Haskell, so you're probably right. :) — abarnert 20 secs ago