nitpicking (PM, "separating them by commas")

nlmdejonge · 2015-07-17 06:54:01

So, maybe I'm nitpicking now, but when I'm sending a private message, the forum says...
"You can send the message to several receivers by separating them by commas."
...but what it actually means is...
"You can send the message to several receivers by separating each with a comma+space."

When I want to send to several people I just follow the forum's orders and use something like "user1,user2", but then I get the error message...
"There's no user with the username "user1,user2""
...because in actuality the forum wants me to use "user1, user2".

mrjawapa · 2015-07-17 14:40:42

well... technically when you use a comma there is supposed to be a space after it.

You're just nitpicking.

The Party Animal

Era · 2015-07-17 15:29:47

JaWapa wrote:

well... technically when you use a comma there is supposed to be a space after it.

Disagree, why would you need a space After a comma if you aren't trying to write structured text?

Mylo

mrjawapa · 2015-07-17 15:33:56

Era wrote:

JaWapa wrote:
well... technically when you use a comma there is supposed to be a space after it.
Disagree, why would you need a space After a comma if you aren't trying to write structured text?

I cannot think of any usage of a comma where I would not put a space immediately after it.

Era · 2015-07-17 15:37:34

Maybe any cases of programming? if i have a string which i plan to .split(','); why would i add a space after it? i cannot convert ", " into a char you know..
So , thinking that way why would the forums use ", " when they exactly state that they use ','?

mrjawapa · 2015-07-17 16:26:05

I don't use a lot of commas in the languages I code in.

Writing a list of names is not the same as coding a string. It would be more like writing structured text.

Either way, I feel like it's nitpicking to want it to say you need a space in there too

nlmdejonge · 2015-07-17 17:46:47

There's no reason for it not to work without spaces.
Usernames cannot have spaces in them, so it's super easy to make it work properly.
Properly being that it works regardless of how users enter the names, with or without spaces.
If $names contains the names, adding this line would fix it, for example:

$names = str_replace (',', ', ', str_replace (', ', ',', $names));

The text that currently accompanies the input field gives specific instructions to separate recipients with commas.
A comma is a character. The commas are not used in a regular sentence. It's a list of recipients.

Zoey2070 · 2015-07-17 17:49:55

nlmdejonge wrote:

Usernames cannot have spaces in them

some man and others would like to have a word

Ratburntro44, Onjit, some woman

nlmdejonge · 2015-07-17 17:51:30

Interesting.

Anyway, what I wrote still applies, and the fix I suggested will still work.

Different55 · 2015-07-17 18:00:02

Except that commas are valid characters in usernames.

See: my username now. I was originally just going to change it then change it back but apparently changing the username on all 10000+ of my posts, topics, PMs, and everything else takes a long time.

Hey somebody try to PM me and someone else at the same time. Or wait should I have put a ", " in my name for that? Eh, try it anyway.

Actually I think maybe the server was doing its lagging thing that it's been doing when I changed my username the first time because I just changed my username back and it was basically instant.

Ratburntro44

nlmdejonge · 2015-07-17 18:05:45

Different55, wrote:

Except that commas are valid characters in usernames.

Dude... that can't be healthy.

Anch · 2015-07-18 01:41:22

Wait so if a username has a comma, then how will the system know if the comma is part of the username or separating a username?

Different55 · 2015-07-18 03:19:30

It doesn't. :OOO

Anch

Ratburntro44 · 2015-07-18 05:22:13

I'm pretty sure words on the censoring list are blocked from being in usernames. Just use one of them as the separator to be safe.

Different55, Era

nlmdejonge · 2015-07-18 12:02:59

Wouldn't work, because, for example, "mishitting" (to hit (a tennis or cricket ball, for example) incorrectly or badly) is allowed as a username.

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