Reading the coding horror, I just came across the FizzBuzz another time.
The original post is here: Coding Horror: Why Can't Programmers.. Program?
For those who do not know: FizzBuzz is a quite popular children's game. Counting from 1 to 100, and every time a number is divisible by 3 the string "Fizz" is called, every time a number is divisible by 5 the string "Buzz" is called and every time a number is divisible by 3 and 5 both strings together "FizzBuzz" are called instead of the number.
This time, I wrote the code and it took me a minute, but there are several things that I do not like.
Here is my code:
public void DoFizzBuzz()
{
var combinations = new Tuple<int, string>[]
{
new Tuple<int, string> (3, "Fizz"),
new Tuple<int, string> (5, "Buzz"),
};
for (int i = 1; i <= 100; ++i)
{
bool found = false;
foreach (var comb in combinations)
{
if (i % comb.Item1 == 0)
{
found = true;
Console.Write(comb.Item2);
}
}
if (!found)
{
Console.Write(i);
}
Console.Write(Environment.NewLine);
}
}
So my questions are:
I think your implementation is unnecessarily complex. This one does the job and is easier to understand:
public void DoFizzBuzz()
{
for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++)
{
bool fizz = i % 3 == 0;
bool buzz = i % 5 == 0;
if (fizz && buzz)
Console.WriteLine ("FizzBuzz");
else if (fizz)
Console.WriteLine ("Fizz");
else if (buzz)
Console.WriteLine ("Buzz");
else
Console.WriteLine (i);
}
}