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Okay, I'm not a programming imbecile (though I'm no expert), but are these people really using a loop with a conditional inside the loop to do things in sequence instead of just, well, doing them in sequence?
Yup, amazing isn't it?

I believe the rational in the program I'm maintaining is that there is common code at the bottom of the loop. This is a dumbed down version (the actual method is 3,000+ lines long):

Code:

for (i=0; i<reports.count; i++)
{
  switch (i)
  {
    case 1:
       if (checkboxes[1].checked)
         r = BuildReport1();
       break;
    case 2:
       if (checkboxes[2].checked)
         r = BuildReport2();
       break;
    ..
   }
   PrepareReport(r);
   ...
   OutputReport(r);
}


For each of the places I put a method call, there is actual code to build each report, prepare it, and output it.

Even with the common code, it's a very brain dead way of doing things, though.
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