Talk:Words containing "the" substring

Trivial task

This seems to me to be just a trivial subtask of String matching. Can we have more original tasks and less pointless busywork please? Thebigh (talk) 09:36, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

The Rosetta Code task  String matching  doesn't handle a dictionary,   and because this task uses a dictionary,   there are   (or should be)   more concerns such as (possible extra) whitespace   (either tabs and/or leading/trailing blanks,   and/or double words)   in the dictionary as well as handling caseless searches   (although the particular dictionary specified has no capital letters in it,   nor duplicate words).   Another restriction is the situation when a word in the dictionary that is too short   (as per the task requirements).   Also, a minor detail is counting the number of words found and also possibly showing the number of words found (searched) in the dictionary.     -- Gerard Schildberger (talk) 17:13, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

<quote>doesn't handle a dictionary</quote> So? <quote>this task uses a dictionary</quote> So? <quote>whitespace ... double words ... in the dictionary ... caseless searches</quote> So? The dictionary to use was specified. Which makes all of that completely besides the point. <quote>counting the number of words</quote> Where is there ANY mention or requirement to count the words?

Those are all incidental and peripheral to the task. It also doesn't specify to power your computer on first. I suppose I should look forward to the task "Turn on your computer then find words containing "the" substring" because "Thatss completetly diffent!!1!1" Sheesh. --Thundergnat (talk) 17:48, 6 December 2020 (UTC)