Best of…: Classic WTF: Python Charmer

When comparing your language to a snake*, be careful to not get bitten. (*Yes, I know, the name of the language is a reference to Monty Python, not snakes). Original. --Remy

"I don't have a whole lot of experience in Python," writes Jakob, "in fact, when I was hired, the only thing I knew about the language was that whitespace was important."

"Fortunately - actually, unfortunately - it doesn't take a whole lot of experience in Python to recognize that my company's codebase is... well... sub-optimal. Submitted for your approval is a method used to generate a password, found in our network security library."

def genpassword(wlc,maxchar,txt,List,verbose): word = "" i1 = i2 = i3 = i4 = i5 = i6 = i6 = i7 = i8 = i9 = i10 = i11 = i12 = i13 = i14 = i15 = 0 txtfile = open(txt,'w') i = 0 mc = int(maxchar) - 1 lword = [0] for i in range(mc): lword += [0] for i1 in range(len(wlc)): for i2 in range(len(wlc)): for i3 in range(len(wlc)): for i4 in range(len(wlc)): for i5 in range(len(wlc)): for i6 in range(len(wlc)): for i7 in range(len(wlc)): for i8 in range(len(wlc)): for i9 in range(len(wlc)): for i10 in range(len(wlc)): for i11 in range(len(wlc)): for i12 in range(len(wlc)): for i13 in range(len(wlc)): for i14 in range(len(wlc)): for i15 in range(len(wlc)): if int(maxchar) == 1 : word = wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 2 : word = wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 3 : word = wlc[i13] + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 4 : word = wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 5 : word = wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] + wlc[i14] \ + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 6 : word = wlc[i10] + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] \ + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 7 : word = wlc[i9] + wlc[i10] + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] \ + wlc[i13] + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 8 : word = wlc[i8] + wlc[i9] + wlc[i10] + wlc[i11] \ + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 9 : word = wlc[i7] + wlc[i8] + wlc[i9] + wlc[i10] \ + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 10 : word = wlc[i6] + wlc[i7] + wlc[i8] + wlc[i9] \ + wlc[i10] + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] + wlc[i14] \ + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 11 : word = wlc[i5] + wlc[i6] + wlc[i7] + wlc[i8] \ + wlc[i9] + wlc[i10] + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] \ + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 12 : word = wlc[i4] + wlc[i5] + wlc[i6] + wlc[i7] + wlc[i8] \ + wlc[i9] + wlc[i10] + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] \ + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 13 : word = wlc[i3] + wlc[i4] + wlc[i5] + wlc[i6] \ + wlc[i7] + wlc[i8] + wlc[i9] + wlc[i10]\ + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] \ + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 14 : word = wlc[i2] +wlc[i3] + wlc[i4] + wlc[i5] + wlc[i6] \ + wlc[i7] + wlc[i8] + wlc[i9] + wlc[i10]\ + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] \ + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(maxchar) == 15 : word = wlc[i1] + wlc[i2] + wlc[i3] + wlc[i4] \ + wlc[i5] + wlc[i6] + wlc[i7] + wlc[i8] + wlc[i9] \ + wlc[i10] + wlc[i11] + wlc[i12] + wlc[i13] \ + wlc[i14] + wlc[i15] if int(verbose) == 1: print word txtfile.writelines(word + "\n") i = 0 end = 0 if int(List) == 1 : for i in range(len(word)): lword[i] = "9" if str(lword) == str(list(word)): end = 1 elif (int(List) == 2): for i in range(len(word)): lword[i] = "z" if str(lword) == str(list(word)): end = 1 elif (int(List) == 3): for i in range(len(word)): lword[i] = "Z" if str(lword) == str(list(word)): end = 1 elif (int(List) == 4): for i in range(len(word)): lword[i] = "z" if str(lword) == str(list(word)): end = 1 elif (int(List) == 5): for i in range(len(word)): lword[i] = "Z" if str(lword) == str(list(word)): end = 1 elif (int(List) == 6): for i in range(len(word)): lword[i] = "Z" if str(lword) == str(list(word)): end = 1 if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break if end == 1 : break txtfile.close()

Jakob continues, "I can only hope this language doesn't have a goto statement..."

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