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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