It's always a little frustrating when you're trying to write the most beautiful code you can, but because of a limitation in the programming language you have to roll up your sleeves and brute force it. As programming technologies mature, I find this to be rarer and rarer.

Sadly, Dan M. inherited a project in which some cutting-edge features weren't available. For example, the cutting-edgiest feature conceivable: arrays!

Below is a search for the word "COUNT" in a single code file.

*---: / COUNT 0291: COUNT1 = 0 0292: COUNT2 = 0 0293: COUNT3 = 0 0294: COUNT4 = 0 0295: COUNT5 = 0 0296: COUNT6 = 0 0297: COUNT7 = 0 0298: COUNT8 = 0 0299: COUNT9 = 0 0300: COUNT10 = 0 0301: COUNT11 = 0 0302: COUNT12 = 0 0303: COUNT13 = 0 0304: COUNT14 = 0 0305: COUNT15 = 0 0306: COUNT17 = 0 0307: COUNT18 = 0 0308: COUNT19 = 0 0309: COUNT20 = 0 0310: COUNT21 = 0 0311: COUNT22 = 0 0312: COUNT23 = 0 0313: COUNT24 = 0 0314: COUNT25 = 0 0315: COUNT26 = 0 0316: COUNT27 = 0 0317: COUNT28 = 0 0318: COUNT29 = 0 0319: COUNT30 = 0 0320: COUNT31 = 0 0321: COUNT32 = 0 0322: COUNT33 = 0 0323: COUNT34 = 0 0324: COUNT35 = 0 0325: COUNT36 = 0 0326: COUNT37 = 0 0327: COUNT38 = 0 0328: COUNT39 = 0 0329: COUNT40 = 0 0330: COUNT41 = 0 0331: COUNT43 = 0 0332: COUNT44 = 0 0333: COUNT45 = 0 0334: COUNT46 = 0 0335: COUNT48 = 0 0336: COUNT49 = 0 0337: COUNT99 = 0 0338: COUNT100 = 0 0339: COUNT101 = 0 0340: COUNT102 = 0 0341: COUNT103 = 0 1352: COUNT33 += NO.ITEMS 1377: COUNT9 += 1 1380: COUNT29 += 1 1412: COUNT99 += NO.ITEMS 1452: COUNT33 += NO.ITEMS 1554: COUNT25 += 1 1562: COUNT101 += 1 1567: COUNT100 += 1 1637: COUNT40 += 1 1666: COUNT36 += 1 1743: COUNT30 += 1 2092: COUNT17 += NO.ITEMS 2103: COUNT18 += NO.ITEMS 2114: COUNT19 += NO.ITEMS 2125: COUNT20 += NO.ITEMS 2136: COUNT21 += NO.ITEMS 2147: COUNT22 += NO.ITEMS 2159: COUNT23 += NO.ITEMS 2172: COUNT24 += NO.ITEMS 2192: COUNT25 += NO.ITEMS 2204: COUNT27 += NO.ITEMS 2220: COUNT27 += NO.ITEMS 2237: COUNT28 += NO.ITEMS 2252: COUNT28 += NO.ITEMS 2269: COUNT26 += NO.ITEMS 2281: COUNT37 += NO.ITEMS 2304: COUNT36 += NO.ITEMS 2317: COUNT43 += NO.ITEMS 2328: COUNT44 += NO.ITEMS 2486: COUNT102 += 1 2511: COUNT35 += 1 2521: COUNT1 += 1 2537: COUNT34 += 1 2556: COUNT2 += NO.ITEMS 2573: COUNT3 += NO.ITEMS 2602: COUNT4 += NO.ITEMS 2615: COUNT5 += 1 2622: COUNT6 += NO.ITEMS 2634: COUNT7 += 1 2662: COUNT8 += 1 2667: COUNT29 += 1 2673: COUNT30 += 1 2684: COUNT31 += 1 2694: COUNT9 += 1 2717: COUNT49 += 1 2739: COUNT103 += 1 2764: COUNT46 += 1 2777: COUNT41 += 1 2791: COUNT45 += 1 2801: COUNT9 += 1 2826: COUNT39 += 1 2842: COUNT10 += 1 2888: COUNT101 += 1 2897: COUNT32 += 1 2904: COUNT32 += 1 2915: COUNT12 += 1 2955: COUNT11 += 1 2985: COUNT13 += 1 2991: COUNT14 += 1 2997: COUNT15 += 1 3003: COUNT15 += 1 3008: COUNT15 += 1 3013: COUNT15 += 1 3018: COUNT14 += 1 3159: COUNT14 += NO.ITEMS 3168: COUNT15 += NO.ITEMS 3178: COUNT15 += NO.ITEMS 3188: COUNT15 += NO.ITEMS 3196: COUNT15 += NO.ITEMS 3202: COUNT15 += NO.ITEMS 3208: COUNT15 += NO.ITEMS 3214: COUNT14 += NO.ITEMS 4991: COUNT.TOTAL = COUNT1 + COUNT2 + COUNT3 + COUNT4 + COUNT5 + COUNT6 + COU NT7 + COUNT8 + COUNT9 + COUNT10+ COUNT11 + COUNT12 + COUNT13 + COUNT14 + COUNT15 + COUNT17 + COUNT18 + COUNT19 + COUNT20 + COUNT21 + COUNT22 + COUNT23 + COUNT24 + COUNT25 + COUNT26 + COUNT27 + COUNT28 + COUNT29 + COUNT30 + COUNT31 + COUNT32 + COUNT33 + COUNT34 + COUNT35 + COUNT36 + COUNT37 + COUNT38 + COUNT39 + COUNT40 + COUNT41 + COUNT43 + COUNT44 + COUNT45 + COUNT46 + COUNT48 + COUNT49 + COUNT99 + COUNT100 + COUNT101 + COUNT102 + COUNT103

Brute force, baby!