Is there a way to make this cleaner? I'm assuming he went this way for a reason instead of using length().
If there's a hidden reason for doing it this way, how should be know whether there's a cleaner way? Any other way may break the hidden reason.
I've managed to clean up all but two lines of code, which are being used in a peculiar way.
Well, if you have cleaned up all but two lines of the code, you should know whether there's reason the previous coder did it the way he did.
I'd just use length.
Abigail