This code is likely a mish-mash of 'solutions', frankensteined together from StackOverflow. It's kinda sad to laugh at crappy code from job applicants who may

This code is likely a mish-mash of 'solutions', frankensteined together from StackOverflow. It's kinda sad to laugh at crappy code from job applicants who may well be desperate for a job, but actually couldn't really program their way out of a paper bag, but, people should not underestimate the software-destroying havoc that such bad programmers can cause when they copy/paste from all over, like some nesting squirrel only happy inhabiting a nest of bug-ridden code.