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Meanings of magic number anti-pattern in English

Programming anti-pattern of including unnamed, unexplained constants in source code.

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        Examples for "magic number"
        Examples for "magic number"
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        Opening sesame In reality, many more factors will affect Alibaba's magic number.
        Reuters
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        Afterward, the longest-tenured Nets player hardly gave the magic number any attention.
        Reuters
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        Six is the magic number this week, and not just for comedians.
        The Irish Times
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        Nine is Scotland's magic number, matching the record for successive league titles.
        The Guardian
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        That seems to be the magic number. She felt like quavering, too.
        Table for five
        1
        It's like a bit of magic string I use to tie two things together.
        The Wise Man’s Fear
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        Right now, the magic string that binds the NHS together has never been more threadbare.
        The Guardian
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        She approached the heads to the bodies, and tied some of the magic string round each neck.
        Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic,...
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        Cheap as chips and priceless, magic string was created not for profit or personal gain -but simply because someone cared.
        The Guardian
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        He appears and, to use his own expression, draws men to him by magic strings.
        The Schemes of the Kaiser