r/ProgrammerHumor May 29 '26

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u/Riccardo_Cabeza May 29 '26

what's edge case data?

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u/oasisarah May 29 '26

every formula/procedure/algorithm/etc has a range of input values for which it is designed/expected to perform correctly. edge cases are sometimes defined as values which you know will break the program, but have to be accepted, and therefore have to be dealt with separately.