>Would you do the same thing I would?
>
>1. Reformat to get rid of the junk blank lines.

If I have to work with that code not just once, yes

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>2. Move the code block into a new method. That keeps the mainline code concise.

Refactoring for itself borders on wasteful. Refactoring to get DRY code: certainly. Refactoring en passant while implementing change requests: certainly. Refactoring untouched methods if a large change refactored most of the rest: possibly...

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>
>>That's a code smell and needs to be refactored.
>>
>>>Yes!
>>>
>>>Especially when you've had a prior programmer who did things like
>>>

>>>if (some condition)
>>>
>>>                          stmt1
>>>
>>>                          stmt2
>>>
>>>                          stmt3
>>>
>>>                          stmt4
>>>
>>>                          stmt5
>>>
>>>                          stmt6
>>>
>>>
>>>                          do case
>>>
>>>                                         case first
>>>
>>>                                         case second
>>>
>>>                          end case
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>And this goes on for about 200 lines of code = 500 lines in the program.