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Compare string with wildcard string
I have the following function to compare a string with a wildcard string (containing ? and *), as C# doesn't seem to have a builtin function to do it.
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Formatting a datetime string in the YYYYMMDD format
I'm working with some strange APIs that requires the dates to be sent in the YYYYMMDD format.
I was thinking of doing something like this:
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Method to return a string of max length (in bytes vs. characters)
In my (c#) code, I need to generate a string (from a longer string) which when UTF-8 encoded, is no longer than a given max length (in bytes).
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Convert string to multiline text
I made this method that takes any string and transforms it into a multiline text l; each line having the max (character) length specified by the rowLength ...
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Faster method to find data using search word?
I need to search through a string array to find every occurrence of "Parameters Table", and between each "Parameters Table" and the next, get another string from a specified index (that remains ...
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Displaying TimeSpan as largest interval (with units) - Part II
[This is a follow-up question to: Displaying TimeSpan as largest interval (with units). The code listed here has been refactored since the original question was posed. Please note that the scope of ...
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Beautifying Dates
There has got to be a better way to do this. I have a method which returns either your standard "01/01/2014" Date or "January 1st, 2014" Date of the assembly file write time. Any suggestions on ...
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Convert hex string to byte array
The goal is to convert a hex string to a byte array with the following requirements:
\$O(1)\$ additional space apart from input and output.
\$O(n)\$ runtime
This mostly just prohibits creating a ...
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Displaying TimeSpan as largest interval (with units)
The following method is used in a call center application to display an approximation of remaining time. The call center telephone operator would inform the caller that they could perform their ...
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Converting a range of integers from a string to an IEnumerable
Goal
Convert the following into an IEnumerable of integers accounting for the x-y ranges:
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Return custom assembly attribute variables
I have a custom attribute in my assembly called SemverAttribute, and I have a helper class called AppInfo that has a function to return a number called the Semver number. It accepts an id of null-6. ...
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Shorten code to perform search based on four slash-delimited parameters
How can I make this code more compact?
It is a ASP.net WebForms project
It is a SinglePageApplication for searching in list mode and map mode.
I have many paths for a page.
/Denmark
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Tight loop, string manipulation and calculations
I'm working on some precompilation operations for a world compiler. Currently to identify flags placed by the level designer I need recognize when a specific entity exists at specific coordinates from ...
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A method which, given a string, returns a string in which each character is separated by an asterisk
Use recursion in the solution.
I would really appreciate if you can help me to find a better way to do it.
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Given a string, return a string where every character in the original is doubled
For example, given the string "xyz", return the string "xxyyzz".
I was given this as a part of a test. I would really appreciate if you can help me to find a better way of doing it.
I came up with ...
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Determining whether a string ends with one of a few given options
I wrote the following function to determine whether a string ends with one of a few given options.
I'm sure it can be written more elegantly, probably avoiding the loop.
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Reversing each word of a string while keeping the case index
I was given a simple requirement for reversing a string. The requirement is as follows:
In any programming language, create an input that accepts "My name is Albert McDonald." and outputs the ...
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Encryption/decryption of data
I'm trying to work with some encryption/decryption of data. It was some hard work for me to get it working with some buffers and what not.
This is the code I came up with:
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1answer
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String modification application
Below is working code of a semi complete program. Its purpose is to take an input string of any type and modify it based on rules defined for each type. So in this example I pass it a string in CSV ...
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Increase performance of string matching function
I've benchmarked my program, and have discovered that the single function taking the most time is the one that does the following.
Takes string that is a delimited list, and splits it into ...
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Class for handling unit conversions
I am creating a class to be the end all defacto class for handling unit conversions. This is particularly difficult in my company's industry where imperial architectural strings are used as units. I ...
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1answer
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Simplify C# Helper Class to change property of string when serializing for Json.Net
Is there any way to simplify the following C# helper class to numerate a string for Json.Net?
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1answer
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Searching text files for string patterns that are each defined in their own classes
I'm trying to implement interfaces in my design but not sure if this is correct or if there is a better way to do it.
What I need to do is
open a text file
keep searching blocks of text until I ...
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1answer
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Preprocessing Markdown Documents for Keywords
I recently added a feature to my application to serve arbitrary markdown documents from a directory. This is designed to allow authors to populate a folder full of help documents, and be able to view ...
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Which approach is preferable string parsing?
I want to find total word count in string. I have two methods as mentioned below.
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Integer to Alphabet string (“A”, “B”, …“Z”, “AA”, “AB”…)
So this question is prompted by two things.
I found some code in our source control doing this sort of things.
These SO questions:
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2answers
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How to get the Split value from collection?
I have the following key value pair in an array, and am trying to extract and load them into a collection.
The below code is working but it can be optimized using Linq:
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Cleanest way to place values into strings
I am trying to standardize the way I write code. Which is the best way to place the values into a string, method 1 or 2?
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Random string generation
I'm using this C# function to generate random coupons for a system. How can I improve it?
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1answer
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Parsing XML to create IList
Here's a class I created to parse XML to create an IList.
It seems to me that this is something that will be done a lot in general by a lot of different programs. Is there a more standard way of doing ...
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2answers
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Splitting a string of random length
I am currently using this code, but I am pretty sure there is a better way of doing it:
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2answers
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Should I create an empty string and append through a foreach loop or should I use StringBuilder? [closed]
Here's the current code:
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Replace strings in a file
I had to create an executable to search and replace strings in a file. This is to be used in my installer for text file manipulation. I have various placeholders in configuration files that I need to ...
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3answers
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String Extension improvement
I am creating a string extension to validate some input.
My scenario is when we have a string it will format it according to following guideline.
If the sample string is “One Two Three Four Five” and ...
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1answer
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Adding N characters to a string
I need to preprend N spaces to a string to make it 10 characters in length. I came up with the following method, but since it is going to be called often, I want to ensure it is optimized. Could this ...
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First attempt at dealing with command-line args
A little while ago I was fiddling with dependency-injection and came up with this small WPF application that I can launch with command-line arguments.
Not only this was my first experiment with DI, ...
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Random string generator [closed]
I have made a simple number generator, and I have a question: is it possible for the generator to eject "red", "blue", "green", " yellow" and "white" instead of the numbers 1-5?
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3answers
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Function for encoding strings in-place
I recently wrote a function that replaces every white space with '%20', just for fun (and sharping my coding skills). The input string is terminated with extra white spaces, with the length that the ...
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1answer
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String Interpolation / Word Matching with XML in C#
I'm working on a project where I need to map XML values to field names. Classic CS problem, I think I've got a pretty good approach but would like feedback.
For example: ...
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A reliable way to remove consecutive appearances of a substring
I'm attempting to write a piece of code that is supposed to remove consecutive appearances of a string (not a single character) in a ...
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Longest common substring
I wrote a program to find the longest common subsequence among several strings. I used a naive algorithm and implementation.
The motivation was solving the Rosalind problem at ...
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1answer
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Inefficient usage of string.format?
I have some sample code where I used string.Format but after reading about benchmark performances by other people I believe that it may be better to do multiple ...
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String join of distinct string
I have a class like this one:
class EmailClass
{
public string MailAdresse { get; set; }
public string MailAdresseCC { get; set; }
}
Through a JSON ...
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1answer
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Can I use string.Format to represent these formatted numbers more succinctly?
string taskNumber = order.ID.ToString("D6") + "-" + task.ID.ToString("D4");
I'm writing out two numbers separated with a dash. The first number is padded with ...
