A string is a sequence of zero or more characters. It is commonly used to represent text or a sequence of bytes. Use this tag along with the appropriate programming language being used.
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Checking brackets nesting in a string
I took a training challenge on Codility that checks for the proper nesting of brackets in a string. The brackets to be checked are {,},(,),[,]. I have written the following Java program which passes ...
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Permutation of a string eliminating duplicates
This code lists the permutations of the string, and eliminates duplicates if any.
I'm looking for code review, best practices, optimizations etc.
Also verifying complexity: O(n! * n) as time ...
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Python compress and send
The following two functions are used to compress arbitrary Python objects and send them safely via socket or email, using only printable chars. In my specific message protocol, '=' signs are also not ...
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Calculate all possible combinations of given characters
I was asked in my textbook Lectures on Discrete Mathematics for Computer Science to construct a program that would take an alphabet ({a,b,c} or any combination of characters {1,4,s,a}) as well as a ...
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Inserting text file rows into an Access DB - Optimizing
How can I improve my inserts?
I am trying to speed up the process of inserting all of the rows in my text file into an Access DB. I originally switched to this route because of the size of those text ...
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Simple dice roll using std::string as dice notation
How this could be optimized (if there any need for optimization) and what are your thoughts?
This will be a function that returns a random number from Dice Notation (more on Wikipedia). I will later ...
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Refactor ConvertorToString class
Help me refactor this class that helps to represent an object state as String:
public class ConvertorToString {
private static final String SEPARATOR_BETWEEN_FIELD_NAME_AND_VALUE = "=";
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input.nextLine() does not wait for input, and runs a method immediately [on hold]
I'm doing a program which allows me to de-code resistor values into colours.However even after searching for solutions online, I still do not get why I could not fix it. I just learned this for about ...
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Cutting strings into smaller ones based on specific criteria
So, I've got this largish (for me) script, and I want to see if anybody could tell me if there are any ways to improve it, both in terms of speed, amount of code and the quality of the code. I still ...
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To check if a string C is an interleaving of A and B Code
This is my code to check if a string C is an interleaving of Strings A and B. Please suggests optimizations, and where I can improve.
#include <vector>
#include <list>
#include ...
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Is there a simpler way to make an English-readable list from strings in a tuple?
I looking over some old code, I had written the function below with a C-style for-loop iterating over a count variable. I then fixed it up with new knowledge, but still am suspicious that there is ...
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Creating new string with only distinct letters
Aim: To have only one of each character on the Return string:
Public Shared Function CheckForDuplicates(ByVal vCharCheck As String) As String
Dim vDeDuplicated As String = ""
Dim i As ...
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Reducing cyclomatic complexity in a simple string concatenation
I have written the following function that takes an address object and builds a string using the object properties. It will later be used to display a tooltip
var getAddressTooltip = function ...
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Algorithm to determine if a string is all unique characters
This my solution to one of the practice problems from Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Interview Questions and Solutions [Book]
implement an algorithm to determine of a string has ...
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How to make this lingo game more compact?
I made a lingo game using Python:
You guess a word, and if its letter(s) is in the same spot as a hidden word's, you add [] around the letter. If it's in the hidden word, but not in the same spot, ...
