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Converting between std::wstring and std::string
While researching ways to convert back and forth between std::wstring and std::string, I found this conversation on the MSDN ...
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7answers
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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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2answers
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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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4answers
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Function to convert ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8
I wrote this function last year to convert between the two encodings and just found it. It takes a text buffer and its size, then converts to UTF-8 if there's enough space.
What should be changed to ...
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4answers
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Better way to repeatedly use istringstream in “counting minutes” challenge
I was doing this easy challenge "Counting Minutes I" from Coderbyte.com where you just calculate the number of minutes between two given times.
The second time is always after the first, although it ...
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5answers
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Convert sequence of number into display string
My requirement is to convert a sequence of numbers into a display string as below.
Example
Input
1,2,3,4,5,7,7,8,8,8,10,15,10,11,12,88,87,86
Output
1-5,7-8,10-12,15,86-88
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6
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1answer
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Converting any PHP function toString() like in JS
In JavaScript, any function is basically an object on which you can call (function(){}).toString() to get it's underlying code as a string.
I'm working on a ...
6
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2answers
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Integer to String recursive method
I was experimenting with lists, sets, and finally maps when I spotted a pattern in my code to make it recursive. Now I haven't used recursion much in the past or at work and I was very excited to have ...
6
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1answer
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BBCode to HTML converter using functional programming
I was inspired to write a BBCode to HTML converter as I'm currently learning functional programming. I wanted achieve functional cohesion. jsFiddle
I'd like feedback on:
structuring of the code. ...
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3answers
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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 ...
5
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3answers
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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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5
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1answer
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Bi-directional atoi()
I am implementing atoi() by traversing a string from the beginning as well as from the end. Is there anything I can improve?
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5
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2answers
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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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1answer
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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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3answers
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Number to words problem
This is a very long solution I've been working on to a Number to Words problem. I've identified that there's a lot of repeating logic (e.g. 'if writing > 0', 'writing = integer /',).
How would you ...
4
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1answer
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Converting the integers to their equivalent string representations
I have the following function which converts an integer (such as 103 to its string representation "one hundred three"):
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3
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1answer
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Converting from std::wstring to std::string in Linux
I was bothered by inability of C++ to mix cout and wcout in the same program - so I've found this question:
Converting between ...
3
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1answer
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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 ...
3
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1answer
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Replacing Perisan and Arabic digits
I'm using this function to replace UTF-8 characters representing numbers in text with 'normal' digits.
I'm wondering if this is optimized code since this is using two ...
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1answer
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Refactor ConvertorToString class
Help me refactor this class that helps to represent an object state as String:
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2
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1answer
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Implement numbering scheme like A,B,C… AA,AB,… AAA…, similar to converting a number to radix26
I want to implement numbering scheme like Microsoft Word uses for numbering.
first one gets = A,next is B, next is C, .... then AA, then AB,....and so on.
as shown below
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1answer
210 views
Milliseconds to Time string & Time string to Milliseconds
Fast Time conversion
I'm trying to write a very fast time-to-string and string-to-time function.
I noticed that on low CPU mobile devices this function has, even if minimal, impact on the ...
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2answers
655 views
Command line tool for extracting, searching, and converting
I just completed my first real application (command line app). It's simple, but I had no prior knowledge of Python. Everything was hit and miss, with many Python books and help from those in this ...
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1answer
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Null-delimited to printf %b converter
I wrote a D implementation of the nul2pfb utility from here, as the link to the source code was broken and I wanted to try to learn D. I noticed that it was rather slow (could barely keep up with the ...
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