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More efficient way to draw bufferedimage into another

Okay, for what I'm doing, I need to be able to draw a buffered image directly into a larger buffered image. I've searched around a little and still have failed to find a better way, but my current way ...
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1answer
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Perfect game loop

I've been working on development for an Android game, and this is the game loop I have so far: ...
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2answers
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List of search results using Selenium

I have written the following code for looping through WebElements in Selenium. Can someone please provide me with feedback on how to improve my code? ...
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Java Cross with characters

I managed to make a perfectly even cross with for loops. I'm trying to make this cross easier to code. I have to keep it with ...
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Find the maximum number of consecutive zeros in an array

Question: To find the maximum number of consecutive zeros in a given array. Example: Input: \${1, 2, 0, 0, 2, 4, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 7, 0}\$ Output: "Maximum number ...
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Optimizing “Herd Sums” problem using dynamic programming

I'm trying to solve a practice problem and all is well except for the last 2 inputs my solution is too slow. Just one loop is slowing it down I think. Herd Sums Execution Time Limit: 2 ...
4
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1answer
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Baseline tagger

This is a baseline tagger coed I have written. How can I optimize this code? ...
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Using a Pythonesque range() generator function with the Java foreach loop

Now that we have the nice new foreach loop in Java, the old-style loop looks ugly be comparison. I like the way Python has a ...
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2answers
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A matrix with square diagonals and transpose being increments of other

Construct a matrix with the following property: North-west to South East diagonals are squares. Matrix[i][j] + 1 = Matrix[j][i] for each i less than j. Example of such m a matrix is ...
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Is it OK to use while ((line = r.readLine()) != null) construct?

I want to refactor the following code because I don't feel comfortable about using assignment inside comparison operator. It looks like pretty idiomatic C, but do you think this is a good practice in ...
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2answers
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Object Creation during loops

I'm trying to parse a CSV file into objects. I've already got a very efficient CSV parser (SuperCSV). The problem arises when trying to create the object with the data that is being read out. I've ...
5
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1answer
126 views

Game Loop and FPS

Some time ago I made my simple game loop, so here's the code: ...
5
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1answer
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Read line and combine duplicate entries based on one of the fields

The following Java code reads lines from an input text file and will output the entry that has the highest number in field-2 to an output file: INPUT: William J. Clinton 6 Q1124 42nd President ...
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2answers
387 views

QuickSort of Comparable[]

Here is the code for the QuickSort class that I created. ...
10
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2answers
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Thread-safe prime number source

I am working on some multi-threaded code that requires a prime-number source. The following code keeps an array of primes in memory, extending it as needed. It works in the 'int' domain, being ...
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1answer
299 views

How to fill an ArrayList of ArrayLists with a Left Join?

I have a class Employee that contains an ArrayList of Projects. I'm storing the Employees in one table, and the Projects in another. I'm trying to find the best way to create an ArrayList of ...
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2answers
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Read an input text file and store the tokens in 2 different arrays

I am very new to Java so please ignore if there are obvious mistakes. If my question seems redundant then please guide me towards the correct link. However, I have surfed enough in order to find the ...
7
votes
1answer
376 views

Creating a thread for file transfer

I am creating an application in Java that runs at scheduled intervals and it transfer files from one server to another server. For SFTP I'm using ...
10
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5answers
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Printing star greater symbol in Java

I need to print this in Java. I have written code for this, but I feel that my code is too big. * ** *** **** *** ** * My Code: ...
21
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5answers
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Print an ASCII diamond

This takes a width specified by user and prints a diamond of that width. It uses only three for loops, but could I reduce that further? Is there a more elegant ...
42
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11answers
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Nesting versus GOTO: which is better to avoid?

In Java they're not really known as GOTO statements and are rather referred to as Branching Statements, but I find that the former term is a bit more indicative of ...
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6answers
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Guessing a unique 4 random digits number

I've created a simple game, in which the user needs to guess 4 digits number between 0-9, generated randomly using Random() Each of the 4 digits are different from ...
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3answers
859 views

Creating all possible combinations of points

I want to create all possible combinations of points (0,0),(0,1)...(12345,6789) and then all segments from these points. The code I have written is simple and with no optimization. Is there any ...
3
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3answers
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Decrease CPU usage in while loop

I've a application which runs with two threads. The main thread runs in one infinity-while-loop: ...
5
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1answer
106 views

Optimising Funny Marbles

Problem statement is at http://www.codechef.com/DEC13/problems/MARBLEGF Lira is given array A, which contains elements between 1000 and 2000. Three types of queries can be performed on this ...
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10answers
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Perform instruction in loop every time except the last time?

The specific issue is this: I am writing to a file and want to output a new line after each line written. If I use a normal loop without any further checks, this will create a blank line at the very ...
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4answers
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Looping Strategy: Change behaviour after first iteration

I have often encountered the following situation. I want to call a method in a Loop, but want to skip the call at the first run. It do not have to be a method, it also can be some lines of code that I ...
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6answers
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How can I make this mess of Java for-loops faster?

I'm trying to find all the 3, 4, 5, and 6 letter words given 6 letters. I am finding them by comparing every combination of the 6 letters to an ArrayList of words ...
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1answer
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How would I improve this class in terms of responsiveness and performance?

I'm about to release this application as a hobby and I'm wondering how would I improve the speed of the calculations and overall responsiveness of the class? I have covered a module briefly in data ...
2
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1answer
275 views

how to test if for loop executed all iterations successfully

This method finds the smallest positive number that is evenly divisible by all of the numbers from 1 to 20. But I am wondering if there is a better way to test if all iterations of a for loop ...
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2answers
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Calculating a total price by using switch statement and sentinel controlled loop

My homework is to make a program that calculates the total value of products sold. It works, but I use the if statement because it was asking for the quantity on ...
3
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2answers
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Differences between using a do-while vs. while and initializing variables

When I use a do-while loop, I can create a variable userInput, but don't need to initialize it until the ...
5
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1answer
1k views

Reducing cyclomatic complexity

I ran a sonar analysis on my code and it told me the cyclomatic complexity is too high (sonar's limit is ten branches). Here is my code: ...
3
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4answers
810 views

Detecting Tic-Tac-Toe win: Enumerate all possibilities or use nested loops?

Currently I have a game that does this and then checks for victory conditions in victoryTable ...
4
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2answers
339 views

Optimizing if-statement with for-loop

I have been staring at this code for awhile now and I am thinking there is a way to optimize it (namely the if-else statement with the for-loops). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. ...
0
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2answers
856 views

Detect if linked list contains a loop

The following is a code to detect a loop in a linked list. This question is prepared strictly for interview purposes. This code has been modeled as per Linkedlist.java How should I decide if a ...
4
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3answers
310 views

Does this loop unrolling make sense?

I am coding a Hanning filter which is a recursive relation: y[i] = 0.25*(x[i] + 2*x[i-1] + x[i-2]) And here is my code were I attempt to unroll 3 times: ...
3
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2answers
184 views

Setting color of specific keywords in a textview

I'm developing an Android app to view C-programs. I wanted to give a simple color scheme to the text which is stored in database, retrieved as a string and then passed on to the textview. The code I ...
2
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2answers
144 views

Refactoring same loop logic with different input data

I have these two methods: ...
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2answers
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dead code and infinite loops with java for loop [closed]

I have a for loop that loops infinity when i don't breakout of it and only loops once when i do break out of it. I'm sure im missing something simple. The if and else should be identical aside from ...
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1answer
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3
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2answers
150 views

New MD5 algorithm

Can you please try my algorithm and give comments or feedback about it? ...
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2answers
193 views

Setting a OnClickListener in a loop

I am trying to set a OnClickListener to a image in a loop. If the params platform is "android" then use market app, instead of default browswer. Is there a better ...
3
votes
1answer
52 views

Code to find the proper index comparing 3 values for max one

I have an algorithm and the idea is to move over an array choosing as index the index of the neighboring cell that has the max value. I.e. if array[i + 1][j + 1] has the largest value among the 3 ...
1
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2answers
238 views

How to Format Clean Accumulation Code?

I often find myself writing methods in languages such as Java or C++ that are only meant to loop over an array or something similar, accumulate the values, and then return the total. The problem is, ...
5
votes
1answer
900 views

Efficient looping procedure to find the longest common substring

I retrieved 200 tweets using jersey API. I want to find two tweets which have the longest common substring. This is what I have ...
2
votes
1answer
143 views

Rewriting nested for loops to give better formatted output

The following is code from a university practical I am doing. It reads in a txt file of twenty clients, whose information is stored in the txt file like this: ...
7
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7answers
1k views

Looping over a list, checking a boolean and return value

There are a number of different ways to do this, what do people prefer and why? ...
2
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2answers
80 views

Request for help to tidy up code involving arrays and loops

I posted the following code on here a few days ago: ...