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Split string in half and change case accordingly

I found the following challenge online: Create a function that takes a string and returns that string with the first half lowercased and the last half uppercased. eg: foobar == fooBAR ...

python strings programming-challenge

asked by Seth 12 votes answered by rolfl 16 votes

Greatest Common Factor

I wrote this program to determine the Greatest Common Factor of any 2 given numbers, and would like to know of any improvements that can be made. I have tested it using a loop and 2 randomly generated ...

java performance

asked by user3189142 10 votes answered by Legato 13 votes

Printing a pyramid

Can you please review this code to determine if it's good or can be improved? #include "stdafx.h" #include <iostream> #include <string> using namespace std; int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* ...

c++ beginner formatting

asked by user70827 9 votes answered by Hosch250 8 votes

Brute Force N Body Implementation in C++

I have wrote the following code in C++ for the n-body problem. This code is sequential as later on I am planning to parallelize it using OpenMP. I want to know whether I have wrote the correct ...

c++ simulation physics

asked by Jamal Hussain 8 votes answered by Edward 13 votes

Simple comparison of sorting algorithms in C++

I know this has been done a million times before, but this is my implementation of bubble-sort, insertion-sort, merge-sort, heap-sort, and quicksort. Any feedback on how to make it better would be ...

c++ algorithm c++11 sorting

asked by Jason B 8 votes answered by Loki Astari 13 votes

JPaint (Java painting app)

I have this painting app called JPaint in Java and I'm wondering if it could be improved. The variable declaration seems repetitive and long, and I think it might be able to be improved. public class ...

java swing event-handling graphics

asked by thecoder16 7 votes answered by maaartinus 10 votes

The effect of typing a sentence out

The following code is complete and works perfectly. What I want to do to is make it more modular in a way where I can use the code again - similar to an api. I also hardly ever code in javascript, ...

javascript jquery api animation

asked by Menelik Tucker 7 votes

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Reversing words in a string

I have to reverse the string "He is the one" to "one the is He". I have written some programs in Java but am looking for other best solutions. Suggest any possible ways to minimize the current ...

java algorithm strings

asked by Sumeet 6 votes answered by 200_success 3 votes

Better Approach to Using the C# SerialPort Class

I've been working a lot recently with SerialPort in C# and I've come up with the following class as part of a class library I'm working on for another program. My question is, are there any more ...

c# serial-port

asked by DanteTheEgregore 8 votes answered by Andyz Smith 7 votes

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Metadata Management

Purpose: I've on occasion required a method for changing a (or a set of) Display names (formats, order, etc.). The problem was I'd have to push to production just to change something as simple as ...

c# interface

asked by Shelby115 3 votes

Off-line minimum using disjoint sets - C

The off-line minimum problem asks us to maintain a dynamic set T of elements from the domain (1..n) under the operation INSERT and EXTRACT-MIN. We are give a sequence S of n INSERT and m ...

algorithm c set

asked by Dang Manh Truong 2 votes

Backbone/requireJs and circular dependencies

I'm trying to have a main App view with references of all my views to manage and call transitions between theses views. But, I have circular dependencies. app.js define([ 'jquery', ...

javascript backbone.js require.js

asked by Laurent 2 votes