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Sum of all primes under 2 million

I have this assignment to write the optimized space and time code for finding the sum of all primes under 2 million. I'm using the following function to check if each number is prime: ...
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Java application for finding permutations efficiently

I am an eighth grader with a school project of creating and application in Java that returns the total permutations of two given numbers. It needs to be light and efficient, for later deployment on a ...
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Is it Friday yet?

This is the first program that I have written in my C++ saga that I actually think is useful. The description for this assignment is kinda long and mundane though: Write a program that inputs a ...
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Java multi-thread file server and client

My task was to build a multi-thread file server and a client that can upload or download a named file over sockets. It is assumed that the client will finish after its operation and there is no need ...
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Bank ATM program in Python

For homework, I have to code a program in Python that effectively simulates a bank ATM. ...
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Is this C++ quicksort program okay?

I wrote a quicksort program in C++. Is it okay to implement it this way? Am I using pointers correctly? Is my style okay? Any ideas to speed it up or save memory? ...
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Scoring and grading answers against an answer key

This is for a university assignment (don't worry the code is in working order), and while I could hand it in as-is and receive full marks I feel like there is probably a more efficient and better way ...
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Reading and writing data for Caesar cipher

I am struggling with commenting and variable naming. My teacher says my comments need to be more explanatory and explicit. He says my variable names are also sometimes confusing. I was just wondering ...
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Does my Rock Paper Scissors game look good?

I'm doing some homework and am just curious if everything I've done looks good and/or if you'd suggest I modify something to keep with "javaese." ...
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Converting an integer into the written form

For my homework assignment I have to create a class which converts an integer between 0 and 9999 into the written form. For example, 713 would be written as "seven ...
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Guess a random number between a selected interval

My project for my class is to create a Java-based game where the user must enter a number between 1-20 and a number between 250 and 300. The computer randomly chooses a number between those 2 numbers. ...
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I think my Bridge's foundation is too fragile

I've just started a new class learning Java, and since it's been a long time since I've programmed in it I thought I'd put up my first project to get back in the swing of things. Here is my first ...
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Geometry Calculations - Cube, Sphere, and Tetrahedron

This is the first code I've written. It's for an intro to Java course. Could you look over it and let me know of things I could improve before handing it in? For reference, I've also provided what I'...
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Optimizing this Knight's Tour

My assignment in CS was to make a knight's tour application that could solve the problem from any starting position. I had just finished the code so excuse the lack of deeply descriptive comments. My ...
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Moving across my (sturdier?) Bridge

Building on top of the classes in this question of mine, I've made this class to support the moving of the entities for my given assignment: Welcome to the Bridge Crossing Problem. Person Pn can ...
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Print largest two integers from a stream

I'm writing a program for my intro to comp sci course where I'm supposed to prompt the user to enter a stream of integers, and then return the largest two. We were given the hint to use a scanner and ...
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UPenn CIS 194 Homework 1: Validating credit card numbers

I am working through UPenn CIS 194: Introduction to Haskell (Spring 2013). Since I am not able to take the course for real I am asking for CR (feedback) as it could be from teacher in that course. ...