Some neat examples of C++ String Formatting
TweetSome neat string formatting A pretty neat snippet found on stackoverflow some time ago (kudos David Rodriguez), that is worth repeating. Some time ago, a ‘moderator’ at StackOverflow removed this...
View ArticleJava Strings: The Basics
TweetOne long section of code outlining how to achieve some basic string handling objectives in Java. Currently trying to get to grips with this language after spending far too many years concentrating...
View ArticleCounting the Number of Words in a Text File in STL / C++
TweetThis post aims to illustrate the power of using STL’s associative arrays as a word counter. It reads the entire contents of the text file, word-by-word, and keeps a running total of the number of...
View ArticleMapping Words to Line Numbers in Text Files in STL / C++
TweetFollowing on from the previous post, this example shows an example of how to use an STL multimap to track the line number(s) associated with each word in a text file. This program essentially...
View ArticleConverting between binary and decimal representations of IEEE 754...
TweetThis post implements a previous post that explains how to convert 32-bit floating point numbers to binary numbers in the IEEE 754 format. What we have is some C++ / Java / Python routines that...
View ArticleNumber System Conversions in C++
TweetA posting which I will probably update from time to time that summarizes the conversion functions I encounter in C++. Hope others will find this useful too. 32-bit IEEE 754 floating point value to...
View ArticleFinding substrings within strings using the Boyer-Moore-Horspool Algorithm in...
TweetEver wondered what computer algorithm gets employed when using Ctrl-F to search for specific words in a page of text? A number of potential string searching techniques exist. One possible...
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