Monthly Archives: December 2011

Algorithms: LCM and GCD

Posted on December 31, 2011 by fangstar

Least Common Multiple: lcm(a,b) = abs(a*b) / gcd(a,b) = abs(a) / gcd(a,b) * abs(b) Greatest common divisor: gcd(a,b) = gcd(b, a%b); Code: int gcd(int a, int b) { if (b == 0) return a; return gcd(b, a%b); }

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Java: Quick Way to initialize arrays

Posted on December 29, 2011 by fangstar

Instead of: for (i = 0; i < array.length; i++) array[i] = <initValue> One can just do: Arrays.fill(array,<initValue>); Works for String[] at least.  

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Java: ArrayList.toArray() usage shortcut

Posted on December 28, 2011 by fangstar

Saw this pretty neat shortcut to get a List<T>[] to T[]. Usage: List<String> res = new ArrayList<String>(); String[] result = res.toArray(new String[res.size()]);  I had originially seen this: String[] result = res.toArray(new String[0]);  But supposedly using res.size() is better. StackOverflow

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Regular Expressions

Posted on December 25, 2011 by fangstar

“1+1=2” How do I use Java’s String.split so + and = will be matched on? Regular Expression : \\+|= Forgot about the existence of the OR |. public static final String EQUATION_TEST = “1+1=2”; String[] str = EQUATION_TEST.split(“\\+|=”); System.out.println(“EQUATION_TEST.split=”+str.length);// Should … Continue reading →

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TopCoder: Good Question

Posted on December 21, 2011 by fangstar

I work through a simple TopCoder question a day and ran into this one that I liked. You can do it two ways, by regular expression or through coding logic.  Originally I did it through logic and later tried out … Continue reading →

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Java: JDBC Basics

Posted on December 19, 2011 by fangstar

Running through this tutorail: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/jdbc/basics/index.html Used JDBC before at Northrop figuring it out with working knowledge but never really went through a tutorial for it. Nice thing about the tutorial is that it populates a DB with data for you … Continue reading →

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Java: Reading/Writing File

Posted on December 15, 2011 by fangstar

Wrote a program that read a file for a company evaluation. I hastily put it together without looking too much at resources so it wasn’t the prettiest of things. Probably should’ve taken my time, so I will now and make … Continue reading →

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App Idea: Family Shopping List

Posted on December 6, 2011 by fangstar

Idea: A shared location based shopping list between friends, family, roommates. Situation: Whether it’s my dad or me going to Costco, we buy items that the other needs also. When either of us steps into a costco we get a … Continue reading →

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