Questions tagged [converting]
Converting involves changing data from one data type or format to another.
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/Proc/net/tcp results Converter/Editor
Being unable to easily read the output of /proc/net/tcp I made a small C# console app that modifies the output to be in decimal notation instead of the standard hexadecimal, show the corresponding ...
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Internal and external datatype converter
One of the big problems I have is cleanly converting from an internal datatype to an external datatype. We can all do it the not so clean way, however I think this add too much mess.
I can use ...
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CSV/JSON converter
This is my first Python script and I would like to hear the opinion of more experienced users, so I can do it right from the beginning instead of trying to correct my mistakes after months (years?) of ...
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Convert a string in time format to minutes
I am new to C#. I just created a method where I can convert a string with the format HH:MM AM/PM to minutes. I was wondering if there is a better or more effective way to achieve the same result.
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Convert *.VCF contact file for cellphone import
My new mobile phone is capable of importing contact information from a renamed *.VCF file stored on an SD memory card (https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-sync-contacts-on-Nokia-130). Annoyingly, it does ...
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Convert UTF8 string to UTF32 string in C
I'm doing some recreational programming in C (after spending some time in C++, but professionally using only PHP/JavaScript).
I wrote a UTF8 to UTF32 converter and just wanted to know if I made some ...
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String to long double conversion using FBLD
I always wanted to try fbld x87 instruction to aid to convert string to floating point value.
I sure a chance to face this instruction in disassembly of all the ...
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Convert data frame to list of lists by row
I am rewriting some old code where I take a dataframe in r and convert it using the tidyverse packages to a list of lists, where ...
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Taking 2 command line inputs and verifying that they are integers, within the correct range of values
I'm taking 2 command line inputs, which have to be integers between 2 and 1,000,000. These two values are then passed into the getPrimes function, which is just a ...
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Converting between bases (2 to 221) with optional seeds and padding
It's been a while since I had a bit of fun getting something useless working, so I thought I might as well ask if there's anything to improve about how I do things.
The original idea was to convert <...
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Generate JSON File from a given YAML file
I'm didn't use java for a long time(5 years ± ) and in the following code the user should provide yaml file and it converting it to json file.
The code is working as expected but since I didn't use ...
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constexpr Endian conversion in c++14
This is my take for constexpr big / little endian conversions.
The code supports only little and big endian; mixed endian such PDP is not supported.
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Convert mixed-format phone numbers to pure numbers
I am just getting started with C# and wanted to make sure that I am aware of any errors/inefficiencies in my code.
For this specific project, I wanted to prove to someone that a "bot" could easily ...
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Convert FoxPro/dBase DATETIME field to Win32 SYSTEMTIME struct
I'm trying to write a complete driver for Visual FoxPro's DBF format for Win32. I found that the way that fields of the DATETIME type are stored in dBase files is ...
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Converting from decimals to roman numerals
I've submitted the following code for a job interview, and I wanna know if there is anything I can improve on it, or better ways to do the same thing.
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Extending COERCE to other reasonable object type conversions
It's a basic principle in AI that different problem representations can either facilitate or impede a solution. Being able to readily switch data representations while programming in Common Lisp may ...
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ByteUnit class to convert across size units
Based on java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit class I wrote similar class to convert size units:
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Hex-string representation of a byte array [closed]
I have a legacy method toHex(byte[]) used in my application since the beginning of time to store a hexadecimal representation of a ...
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Interpret YYYYMMDD as the nth day of the year [closed]
I am provided a bunch of dates in the format (YYYYMMDD) such as:
date='20170503'
My goal is to convert that date into the ...
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Using generic types for a custom mapper
I have a method which takes a certain generic object, which basically orders these objects based on a list of tags. Because I want to use this method for multiple objects, I have created a class which ...
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Setting Entity Framework up for success
So I am working on an application (top-secret!) that I need settings for, these settings are pretty basic, but I don't want to make a single-row table with a bunch of serialized settings, or a single-...
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C++ conversion from std::string to arithmetic type using std::locale::classic()
I recently had a bug where extracting a decimal from a string failed due to locale settings. That is, some locales use a , as a decimal point, rather than a ...
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A Binary Editor with Live Text Preview
This is a tool I needed for some other things (it's incomplete, but almost done) which is essentially just a text-editor that has two text-boxes: the left being the binary view / raw bytes, the right ...
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Converting [UInt32] -> [UInt8] -> [[UInt8]]
I am trying to speed up my current implementation of a function that converts [UInt32] to a [UInt8] which in turn is split up ...
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Pronounceable binary-to-text encoding
This is a binary-to-text encoder that is based on Base64, but it works by converting data into an almost pronounceable string (consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel for each 3 bytes). Any improvements, ...
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Construct: bytes and bits conversion
This code is part of Construct library that converts between byte and bit representations.
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Map object types using custom converter
I'm trying to design a mapper that will convert one object type to another shown in the diagram below:
The object has structure as follows (it's not a JSON):
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Convert an image to 8-bit color
I have a function that will take an image and then return that image in 8-bit color. Almost all of the code was taken from MSDN.
The code is quite short compared to all of the other methods I've seen ...
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Generic Int conversion to scalar
I'm new to Scala and I'm trying to write a generic function to convert from Int to any scalar.
For example:
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Blender exporter for Unreal Engine 1 brushes
Unreal Engine 1 nowadays is slightly useless, but it still is (kinda) flexible and allows for modifications of extensive kinds, including many sorts of maps.
However, one of it's editor, Unreal ...
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Converting XML to DOT
I would like to show an XML tree as a tree using GraphViz Dot tool. Then I must convert it to a DOT file.
It is what I have tried
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Find a value in a comma delimited String
Here is a simple WPF converter method designed, where the object is a string, and the parameters are a string, which contain a set of comma separated values. The program return true if the list has ...
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C++ XOR Function
This XOR function is costing my program too much time (specifically the conversions.)
How can this code be made faster?
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Time conversion program optimization
I have just finished working on a problem on hackerrank dealing with time conversion in C++.
I'm still fairly new to programming as I only have a few semesters of programming classes under my belt ...
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Converting the DateTime to and from Unix epoch times
I'm currently working on a thing I needed this feature for. Essentially, these are two methods to convert DateTime objects to and from the Unix epoch time (two ...
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Decorator to convert a function's result into the desired units
I tried to collect some of my formulas inside classes so that I didn't need to browser the names of the functions anymore but only determine which Quantity I want to calculate and then check which ...
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Grabs 10 bytes and converts it into a hex formatted string
I'm working on some code right now where the goal is to take in a byte stream and grab the data from the body of a message. The data is 10 bytes long and is meant to be translated into hex. ...
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Python script converts after effects clipboard keyframe data to nuke keyframe data
This is my first 'proper' script since learning python and I'd love it if I could get some feedback on things I've done wrong / things I can improve on.
The script takes clipboard data from after ...
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Character-to-string converter
I created a program that will convert a 3-character combo into a 3-string combo. I used a lot of if statements to accomplish the conversion. I'm wondering if there ...
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Creating PDF files from a ODT template
The code is actually a TemplateBuilder.
We have 2 different templates, French and Dutch.
We need to change the template and then convert it to PDF so it can be stored in the DB later.
The main method ...
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Python to Ruby: inconsistency with float ceil() [closed]
Just for fun, I am trying to convert the following Python
from math import *
print map(lambda count: ceil( 6 * cos((count + i) * pi / 5) ), range(100))
Which ...
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Handler for bidirectional unit conversion form
Building a form where values can be entered in either pounds or kilos.
Script is...
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Converting strings to PascalCase
I have a method which I use on occasion to convert strings (like enum and property names) to PascalCase for display.
It's ...
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Parsing from one enum to another
I face a problem I think I am not approaching appropiately.
I have two independent enumerators that both will contain the same members, the only difference being the values given.
I have to be able ...
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12 hours to 24 hours conversion function
I have made a time format converter which converts 12 hour format to 24 hour format. My convert_to_24() takes a string in format of ...
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Currency converter in Python [closed]
I am looking for some ways to make my code simpler for this currency converter.
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Converting a 12 hour time string to a 24 hour time string
Input - Standard input - HH:MM:SS[AM|PM] format.
Examples:
12:00:00AM
12:00:00PM
01:00:10AM
01:00:10PM
The program reads one line per instance.
Output - military format (24 hour format):
00:00:00 ...
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Binary Converting Code
I made a program that converts a decimal number given from the user, and converts it to a binary number. For example, if I entered 2, it would return 10. It then, counts the amount of ones and zeros ...
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Convert hex encoded string to byte array
The following should read a hex string such as "ece998a2fb" into vector 236 233 152 162 251. I was unable to find any built in ...
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Converting IP Addresses to minimal binary formats
Once more, I come to you for assistance! I have written a significant bit of code that converts IP Addresses from strings to minimal byte-arrays. (So that you can store them in a binary format instead ...
