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Text wrapping in Go16th October 2019 [code] package main import ( ''strings'' ) // wrap quickly word-wraps a string // (source: (Linkage) func wrap(message string, length int) string { var atoms = strings.Fields(strings.TrimSpace(message)) var results = make([]str*snip* |
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naturaltime.py26th March 2016 human readable time deltas for Python |
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Better C error handling with goto and macros1st December 2012 I use gotos for error handling in C. (yes this is a valid use for gotos). It allows me to jump to any point in cleanup section. For a good example, see StackOverflow: stackoverflow.com It just occurred to me that I could throw in a macro and automaticall*snip* |
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Exact supported OpenGL texture sizes23rd June 2011 To get an idea of the maximum size textures your graphics card supports, you can use ''proxy textures'' in OpenGL 1.1 and above. This can depend on the specific implementation of your textures, which is why this can't always be known in advance. *snip* |
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Circular Buffer (C)22nd April 2011 A fast fixed-size buffer. which you can pretend is ''infinite memory'' for data that you don't care too much about. When you write to it, it fills up until you start overwriting the oldest data. When reading, it returns the oldest data it has. Id*snip* |
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Bi-directional C and Lua12th January 2011 Just the simplest of examples. A C host program runs a Lua script, gets and sets the script's variables, runs the script's functions, and provides a C function for the script to call. (Lua 5.1) bidirectional.lua [code] FirstName = ''Unset''; S*snip* |
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Convert a double to bytes and back in C6th December 2010 By using a C union data structure, it's simple to convert a double to its raw bytes and back. Note that the actual order of bytes varies depending on machine endianness. [code] #include <stdlib.h> #include <stdio.h> union { double d; *snip* |
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Algorithm to Draw a Line of Arbitrary Thickness4th September 2010 By modifying Bresenham's line algorithm to plot rectangles instead of pixels, it is possible to draw lines of any thickness. [code] Program Uses pure2d, keyset Procedure BLine(x0: Integer, y0: Integer, x1: Integer, y1: Integer, color*snip* |
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Parse point-pair string3rd September 2010 Using a simple parser, extract the point-pairs from a string such as: ''-850.5,75.0 958,137.5 958,-262.5 850,325 742,262.6 742,137.5'' By using a simple tokenizer/lexer, we can safely catch all errors. And it's much more readable and maintainable*snip* |
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PHP robots.txt access parser8th August 2010 Reads a robots.txt file and attempts to discover if a given robot is permitted to access a given file on the server. [code] <?php /* * robots.php * * Author: ben@tophatstuff.co.uk * Date: 2010-08-08 * * Reads*snip* |
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Wikipedia/MediaWiki API example7th August 2010 Short examples showing how to get information from MediaWiki (e.g. Wikipedia) websites |
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Fast text wrapping7th July 2010 Fast - Tries to do as little string manipulation as possible. [code] Program Uses keyset, pure2d Const WT_ARRAY_SIZE = 1024 LINE_SPACING = 1.0 Var breakPoint: Array [WT_ARRAY_SIZE] of Integer breakPointS*snip* |
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Generate english place names13th June 2010 A set of rules for programatically generating English-sounding place names. [code] town = *ton, *tone, *ham, *shire, *by, *cot, *cott, *cotte, *stoke, *stow, *wick, *wich, *worth, *eaton, *folk castle = *bury, *borough, *brough, *burgh, *burh, *ches*snip* |
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Simple Random Terrain Generator14th May 2010 
Simple fractal random terrain generation. Less than 100 lines of code, including displaying to screen. Adjustable turbulence.[code] { By Ben Golightly 2010, tophatstuff.co.uk Feel free to modify and use with or without credit } Program *snip* |
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PHP: daysBetween(date1, date2)26th November 2009 [edit] Fixed, hopefully! [/edit] function daysBetween($date1, $date2) returns an array of dates containing every day between $date1 and $date2 in YYYYMMDD format. [code] <?php <?php /* * Updated 20091127 * * * * function daysBetwe*snip* |
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Mergesort a linked list26th August 2009 Mergesort is a sorting algorithm that is especially suited to sorting linked lists. Note: You really, really don't want to sort any lists that contain strings!!! Feel free to use for any purpose, with or without attribution. [code] { Mergesort a l*snip* |
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Get Router Port Range Forwarding Rules12th October 2008 For a Linksys WRT54GS router |
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Point-Line Distance11th July 2008 Needed this for my shmup, I figured I may as well post it in case it comes in handy. function DistancePointLine(px: Real, py: Real, x1: Real, y1: Real, x2: Real, y2: Real): Real Returns the smallest distance between a point and a line [code] Unit { *snip* |
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LNK Resolver21st April 2008 Contains functions to resolve windows shortcut (.lnk) files. |
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String To Uppercase21st April 2007 Simple and light |
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Breadcrumb Naviation23rd March 2007 Hmmm, bread crumbs! |
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(Less) Simple BAT command promt20th January 2007 Command prompt bat file. |
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MouseIn Alternative13th December 2006 A slightly modified version of Jayenkai's |
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Returning original colours from functions12th December 2006 For handy remembrance of colours in functions |
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SSI Random Content13th September 2006 Using Server Side Includes to display random content. |
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