A floating point number is given. the task is to evaluate the value of its square root. We will discuss how to find the square root of a real number in this post, and also present a C Language code which does this job. The value of the root will be evaluated with the Hero’s method.
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Little and Big Endian conversion
Problem: Convert an integer from a given endian to its opposite endian
Endian
In computation endian refer to the ordering of bytes within a single word of 16-bit, 32-bit, or 64-bit. A 16-bit word contains 2 bytes. Say 0x12AB is a 16-bit hexadecimal integer. It’s most significant byte is 12 and the least significant byte is AB. When it is stored with the most significant byte 12 first in lower memory address, and the least significant byte AB is stored next to it, in higher memory address, then this storing format is called the big-endian. If the leas significant byte AB is stored first in higher memory address and the most significant byte is stored next to it, that is in the lower memory address then this format is known as the little-endian. Similarly for a 32-bit word say 0x1A2B3C4D , for little-endian format the least significant byte 4D would be stored first in lower memory address, and next would be 3C, next 2B and then at last the most significant byte would be stored 1A.
All Combinations Without Repetitions
Problem : To generate all Combinations of a set of distinct elements
Before we start discussing about the implementation we will go through the basic definitions of Combinations. Then we discuss the method to generate all the Combinations with examples and descriptions. Then the source code to implement the method will be presented. Continue reading.
r-Permutations With Repetitions
Problem : To generate all r-Permutation with repetitions of a set of distinct elements
Before we start discussing about the implementation we will go through the basic definitions of Permutations. Then we discuss the method to generate r-Permutations with repetitions with examples, and at last we implement a C Language Program of the problem. Continue reading.
Swapping Values
Problem:Developing Algorithm to interchange of the values stored in two given variables.
The exchanging of the values between two given variables is commonly known as value “swap” and the process is known as “swapping”.This can be archived by various approaches. Below, we will discuss about two different approaches with a total of three processes, and see their benefits and pitfalls.
Jumble Word Solver
Jumbled Word: A string of characters is given, the task is to find all the meaningful words that can be created by rearranging its letters. Solving a jumble word means to find all the meaningful words that can be made with the initial string.
Objective Of The Article
In this article first we will describe how a jumbled word can be solved and then we present a very simple computer program. After this we present an advanced computer program which will make the solution very fast with the help of a specially designed tree.
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Notice 25.9.2009 : This article is undergoing an update and will be made online soon .
Here is another related post Jumbled word solver with C++ and Perl implementation with hash and list: Jumble word solver again.
*Please Note:* This article is very old and lengthy, I am planning for either a revision or a rewrite for the trie tree part which reflect the recent modifications. At the time I wrote this I did not know that the datastructure which I worked out was a trie :) therefore the long explanation.
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Generating Twin Primes, Cousin Primes and Sexy Primes
Twin Prime: A twin prime is a set of two prime numbers whose absolute difference is 2. Let p1 and p2 primes such that p2 – p1 = 2, then the set { p1 , p2 } are twin primes.
Objective Of The Article
The objective of this article is to describe the basic algorithm to search for the twin primes first, and then make some modifications to make it better and faster. At last we present the final code
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