Demivec
thank you.
you did not offend me.
please note i have not finalized my solutions.
i will be going over each one continuously looking to make improvements.
i do not wish to shotgun this site with half-baked code.
for instance: i realized this morning that i may have cheated on the color quantization task.
and that one is FAR from finished.
i personally have to work on multiple problems at the same time or i usually will get stuck on one.
i also can not personally read nested code very well since my first esposure to computers was with spreadsheets.
regarding the tools i use an example might make the connect with spreadsheets clearer.
say i wanted to build an array from: [without typos]
int U[][9] = {{ 1, -2, 2, 2, -1, 2, 2, -2, 3},
{ 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3},
{-1, 2, 2, -2, 1, 2, -2, 2, 3}};
steps:
1] a little cleaning
here i could use a datasection but not for multi-dim arrays [i think]
1, -2, 2, 2, -1, 2, 2, -2, 3}
1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3}
-1, 2, 2, -2, 1, 2, -2, 2, 3}
2] build my mask
U(1,~1)=~2:U(2,~1)=~3:U(3,~1)=~4
9 <--- hightlight 9 and hit f12
3] generate indices to clipboard and output pane
U(1,~1)=~2:U(2,~1)=~3:U(3,~1)=~4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
4] break data into columns
1, -2, 2, 2, -1, 2, 2, -2, 3}
1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3}
-1, 2, 2, -2, 1, 2, -2, 2, 3}
a] highlight commas
b] hit find/replace toolbar icon
c] select tool "chr(10)" from tools menu
d] hit enter
e] reselect result and replace } with chr(10)+"^" [note the chr(10) is still in the replace with field]
5] build it [the tool is called BuildExtractMake.exe]
a] ~1,~2,... the columns to fill
b] ^ the number of rows delimiter
U(1,~1)=~2:U(2,~1)=~3:U(3,~1)=~4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
^
1
-2
2
2
-1
2
2
-2
3
^
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
^
-1
2
2
-2
1
2
-2
2
3
6] clean up
now the connection to spreadsheets becomes clear.
dim U(3,9)
U(1,1)= 1:U(2,1)=1:U(3,1)=-1
U(1,2)=-2:U(2,2)=2:U(3,2)= 2
U(1,3)= 2:U(2,3)=2:U(3,3)= 2
U(1,4)= 2:U(2,4)=2:U(3,4)=-2
U(1,5)=-1:U(2,5)=1:U(3,5)= 1
U(1,6)= 2:U(2,6)=2:U(3,6)= 2
U(1,7)= 2:U(2,7)=2:U(3,7)=-2
U(1,8)=-2:U(2,8)=2:U(3,8)= 2
U(1,9)= 3:U(2,9)=3:U(3,9)= 3
since the entire purpose of a computer program is to take input and provide output...
how any programmer lives without BOTH input AND and output panes is hard for me to understand.
that's where all the experimentation takes place and that is the joy of programming.
the final results of that experimentation belong within an IDE to be organized and shared.
every IDE i have including VS2010 ultimate seems designed to take the joy OUT of programming.
so until the tasks are finalized... it is much easier for me to leave them with
ConsoleWrite[Type](Type) < cw[Type](Type) ~ "Debug"
StdOut[Type](Type) < so[Type](Type) ~ "Debug" commented.
but when they are "IDE ready" i will "clean'em up"
take care... brianO
