Monday, April 29, 2019

Digest for comp.lang.c++@googlegroups.com - 25 updates in 6 topics

Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se>: Apr 29 07:34PM

> How to write program to find bonus? I'm beginner to learn c++.
> I have working hours and bonus but i can't write code? How i do?
 
If you're reading this:
 
I think your problem is about understanding the problem: translating
it from text to mathematics. C++ programmers cannot help you with
that part.
 
When you've gotten so far that you can express it as code (in C++,
some other language, or pseudocode) someone can help you with any
C++-specific problems.
 
/Jorgen
 
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// Jorgen Grahn <grahn@ Oo o. . .
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Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com>: Apr 29 10:03AM -0700

Let's say you want to create a switch case for strings.
 
switch (key)
{
case "Sunday": break;
case "Monday":break;
case "Tuesday": break;
case "Wednesday": break;
case "Thursday": break;
case "Friday: break;
case "Saturday": break;
}
 
I created an simple online generator for this.
http://thradams.com/switchgenerator.html
 
 
For instance (given a list of string):
 
Input:
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 
Output:
 
int find(const char* key)
{
int result = -1;
switch (key[0])
{
case /*Friday*/ 'F' :
if (key[1]=='r' && key[2]=='i' && key[3]=='d' && key[4]=='a' && key[5]=='y' && key[6]=='\0') {
result = 0;
}
break;
case /*Monday*/ 'M' :
if (key[1]=='o' && key[2]=='n' && key[3]=='d' && key[4]=='a' && key[5]=='y' && key[6]=='\0') {
result = 1;
}
break;
case 'S':
switch (key[1])
{
case /*Saturday*/ 'a' :
if (key[2]=='t' && key[3]=='u' && key[4]=='r' && key[5]=='d' && key[6]=='a' && key[7]=='y' && key[8]=='\0') {
result = 2;
}
break;
case /*Sunday*/ 'u' :
if (key[2]=='n' && key[3]=='d' && key[4]=='a' && key[5]=='y' && key[6]=='\0') {
result = 3;
}
break;
default : break;
}
break;
case 'T':
switch (key[1])
{
case /*Thursday*/ 'h' :
if (key[2]=='u' && key[3]=='r' && key[4]=='s' && key[5]=='d' && key[6]=='a' && key[7]=='y' && key[8]=='\0') {
result = 4;
}
break;
case /*Tuesday*/ 'u' :
if (key[2]=='e' && key[3]=='s' && key[4]=='d' && key[5]=='a' && key[6]=='y' && key[7]=='\0') {
result = 5;
}
break;
default : break;
}
break;
case /*Wednesday*/ 'W' :
if (key[1]=='e' && key[2]=='d' && key[3]=='n' && key[4]=='e' && key[5]=='s' && key[6]=='d' && key[7]=='a' && key[8]=='y' && key[9]=='\0') {
result = 6;
}
break;
default : break;
}
return result;
}
Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com>: Apr 29 07:08PM +0200

Better use a unordered_map to a scalar value on which you do a switch.
Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com>: Apr 29 10:13AM -0700

On Monday, April 29, 2019 at 2:08:10 PM UTC-3, Bonita Montero wrote:
> Better use a unordered_map to a scalar value on which you do a switch.
 
Why do you think unordered_map is better?
Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de>: Apr 29 07:18PM +0200

Am 29.04.19 um 19:03 schrieb Thiago Adams:
 
> For instance (given a list of string):
 
> Input:
> Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
 
A classic tool for this task is the "perfect hash", gperf is one of the
tools. If I feed it with the same string, it outputs the code below. A
perfect hash tries to compute the correct answer in a small number of
arithmetic operations, which can be lead to very fast lookups. In cases
where performance does not matter, I'd prefer a simple linear scan. So:
 
 
std::string input = "Monday";
std::vector<std::string> wdays {"Sunday", "Monday", "tuesday", ...};
auto day = std::find(std::begin(input), std::end(input), wdays);
 
or perhaps using a std::map.
 
Or a chain of if/else blocks, which can be simplified using the
preprocessor:
 
#define OPTION(X) else if (input == #X)
 
if (false) { // NOP }
OPTION(Sunday) {
// do this
}
OPTION(Monday) {
// do that
}
 
...
#undef OPTION
 
Christian
 
 
============ code by gperf ====================================
/* C code produced by gperf version 3.0.3 */
/* Command-line:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/gperf
*/
/* Computed positions: -k'1' */
 
#if !((' ' == 32) && ('!' == 33) && ('"' == 34) && ('#' == 35) \
&& ('%' == 37) && ('&' == 38) && ('\'' == 39) && ('(' == 40) \
&& (')' == 41) && ('*' == 42) && ('+' == 43) && (',' == 44) \
&& ('-' == 45) && ('.' == 46) && ('/' == 47) && ('0' == 48) \
&& ('1' == 49) && ('2' == 50) && ('3' == 51) && ('4' == 52) \
&& ('5' == 53) && ('6' == 54) && ('7' == 55) && ('8' == 56) \
&& ('9' == 57) && (':' == 58) && (';' == 59) && ('<' == 60) \
&& ('=' == 61) && ('>' == 62) && ('?' == 63) && ('A' == 65) \
&& ('B' == 66) && ('C' == 67) && ('D' == 68) && ('E' == 69) \
&& ('F' == 70) && ('G' == 71) && ('H' == 72) && ('I' == 73) \
&& ('J' == 74) && ('K' == 75) && ('L' == 76) && ('M' == 77) \
&& ('N' == 78) && ('O' == 79) && ('P' == 80) && ('Q' == 81) \
&& ('R' == 82) && ('S' == 83) && ('T' == 84) && ('U' == 85) \
&& ('V' == 86) && ('W' == 87) && ('X' == 88) && ('Y' == 89) \
&& ('Z' == 90) && ('[' == 91) && ('\\' == 92) && (']' == 93) \
&& ('^' == 94) && ('_' == 95) && ('a' == 97) && ('b' == 98) \
&& ('c' == 99) && ('d' == 100) && ('e' == 101) && ('f' == 102) \
&& ('g' == 103) && ('h' == 104) && ('i' == 105) && ('j' == 106) \
&& ('k' == 107) && ('l' == 108) && ('m' == 109) && ('n' == 110) \
&& ('o' == 111) && ('p' == 112) && ('q' == 113) && ('r' == 114) \
&& ('s' == 115) && ('t' == 116) && ('u' == 117) && ('v' == 118) \
&& ('w' == 119) && ('x' == 120) && ('y' == 121) && ('z' == 122) \
&& ('{' == 123) && ('|' == 124) && ('}' == 125) && ('~' == 126))
/* The character set is not based on ISO-646. */
error "gperf generated tables don't work with this execution character
set. Please report a bug to <bug-gnu-gperf@gnu.org>."

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