Results for “Numeric parsing & calculations”
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Clamp a value to a range
Use C++17 clamp to bound a numeric value.
C++✓ Tested
Convert between hexadecimal text and bytes
PowerShell: Use the .NET hexadecimal helpers instead of parsing byte pairs manually.
PowerShell✓ Tested
Convert text without raising a conversion error
Return NULL when a numeric conversion fails.
TRY_CONVERT✓ Tested
Decode hexadecimal bytes
C#: FromHexString and ToHexString handle binary data without manually parsing pairs of characters.
C#✓ Tested
Extract part of a date
Read a calendar component with EXTRACT.
EXTRACT✓ Tested
Find the smallest value in a nonempty array
C: Initialize from the first element instead of assuming a numeric sentinel.
C✓ Tested
Format a timestamp with to_char
Produce a fixed numeric date string.
to_char✓ Tested
Generate a stepped sequence
Linux Commands: Use seq when a command pipeline needs a numeric sequence.
Linux Commands✓ Tested
Inspect components of a URI
Java: Use URI parsing instead of splitting a URL at punctuation manually.
Java✓ Tested
List the paths with unresolved merge conflicts
Git: The U diff filter identifies unmerged entries without parsing human-readable status output.
Git✓ Tested
Narrow a union using typeof
Handle text and numeric values with separate branches.
union✓ Tested
Pad a label with leading zeroes
PowerShell: Use a numeric format specifier to control the displayed width.
PowerShell✓ Tested