math
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Round integer to 10, 100, 1000 etc.
If you need to shave off the last few digits of a big int, you can use this simple solution. Came in handy for me when working with milliseconds in timers. Basically you cast the integer to a double and divide it by the number of 0’s you want at the end. Then round, ceil…
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Calculate price excluding VAT
Sometimes you need to calculate the price of a product excluding VAT, and the only details you have is the amount including vat and the vat percent. This might be a bit tricky in some applications when there are mixed VAT percentages. For example, you paid 1000 space credits and in that sum there is…
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Convert seconds to days, hours, minutes and seconds
Converting seconds into days, hours, minutes and seconds int days = secondsTotal / 60 / 60 / 24; int hours = (secondsTotal / 60 / 60) % 24; int minutes = (secondsTotal / 60) % 60; int seconds = secondsTotal % 60;
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Simple function to see if a number is Even or Odd.
Sometimes you need to check if a number is even or odd. A simple way to do this is using the modulus operator (the %-sign). It will calculate and return the remainder when dividing a value with another value. So how do you use that to find out if a number is even or odd?…