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Count the number of mismatches between two arrays
This function may compute the amount of unequal elements of two char-arrays of the length n: ...
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Dynamic Arrays with Count / Capacity in C
I write in C for several projects (e.g. learning / teaching, coding competitions, data processing) and frequently need arrays (e.g. strings) with fast appending / concatenation / reversing. I've ...
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Searching an element in a sorted array
I was applying for a position, and they asked me to complete a coding problem for them. I did so and submitted it, but I later found out I was rejected from the position. Anyways, I have an eclectic ...
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Two-dimensional arrays in C
The concrete purpose is transferring a string array to a matrix of coefficients and the solving it as a linear system of equations. I have a bit of trouble with two-dimensional arrays in C. I want to ...
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Implementation of arrays that store their size
In this code I implemented arrays that store their own size before the first element. To access it you need to go back exactly sizeof(size_t) bytes back. To free it,...
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Todo List app using C
I just learned to deal with pointers and memory allocation stuff. Using that, I built a todo list app, and it works as far as I tested it. I didn't account for many user errors, so any suggestion to ...
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Generic Dynamic Array Implementation
I wrote a dynamic array implementation in ISO C11 using void pointers. Everything I've implemented works--at least in all my tests--on a 64-bit machine. It has some vague type-checking and resizes ...
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Automate character search in C
THE TASK We are dealing with a string of symbols and need quick responses to queries of the following types: What is the position of the k-th occurrence of symbol X in the string? Reading from ...
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Optimizing Subarray Removal: Can the Removal Process be Enhanced for Better Efficiency?
The only requirement is that it has to be done by pointers: And it returns the amount of removed numbers because of the way of output that is set in the main. The function, using exclusively pointer ...
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Chessboard configuartions with no possible capture on the next move
THE TASK: Given an NxM "chess"board and Q,R,B,K where Q is the number of queens, R the number of rooks, B the number of bishops, and K the number of knights find out how many possible ...
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Linked list and array list performance comparison in C
After watching Stroustrup's presentation on performance comparison between vectors and linked lists (https://youtu.be/YQs6IC-vgmo?si=9r5wXqnwkmN29xqn), I've decided it would be a good problem to get a ...
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Automation of array allocation in C
I recently have been working on moving from projects written in Java and C++ to C and realized that the lack of std::vector in C makes it a bit more difficult to ...
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Filter a list of integers to exact multiples of a given factor
There is a sequence of integer values, and a separate integer. I was required to write a method to get all numbers from the given number sequence which can be divided exactly by the given separate ...
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Small code exercise with 3D arrays in C
I wrote a small program that initializes a 3D array in C based on command-line arguments and prints it. I did my best to avoid undefined behavior and memory errors. I wrote comments as if I had an ...
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