numeric

how do i get the numeric representation of a character in javascript?

I'd like to get a javascript numeric representation for a letter to do some relative manipulation i.e. in pseudocode to conduct an operation like 'a'.getNumberRep - 'b'.getNumberRep. Best way to do this in js? ...

numeric RewriteRule with .htaccess

I would like to send URL requests to a PHP script which will handle the 301. The URI's I want to capture are dates, like 26-11-2010, without the dashes: www.mysite.com/261110/ (6 digits) What is the RewriteRule for this? my script is www.mysite.com/redirect.php?data=261110 ...

Numeric data collection from an mp3 in python

Anyone know how I can plot numeric data from an mp3 in real time? For example the script plays a mp3 and as its playing prints 3 sets of numeric data. ...

Given a number series, finding the Check Digit Algorithm...???

Suppose I have a series of index numbers that consists of a check digit. If I have a fair enough sample (Say 250 sample index numbers), do I have a way to extract the algorithm that has been used to generate the check digit? I think there should be a programmatic approach atleast to find a set of possible algorithms. UPDATE: The lengt...

Fast implementation/approximation of pow() function in C/C++

I m looking for a faster implementation or good a approximation of functions provided by cmath. I need to speed up the following functions pow(x,y) exp(z*pow(x,y)) where z<0. x is from (-1.0,1.0) and y is from (0.0, 5.0) ...

Oracle Query - Get only strings in the select field

Hi all! Maybe this sounds a little bit crazy, but I need to come up with a query to retrieve only letters out of an alphanumeric field. For example: TABLE 1234ADD 3901AC 1812OPA 82711AUU RESULTS EXPECTED ADD AC OPA AUU Thank you! ...

[PHP] array_diff & renumbering numeric keys

(I'm a beginner) My script uses the standard $c = 0; $t = count($array); while ($c < $t) { $blah = $array[$c]; ++$c; } rather extensively. But I just ran into a situation where I also need array_diff and it breaks that all to hell because now the numeric keys have gaps. I'm getting Undefined offset errors all over the place. H...

Big numbers with fraction support

I need a c# number something that can handle very large numbers but also fraction support, I looked at System.Numberics.BigInteger coming in .NET 4.0 but I can't get it to work with fractions. something i = 2; something j = 5; something k = i/j; //should be 0.4 when i tried BigInteger i = 2; BigInteger j = 5; double d = (double)(i...

MySql Not Like Regexp?

I'm trying to find rows where the first character is not a digit. I have this: SELECT DISTINCT(action) FROM actions WHERE qkey = 140 AND action NOT REGEXP '^[:digit:]$'; But, I'm not sure how to make sure it checks just the first character... ...

How do I make a textbox take only numeric characters using jQuery?

I need to make a textbox that only allows numeric characters. I've looked through several numeric plugins and can't find one that I like. I'm looking for either a plugin recommendation with the associated URL or syntax showing how to get started on making my own plugin. ...

MS Word Macro - Numeric field insertion with automatic calculation at end of page

Hi, I am trying to duplicate a feature that exists in Multimate (Ashton Tate) word processor. Yes, the one that hasnt been supported for 20 years! If I can duplicate this one feature I can get all the users off MM and onto Word. The documents they create are billing documents. they consist of a descriptive paragraph of any length o...

Customise JQuery EasySlider plugin numeric output menu to top of slider instead of bottom.

Hello, I'm using this plugin: http://cssglobe.com/post/5780/easy-slider-17-numeric-navigation-jquery-slider I am wondering if there is anyway to have the numeric output navigation that by default appears at the bottom of the slider to move to the top? Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks. ...

double precision in Ada?

Hi, I'm very new to Ada and was trying to see if it offers double precision type. I see that we have float and Put( Integer'Image( Float'digits ) ); on my machine gives a value of 6, which is not enough for numerical computations. Does Ada has double and long double types as in C? Thanks a lot... ...

Heroku taps push weirdness...

I have the strangest experience using taps to move data between my machine and Heroku. It works fine except that it seems to lose 0s directly behind the decimal place for my geo coordinates i.e. 50.0519322 for some reason gets set to 50.519322... no idea why. When I pull the data from the remote location ie. heroku db:pull... it works...

PHP is not returning me a number type

Hello, i tryed to follow that great tutorial (STAR rating with css : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1987524/turn-a-number-into-star-rating-display-using-jquery-and-css) but i've just a big problem : When i do <span class="stars">1.75</span> or $foo='1.75'; echo '<span class="stars">'.$foo.'</span> the stars is correctly sh...

Having an issue with overwriting an element of a file correctly (numeric)

This is an ATM style program, but currently it doesn't do exactly what I need it to do... I need to get the current balance, and when money is transferred from either checking or savings, it should add it to checking and subtract it from savings. which is does, but not correctly... Input example -=[ Funds Transfer ]=- -=[ Savings to C...

How to only select numeric data from mysql?

Does mysql have a funcion like is_num() which can allow me determine the data is numeric or not? Thanks. ...

Discrepancy between the values computed by Fortran and C++

I would have dared say that the numeric values computed by Fortran and C++ would be way more similar. However, from what I am experiencing, it turns out that the calculated numbers start to diverge after too few decimal digits. I have come across this problem during the process of porting some legacy code from the former language to the ...

PHP: Is_numeric returns false on 0

Hi everyone, Is_numeric() as well as is_int() returns false if the value is 0. What can i do instead to verify that a specific value is numbers only in PHP? Are we heading straight for the Regular Expressions camp, or are there some nice, handy feature for this out there already? Thanks! ...

Difference between numeric and string value in PHP

Hi everyone, I am getting a difference when comparing two string which are 0 and '0' in PHP. Can I do anything to make them be compared equally in an if action? Thanks! ...