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I need a rolling window (aka sliding window) iterable over a sequence/iterator/generator. Default Python iteration can be considered a special case, where the ...

June 3, 2022
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Algorithm to find Largest prime factor of a number

What is the best approach to calculating the largest prime factor of a number? I’m thinking the most efficient would be the following: ...

June 2, 2022
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C, Programming

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What is the fastest substring search algorithm?

OK, so I don’t sound like an idiot I’m going to state the problem/requirements more explicitly: Needle (pattern) and haystack (text to search) ...

June 2, 2022
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Rounding up to the nearest multiple of a number

OK – I’m almost embarrassed posting this here (and I will delete if anyone votes to close) as it seems like a basic ...

June 1, 2022
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How does finding a cycle start node in a cycle linked list work?

I understand that Tortoise and Hare’s meeting concludes the existence of a loop, but how does moving tortoise to the beginning of linked ...

June 1, 2022
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