Finding the closest number downward to a different number from an array

Example: I have an array like this: [0,22,56,74,89] and I want to find the closest number downward to a different number. Let's say that the number is , and in this case, the closest number down in the array is , so we return that. If the number is 100 , then it's bigger than the biggest number in the array, so we return the biggest numb...

Secondary Downward and Upward delivery

In downward delivery, CO2 drops to the bottom(underneath air). Does it stay there, because it is heavier, or does it diffuse into the air? If it diffuses into the air, doesn't that make Upward & Downward delivery unreliable?...

Return node level of hierarchical xml

In a treeview you can retrieve the level of an item. I am trying to accomplish the same thing with the given input being an object. The XML data I will use for this example would be something like the following <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <Testing> <Numbers> <Number val="1"> <Number val="1.1">...

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Given a number, find the next higher number which has the exact same set of digits as the original number

I just bombed an interview and made pretty much zero progress on my interview question. Can anyone let me know how to do this? I tried searching online but couldn't find anything: Given a number, find the next higher number which has the exact same set of digits as the original number. For example: given 38276 return 38627 I wanted to b...

find the closest next hour

how can I find the next closest hour in php so for example if current time is 4:15 the next hour will be 5, etc $dateString = 'Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:48:34 -0400'; $date = new DateTime( $dateString ); echo $date->format( 'H:i:s' ); gives me the time from the string and I want to expand on that and get the next closest hour...

Finding the number of possible squares in this picture

The following is a visual problem I came across today. The question here is simply how many squares there are in the picture. How would you go about solving something like this though code ? Furthermore, if the actual picture isn't processed, how would you go about encoding it ? P.S: I sense that the actual resolution would require a rule...

Had an offer but scared I won't meet the conditions

I have had a conditional offer from Edinburgh for biological sciences under the conditions I get ABB :) And it's going to be my firm However after my January A level results I'm worried I might not get these grades, especially since I am struggling in class and am finding it hard to motivate myself after my disappointing results :/ I'm pr...

Comment on Excel 2010: Convert Number Values Into Time by Cindy

I have a table of 10 digit numbers from a time clock app in my iphone. I took it to be repaired and forgot to export the file to excel. The tech exported it into some other type of file and the closest I can get is these 10 digit numbers. I was able to subtract one column from the other and divide by 60 twice and came up with what would b...

Mergesort Implementation.. Counting number of inversions in an array

I'm taking an online class on Algorithms and trying to implement a mergesort implementation of finding the number of inversions in a list of numbers. But, I cant figure what Im doing wrong with my implementation as the number of inversions returned is significantly lower than the number I get while doing a brute force approach. Ive placed...

Finding the number of places after the decimal point of a Double

I have a Double value: double a = 4.5565; What is the easiest way to calculate the number of digits after the decimal point (4 in this case). I know that I can convert to string and do a split and take the length. But is there an easier way?...

Understanding display:table-cell; functioning

Please note that I am not try to resolve any issue but trying to understand that what's causing the issue. I have set width, height and display of divs, But its height/width settings are not being honored and moreover text is also pushed downward. http://jsfiddle.net/k7esv/ 1) I want to ask why when height is set in table-row then it pus...

PM brings ANOTHER crony into Downing St: Cameron employs one of his best friends to Number 10 policy unit

Journalist Christopher Lockwood, described by the Prime Minister as one of his closest friend, will take up a post in the No 10 policy unit.

jQuery - Get the value of closest textbox and assign it into a variable

How can I get the value of the closest textbox and assign it into a variable? Then after getting the value, change the current value of that textbox by multiplying it by the value of previous textbox. I have three instances of divs with the same input elements so I think .closest() or .next() can help me. Here is a snippet of my code <...

Removing a HtmlNode inside a HtmlNode with the HtmlAgilityPack

How do I remove the number node as well as its value from house? Document <number>123456</number> <house> <number> </number>Red</house> <house> <number>12</number>Blue</ house> <number>345345</number> etc... Code: private void getHouse(string houseHtml) HtmlAgilityPac...

TUSA Imprex service kit and models

I've decided to rebuild a 1992 TUSA Imprex first and second stage. I believe the second is a TUSA TR-350 and the first is a Scubapro MK5 clone. I'd like to order a service kit, but the closest I can find is a TUSA TR-400 kit. Will that work? Will an MK5 kit work on the first? What is the TUSA model number on the first? Thanks,...

How to restrict number of characters that can be entered in HTML5 number input field on iPhone

It seems that neither of the "maxlength", "min" or "max" HTML attributes have the desired effect on iPhone for the following markup: <input type="number" maxlength="2" min="0" max="99"/> Instead of limiting the number of digits or the value of the number entered, the number is just left as it was typed in on iPhone 4. This markup...

Why is Number.prototype a Number

({}).toString.call(Number.prototype) === "[object Number]" The Number prototype object is itself a Number object (its [[Class]] is "Number") whose value is +0. 15.7.4 Why would it be useful for Number.prototype to be a Number? (the same goes for every other built-in prototype which has the [[Class]] set to not Object) I'm picking on Numb...

Is Sirius the most luminous star in the sky?

Look southward at dusk and nightfall, and you can’t miss Sirius, the brightest star in the nighttime sky. Only the the moon and the planet Jupiter are brighter. But Jupiter resides to the northwest of the constellation Orion, while Sirius lies to the southeast of the Mighty Hunter. If you live at northerly latitudes, follow Orion’s Belt u...

Best tariff - PAYG/contract - for roaming?

I've searched high and low (even venturing into Carphone Warehouse...eeek!) looking for a way of minimising my hefty roaming costs - and found FA until the EE roaming contracts. The closest i got was Voda's Passport thing, where you pay a 75p connection fee and then get up the 1h call time free. No good. All my calls are a minute or so -...

Phone number help please!

I'm having a debate with the wife involving 1300 Phone Words, which is relevant to a business venture we are starting. If you saw a 1300 number on the back of a vehicle, what would be easier to remember: (a) - A "standard 1300 number such as 1300 04 44 04 or 1300 113 331 (bearing in mind that triples like 11 22 33 or doubles like 332 332...

WTT number 2, only just had number 1!!

Hey everyone, Me and df have just had a beautiful baby girl but want to have a short age gap with babies and hopefully have a total of 3 or 4, and as I am already 30 and it took almost 2 years for us to have baby number 1, we are ttc again as soon as we can. As I had an EMCS I've been advised to wait until baby is 1 year old before ttc ag...

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An asteroid nearly 2 miles in length, nine times the length of the QE2 cruise ship, is set pass by Earth on May 31, according to NASA scientists. Asteroid 1998 QE2 will be making the closest approach to Earth for at least the next two centuries. At 4:59 p.m. EDT on May 31, the asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth, NASA said in...

mapView overlay items from mysql database

I am new to Android and have run into a bit of an issue: I created a map view and need to get my overlay items from mysql database, there are numerous points of interest in the database so i need to limit it to say the 50 closest pois to the user. Firstly, how do i get the info from my database to appear as ovelay? and secondly how do i l...

Program that calculates square roots of a number. Help Please

I have to make a program, which takes in a number and outputs the square root of it. Ex - 45 --> 3√5. I made a program, but it just returns the same number that i put in. Help would be greatly appreciated. Here's my code --> #include<iostream> using namespace std; int squarerootfinder(int number, int divisor){ if(divisor == 1){ r...

Is it faster to traverse the DOM from a cached selector than to find an ID'd element in the DOM?

There are a lot of questions about whether or not finding an element is faster via class or id or some other selector. I'm not interested in that. I want to know if you have: var link = $(this); //let's say you're in a click handler Is it faster to find the container by doing var container = link.closest('.container'); //assume container...

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Initialize a variable

Is it better to initialize a variable when the variable is declared, or only declare the variable and use the variable? What is the beter, what is more efficient? For example, I have this code: #include int main() int number = 0; printf("Enter with a number: "); scanf("%d", &number); if(number < 0) number= -number; printf("The modul...

What's the reason for this seemingly overengineered code for checking one number is a multiple of another?

According to this answer if I want to check one number is a multiple of another I can use the remainder operator if( number % anotherNumber == 0 ) { number is a multiple of anotherNumber Yet in this fun project which is full of intentionally overengineered code they use the following approach: // int number; // int anotherNumber; if (...

Sixth form I am no longer able to write unit 2 economics essays well (AQA)... Why?

Hi, I don't know what I am finding so hard. I am finding unit 4 essays much easier than unit 2 ones which I have done before. I am doing a retake this month. On my first year I got 75%. It seems that I am analysing to much in my opinion. After the introduction I feel myself spending so much time just on the first point before evaluating a...

Sixth form Aggregate demand help

Can someone please explain to me why it is downward sloping? I can't get my head around it...

Adding selected class to the closest tr

I have created a function for selecting all checkbox on checkbox with id selectall.. Like this. Now I want to add code to select all checkbox with class .case along with that add class to the closest tr 'selected' Function is going well in case of checkbox select. But I am confused in adding class to tr. Though I have tried my code here i...

Optimal packing for a box layout

I was making a cutout from a piece of cardboard to make a box with legs. You can describe the sizes of each section with a model laid out in a plane as seen here: http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-1 504882-cardboard-box-layout.php Since my design has legs and is not just a box the layout is not as straightforward. The sections do not...

Find point on line closest to another point

Say you have an arbitrary 3D line (not aligned to any axis), and a short distance away, a vertex. Is there a way to calculate what point on the line is closest to the vertex? I've seen posts that demonstrate how to find the shortest distance, but I need to come up with an actual 3D vertex that exists on the line. For context, I'm trying t...

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I worked with Garrett Steve finding an apartment. He was efficient and knowledgeable, finding we many options in a short time frame. On the day of our showings he only brought my roommate and I to…...

Return number from NSString

I have NSString like this: @"text 932". How I can return number from this string. Number is always at the end of string, but i can' t use stringWithRange, because number don' t have constant length. So I'm seeking for better method. I aslo want' know how to return number from string like this @"text 3232 text". I aslo don' t know position...

Undergraduate Finding order of a permutation group

Hi. I am having some trouble finding the order (cardinality) of groups, usually permutation groups in general. For example, something like H=<(1,2),(2,4)(1,3)> in Sym(4) How would I go about finding the order without listing every element? I know the order of Sym(4) is 4!=24. And I know Lagrange's theorem implies |H| divides 24. And since...

How do I split a numerical query result?

I'm pulling an id number from a database where it is stored as 12345 When I display it on my page (php), I'd like to have it show up as 1-2345 Can I do this without using Javascript? If so, how? Thanks! ETA: it's part of a loop of data that is pulled dynamically, so the number is always different. I need to be able to tell it to put a das...

Добавление записи - С++ для начинающих

Как из структуры void add записать данные в "новый файл" и в этот "новый файл" добавить исходные данные??? После чего нужно в структуре void finding найти фамилию из "нового файла" Код: # include #define N 100 using namespace std; struct avia char name[N]; char city [N]; int number; int date; struct avia P[N]; void vivod(avia P[], int *ko...