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Questions tagged [data-conversion]

This tag refers to the process of converting the data type of one piece of information into another type.

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Interfaces, Inheritance, Implicit operators and type conversions, why is it this way?

I'm working with a class library called DDay ICal. It is a C# wrapper for the iCalendar System implemented in Outlook Calendars, and many many many more systems. My question is derived from some work I was doing with this system. There are 3 objects…
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How to improve Dart performance of data conversion to/from binary?

Doing some consulting work for a bigger German companies Future Technologies Group I have ported about 6000 lines of Java server side software to Dart. This should help to answer the question whether Dart can efficiently be used on the server.…
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Matching records based on Person Name

Are there any tools or methods that can be used for matching by a person's name between two different data sources? The systems have no other common information and the names have been entered differently in many cases. Examples of non-exact…
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Number to String in a formula field

I am using a formula field to concatonate 2 decimal values separated by a dash. However, I want the result to trim all unneccesary trailing zeros and decimal points for both values. For example, I want values 10 and 8.5 to be "10 - 8.5". Now it…
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String.Format vs ToString and using InvariantCulture

I am a little confused here. What should I use Console.WriteLine((val/1085).ToString("N")); VS Console.WriteLine(String.Format("{0:N}", (val/1085))); Also how do I fit the InvariantCulture? ANY BEST PRACTICES :)?
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Best way to convert an Eigen Vector4 type to Vector3?

I want to extract the three first values of a Vector4 type in Eigen, into a Vector3 type. So far I am doing it in a for-loop. Is there a smarter way to do it?
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Auto Mapper convert from string to Int

I am creating a simple MVC4 application I have a automapper Mapper.CreateMap() .ForMember(dest => dest.IntphoneNo, opt => opt.MapFrom(src => src.Stringphoneno)); IntphoneNo is of DataType…
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Get date representation in seconds?

I am using an API which requires a date parameter as a number of seconds, an int. My problem is that I currently store this time in java.util.date and I was wondering if there is some way to convert the java.util.date variable to seconds so that I…
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Why does Ruby's String#to_i sometimes return 0 when the string contains a number?

I was just trying out Ruby and I came across String#to_i. Suppose I have this code: var1 = '6 sldasdhkjas' var2 = 'aljdfldjlfjldsfjl 6' Why does puts var1.to_i output 6 when puts var2.to_i gives 0?
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SQLAlchemy: Convert column value back and forth between internal and database format

In my database, I have some columns where data is stored in some weird format. Since the database is used by other code, too, I cannot change the data format. For example, one of the weird formats is that a time value is represented as a string like…
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Converting MM:SS.ms to seconds using MS excel

I am looking for a neat way of converting a cell from Minutes:Seconds.Milliseconds to Seconds.Milliseconds i.e. 11.111 = 11.111 1:11.111 = 71.111 I have something in place at the moment but its a bit hacky and I am sure there must be some nice…
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Passing a integer through command line in C?

I was wondering if someone could explain how passing arguments through command line works? I'm really confused by how it works. Right now I'm trying to pass one integer into the main program. How would I go about doing this? EDIT: keep getting the…
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How to Convert pythons Decimal() type into an INT and exponent

I would like to use the Decimal() data type in python and convert it to an integer and exponent so I can send that data to a microcontroller/plc with full precision and decimal control. https://docs.python.org/2/library/decimal.html I have got it to…
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How to convert letters with accents, umlauts, etc to their ASCII counterparts in Perl?

I'm writing a program that works with documents in Perl and a lot of the documents have characters such as ä, ö, ü, é, etc (both capital and lowercase). I'd like to replace them with ASCII counterparts a, o, u, e, etc. How would I do it in Perl? One…
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How to get the original python data from QVariant

I am just learning python and Qt these days. So please consider that this will be a newbie question, but I am stuck here. import sys from PyQt4.QtCore import * data1 = 'string' data2 = QVariant(data1) data3 = data2.toPyObject() I expected data3 is…
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