Extendable command line processor for console applications.

Gives factorials for a given value.

Code snippet that prints MAC addresses for Ethernet type devices.

The modus operandi for this is similar to that taken by PHP's implementation of such functions. It's comparitively memory-intensive, but is much faster than running a whole bunch of tests.

Basically, you set a mask -- an array of 256 null bytes -- and set those that correspond to characters you wish to trim. Then, rather than having to test if a character is in the set of characters to trim(O(n), or linear time on *ws), you just test once (O(1), or unit time) to see if the byte in question is set.

And of course, to trim(), you just wrap trim() around both ltrim() and rtrim().

One point of caution: these functions trim in place, so copy strings before trimming them. (Of course, if you usually want access to both pre- and post-trimmed strings, you could always make these malloc() a new string and return a pointer to it . . . )

This little number will allow the contents of other pages to be included or embedded into the rendered HTML of an aspx page. Using the WebClient class from the .NET framework, you can conditionally load pages, even manipulate the HTML before it is rendered and in this example, fill in forms and execute javascript actions.

The following example shows how to auto-login to an Exchange Server - this was something requested for inclusion into our portal, but I left out the logic that pulls/decrypts the real password - for obvious reasons.

Enjoy!
~Jeremy

This class uses reflection to locate option setters. Client class must contains methods setFile (to receive file names from the command line) and setOption### (to receive option ###).

(See also adapter-based implementation)

The best way I've found to keep a suite of CGI environment variables in my C CGI programs is actually just to read them as name-value pairs into a stack. It simplifies parsing and makes the code cleaner and less fragile than using a specialized structure or an ordered array of strings (as well, empty variables are simply not push()ed onto the stack, so memory doesn't have to be allocated for empty strings). Plus, since there are never a huge number of environment variables, and they are all unique (by definition), a search through the stack for a given name takes minimal time. In fact, retrieval of environment variables beats a PHP-like hash-table implementation by a good deal.

In the code below, all you have to keep in mind is that the NVStk is a name/value pair stack (implemented as a singly-linked list with each node containing two char*s). Variable retrieval times can be minimized by adjusting the order of variable names in the char**s passed to sgcgi_getenv(). In fact, the ones below are just about backwards from how they ought to be, since I forgot I was using a stack instead of a queue . . . *blush*

Of course, there are more environment variables you can get, but you have to draw the line between exhaustion and efficiency, and that depends on the project. The variables included here are pretty much overkill for any program you're likely to need.

A nice way to use these types of functions is to wrap them in an accessor function that gets the environment once and keeps it as a static variable, and then on subsequent calls just looks up values in its stack. (If you want to see the NVStk, I can put it up, but it's pretty much a basic linked list.)

Converts a string representation of a number with any base(binary, octal, decimal, hexadecimal, up to base 36) to a long int.

Convert an ebcdic buffer to an ascii buffer.

Nifty way to swap two integers in C (C++) without using a temporary variable. Uses one line of code (3 assignments).