SpikeStream Library: include/Utilities.h Source File

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00002  *   SpikeStream Library                                                   *
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00022 
00023 #ifndef UTILITIES_H
00024 #define UTILITIES_H
00025 
00026 //Other includes
00027 #include <string>
00028 using namespace std;
00029 
00030 
00031 //----------------------------------Utilities-------------------------------
00032 /*! Collection of static convenience methods for converting and other 
00033         tasks. */
00034 //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
00035 
00036 class Utilities {
00037  
00038         public:
00039                 static int absVal(const int& num);
00040                 static double absVal(const double& num);
00041                 static bool cStringEquals(const char *cString1, const char *cString2, int length);
00042                 static double getDouble(const char *cString);
00043                 static double getDouble(string s);
00044                 static int getInt(const char *cString);
00045                 static int getInt(string s);
00046                 static unsigned int getNeuronGrpID(string neurGrpStr);
00047                 static unsigned int getRandomUInt(unsigned int rangeHigh);
00048                 static short getShort(const char *cString);
00049                 static short getShort(string str);
00050                 static unsigned int getUInt(const char *cString);
00051                 static unsigned int getUInt(string s);
00052                 static unsigned short getUShort(const char *cString);
00053                 static unsigned short getUShort(string s);
00054                 static double round(double number, unsigned int numPlaces);
00055                 static void roundTwoDecimalPlaces(double&);
00056                 static void safeCStringCat(char target[], const char source[], int targetSize);
00057                 static void safeCStringCopy(char target[], const char source[], int targetSize);
00058 
00059 };
00060 
00061 
00062 #endif//UTILITIES_H
00063