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// License: AGPLv3 or later. https://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html
/* General functions which can be used in any program
*/
#ifndef _GENERAL_FUNCTIONS_H_
#define _GENERAL_FUNCTIONS_H_
#include <vector>
std::vector<std::string> get_textfile_lines(std::string filename);
int random_int(int lower_bound, int upper_bound);
bool is_string_some_positive_number(std::string a_string);
/* Its a good practice to prototype all functions including which are
* defined in header file itself such as inline functions before defining
* any function. This way, even if we use one function in another
* function, we do not have to worry about function undefined error
* possibilities.
*/
inline int absolute_number(int number);
inline int smaller_number(int a, int b);
inline int bigger_number(int a, int b);
/* this function is used between different parts of program's standard
* output for better sepration of dissimilar outputs
*/
inline void print_three_newlines();
inline int absolute_number(int number)
{
if (number < 0)
return -(number);
else
return number;
}
inline int smaller_number(int a, int b)
{
if (a > b)
return b;
else
return a;
}
inline int bigger_number(int a, int b)
{
if (a < b)
return b;
else
return a;
}
inline void print_three_newlines()
{
std::cout << "\n" << std::endl;
}
#endif