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Some Useful Functions ( misc )

The following functions and macros are defined in < LEDA/basic.htex2html_wrap_inline> .

int read_int(string s) prints s and reads an integer from cin.

double read_real(string s) prints s and reads a real number from cin.

string read_string(string s) prints s and reads a line from cin.

char read_char(string s) prints s and reads a character from cin.

int Yes(string s) returns (read_char(s) == `y').

bool get_environment(string var)
    returns true if variable var is defined in the current environment and false otherwise.

bool get_environment(string var, string& val)
    if variable var is defined in the current environment its value is assigned to val and the result is true. Otherwise, the result is false.

float used_time() returns the currently used cpu time in seconds.

float used_time(float& T) returns the cpu time used by the program from time T up to this moment and assigns the current time to T.

void print_statistics() prints a summary of the currently used memory.

void leda_wait(float sec) suspends execution for sec seconds.

double truncate(double x, int k = 10)
    returns a double whose mantissa is truncated after k - 1 bits after the binary point, i.e, if x $ \not=$ 0 then the binary representation of the mantissa of the result has the form d.dddddddd, where the number of d's is equal to k. There is a corresponding function for integers; it has no effect.

T leda_min(T a, T b) returns the minimum of a and b.

T leda_max(T a, T b) returns the maximum of a and b.

void leda_swap(T& a, T& b) swaps values of a and b.


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