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Java implementation of Excels statistical functions NORMINV

21-Feb-13

I was recently in need of a java implementation of the inverted normal distribution function, named “NORMINV” in Excel 2003 and later: NORMINV. I only found a JavaScript implementation in kmpm’s repository norminv.js. It has quite a history, coming over C# from C++. I have the impression nobody wants to deal with the mathematics 😉 […]

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mysqldump / mysql tips

14-Feb-13

Two tips to make your life with mysqldump easier and your backups better: The following command creates a full backup of your mysql server including all databases and structures (including views and(!) stored procedures) along with the data: mysqldump -uroot -proot –opt –routines –add-drop-database –default-character-set=utf8 –create-options –all-databases | \ bzip2 > backup.sql.bz2mysqldump -uroot -proot –opt […]

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Hidden Java gems: java.text.Normalizer

25-Jan-13

Java has a build-in java.text.Normalizer class to transform Unicode text into an equivalent composed or decomposed form. Dafuq? The letter ‘Á’ can be represented in a composed form U+00C1 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE and a decomposed form U+0041 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A U+0301 COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT Normalizer handles this for your: import java.text.Normalizer; […]

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Add touch support to jQuery FancyBox 1.3.4

12-Dec-12

I’m using jQuery FancyBox on dailyfratze.de. I still use version 1.3.4 which is released under MIT and GPL license, if i remember correctly version 2 has not been always available under an open license but i’m maybe wrong. But nevertheless, version 2 also lacks touch support like 1.3.4 does. This can be changed if you’re […]

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