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|  ShellSort 1.4   (Downloads: 229) ShellSort is a simple sort suitable for 2000 or less elements. ShellSort is a simple sort suitable for 2000 or less
 elements. It sorts using a comparision routine you provide
 to compare two elements to be sorted.
 
 You can test it with:
 
 java.exe com.mindprod.shellsort.TestShellSort...
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|  Holiday Calculatior 4.7   (Downloads: 727) Calculate when 66  holidays occur in any given year. Calculates when various holidays occur in any given year BC or AD.
 Designed to be cannibalised to include the calculation routines in your
 own programs.  You might use it to prepare paper calenders well in
 advance or electronic calendars.  You might also use the logic in computer
 programs that compute payrolls, bus schedules, or club meetings.  You
 might use it in writing novels or researching historical events.  It can
 als...
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|  Boyer 1.5   (Downloads: 255) Fast string search (indexOf) using the Boyer-Moore algorithm. Fast string search (indexOf) using the Boyer-Moore
 algorithm. Incorporate this class into your own Java
 programs to rapidly search strings.
 
 use:
 import com.mindprod.Boyer.Boyer;
 ...
 Boyer b = new Boyer("dogcatwombat");
 int where = b.indexOf("cat");
 or
 int where = Boyer.indexOf("dogcatwombat","cat");
 
 Boyer-Moore is about twice as fast as String.indexOf wh...
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|  Accumulate 1.3   (Downloads: 193) Used to accumulate values by category. Used to accumulate values by category. It might be useful
 for example in a billing program to accumulate hours by
 various categories.
 
 It could be used to count how many times various words
 occurred in a document.
 
 All you need is:
 
 buckets.accumulate( "somecategory", someamount );
 
 And Accumulate looks after creating the buckets to
 accumulate new categories for you.
 
 e....
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|  FontSaver 1.4   (Downloads: 236) FontSaver shares Font objects instead of creating new ones. FontSaver shares Font objects instead of creating new ones to cut
 down on the RAM and time needed to create Font and Font peer objects.
 Profiling often shows the creation of too many Font objects is the
 cause of poor performance.
 
 See the source code for how to incoporate it into your own programs.
 It does nothing on its own....
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|  Unicode 1.8   (Downloads: 381) Used to test your computer's Unicode support Used to test your computer's Unicode support and your font's
 support for particular characters, or as a learning to to
 explore the Unicode character set. Displays in Courier,
 TimesRoman, Symbol, Dialog and Helvetica.
 
 copyright (c) 1996-2008 Nic Fulton nic.fulton@reuters.com of
 Reuters Ltd. Modified by Roedy Green
 of Canadian Mind Products with permission.
 
 To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, availa...
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|  Encodings 1.6   (Downloads: 248) Applet to list all supported encodings (character sets) supported by Java. Applet to list all supported encodings (character sets)
 supported by your browser/java.
 
 To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip,
 (or similar unzip utility) into
 any directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (user
 folder names) option. To run as an application, type:
 
 java -jar C:\com\mindprod\encodings\encodings.jar
 
 adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is....
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|  Honk 1.5   (Downloads: 244) Plays one or more of the Standard Windows sounds or wav files. Plays one or more of the Standard Windows sounds, triggered
 purely from the command line.
 
 use:
 
 honk
 - Plays the default system sound.
 
 honk  SystemStart SystemHand SystemQuestion
 - Plays the given list of standard system sounds (usually just one).
 - they are case-insensitive (you can get the case wrong and it will still work).
 
 Possible sound names are listed in the registry...
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|  ISBN 2.5   (Downloads: 339) Tidies, interconverts and Validates ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 book numbers. Helps you proofread, interconvert, validate and tidy ISBN-10 and ISBN-13 (International Standard Book Number) references in your HTML or other documentation.  It validates the checkdigit, inserts dashes, interconverts ISBN-10 and ISBN-13. It displays them both with and without dashes....
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|  Common13 1.3   (Downloads: 278) common utility classes that work under Swing Java 1.3+ common utility classes that work under Swing Java 1.3+
 Includes:
 
 CMPAboutJBox:    a proper about box for Swing apps/JApplets that provides useful information.
 HybridJ :        converts Swing Applet into an Application...
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|  Comparators 1.4   (Downloads: 312) Comparator classes to include in your Java  programs. Java classes to include in your programs. Includes:
 HTMLArrayComparator.java: Compares two arrays of Strings of HTML, ignoring embedded tags.
 HTMLComparator.java: Compares two Strings of HTML, ignoring embedded tags.
 StringComparator.java: Compares two Strings, case sensitive.
 StringComparatorIgnoreCase.java: Compares two Strings, case insensitive.
 
 Not useful on its own, though you can run the debugging harness with:
 
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|  File Splitter 1.3   (Downloads: 319) Split large text/html files into smaller files using embedded split commands. Split large text/html files into smaller files. I find it
 much faster and more accurate than cut and paste.
 
 You embed commands in the big file telling it which pieces
 of it are to go where, then let Splitter do the work. It is
 much faster and more accurate than trying to select huge
 blocks of text in an editor. You don't accidentally lose or
 duplicate text.  Keeping files small makes the site more
 responsive.
 
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|  Untouch 2.4   (Downloads: 436) Reverts files dates back if the files have not really changed. Documentation on the original student project outline
 mindprod.com/projects/untouchproj.html
 This explains how it works and some of its uses.
 
 Untouch supports the following command line switches which appear
 before the directories.
 -c or -clear = clear history first and take current file times as the new revert-to point.
 -f or -force = revert files back to previous dates whether they have changed or not.
 -h or -help =...
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|  FileTransfer 2.5   (Downloads: 300) Java classes to cop, upload and download files. Includes classes to let  you copy, download and upload files from within a Java program.  Also contains a command-line utility to download files.
 
 Fully commented Java source is provided.  It is now comes in four parts, MiniFileTransfer, FileTransfer and MaxiFileTransfer, Download depending on how much functionality you require.  Now supports copying members in local jar files.
 
 Command line use:
 
 java -jar download.jar http : //x...
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|  Converter 5.5   (Downloads: 413) How to Interconvert any of the Java primitives. Conversion Amanuensis. Conversion teaching tool. Shows you how to convert any of the 17 basic Java types into any of the other. Conversion Amanuensis as your side whenever you need Java code to convert anything to anything else.  Runs an as Applet or application.
 
 To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from
 winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
 directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (user
 folder names) option. To run ...
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|  FontShower 2.9   (Downloads: 496) Displays all the fonts available to Swing in Java. Displays all the fonts available to Java on your
 machine. Displays the fonts in a variety of styles, sizes
 and colours,  rendered either with anti-aliased or plain.
 
 FontShower displays the fonts available on *your* machine
 to *Java*. Other people will have different fonts installed
 and will see different selections available via Java on
 their machines. Your browser will see a slightly different
 set of fonts than Java ...
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|  Insult 1.9   (Downloads: 331) Generates insults typical of those posted by Republicans in newsgroups. Generates insults typical of those posted by Republicans in
 the alt.politics.bush newsgroup.
 
 Java Applet that can also be run as an application.
 
 You can run it without installing it at
 mindprod.com/applet/insult.html
 
 To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, (or similar unzip utility) into
 any directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (user
 folder names) option. To run as an application,...
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