Re: A little puzzle.

From	"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: A little puzzle.
Date	2022-11-29 16:13 +0100
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On 2022-11-29 16:03, Richard Harnden wrote:

> Okay, so how about this ... ?
> 
> int in_subrange(int_fast64_t range_min, int_fast64_t range_max, 
> int_fast64_t start, int_fast64_t end, int_fast64_t check)
> {
>      while ( check < range_min )
>          check += range_max - range_min;

Ring modulo would be range_max - range_min + 1

> It's okay for check to have 'clocked', range_min, range_max, start and 
> end have sensible values.

If the language supports modular and ranged types there is no need to 
check/normalize arguments.

-- 
Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

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