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Use symbolic constants instead of magic numerical constants – EasyHack

23 November 202126 January 2022

There are many situations that you need to use numerical constants in your code. If you use numerical literal values directly instead of symbolic constants, it can cause problems. (more…)

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Use atan2 function instead of atan – EasyHack

17 November 202126 January 2022

When working with shapes and charts in LibreOffice, there are several occasions that you have to calculate tan-1x. But is atan function always the best choice? Here we discuss using atan2 function instead of atan in C++ code. (more…)

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