source: src/Helpers/helpers.cpp@ 1f91f4

/*
 * Project: MoleCuilder
 * Description: creates and alters molecular systems
 * Copyright (C)  2010 University of Bonn. All rights reserved.
 * Please see the LICENSE file or "Copyright notice" in builder.cpp for details.
 */

/** \file helpers.cpp
 *
 * Implementation of some auxiliary functions for memory dis-/allocation and so on
 */

// include config.h
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

#include "CodePatterns/MemDebug.hpp"

#include "Helpers/helpers.hpp"
#include "Helpers/fast_functions.hpp"
#include "CodePatterns/Verbose.hpp"
#include "CodePatterns/Log.hpp"

#include <iostream>

/********************************************** helpful functions *********************************/


/** Output of a debug message to stderr.
 * \param *P Problem at hand, points to ParallelSimulationData#me
 * \param output output string
 */
#ifdef HAVE_DEBUG
void debug_in(const char *output, const char *file, const int line) {
  if (output) fprintf(stderr,"DEBUG: in %s at line %i: %s\n", file, line, output);
}
#else
void debug_in(const char *output, const char *file, const int line) {}  // print nothing
#endif


/** Returns a string with \a i prefixed with 0s to match order of total number of molecules in digits.
 * \param FragmentNumber total number of fragments to determine necessary number of digits
 * \param digits number to create with 0 prefixed
 * \return allocated(!) char array with number in digits, ten base.
 */
char *FixedDigitNumber(const int FragmentNumber, const int digits)
{
  char *returnstring;
  int number = FragmentNumber;
  int order = 0;
  while (number != 0) { // determine number of digits needed
    number = (int)floor(((double)number / 10.));
    order++;
    //Log() << Verbose(0) << "Number is " << number << ", order is " << order << "." << endl;
  }
  // allocate string
  returnstring = new char[order + 2];
  // terminate  and fill string array from end backward
  returnstring[order] = '\0';
  number = digits;
  for (int i=order;i--;) {
    returnstring[i] = '0' + (char)(number % 10);
    number = (int)floor(((double)number / 10.));
  }
  //Log() << Verbose(0) << returnstring << endl;
  return returnstring;
};

/**
 * Calls exit(255).
 */
void performCriticalExit() {
  exit(255);
}

sign_t sign(double value){
  if(fabs(value)<MYEPSILON){
    return Zero;
  }
  if(value<0)
    return Minus;
  else
    return Plus;
}