webgui/lib/WebGUI/Utility.pm
2010-08-24 16:20:09 -05:00

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package WebGUI::Utility;
=head1 LEGAL
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WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2009 Plain Black Corporation.
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Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
(docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
this software.
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http://www.plainblack.com info@plainblack.com
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=cut
use Exporter;
use strict;
use Tie::IxHash;
use Net::CIDR::Lite;
our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
our @EXPORT = qw(
&sortHash &isIn &round
);
=head1 NAME
Package WebGUI::Utility
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This package provides miscellaneous but useful utilities to the WebGUI programmer.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use WebGUI::Utility;
$boolean = isIn($value, @array);
$rounded = round($number, $digits);
%hash = sortHash(%hash);
=head1 METHODS
These subroutines are available from this package:
=cut
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
=head2 isIn ( value, list )
Returns a boolean value as to whether the value is in the array.
=head3 value
The value to check for.
=head3 list
An array to look for the value in.
=cut
sub isIn {
my $key = shift;
$_ eq $key and return 1 for @_;
return 0;
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
=head2 round ( float [, significantDigits ] )
Returns an integer after rounding a floating point number.
=head3 float
Any floating point number.
=head3 significantDigits
The number of digits to leave after the decimal point. Defaults to 0.
B<NOTE:> If you set this higher than 0 then you'll get back another floating point number rather than an integer.
=cut
sub round {
my $significantDigits = $_[1] || 0;
return sprintf(('%.'.$significantDigits.'f'), $_[0]);
}
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=head2 sortHash ( hash )
Sorts a hash by its values. Returns a Tie::IxHash. You must assign this to
a similarly tied hash to preserve the order.
=head3 hash
A hash to be sorted.
=cut
sub sortHash {
my %hash = @_;
tie my %newHash, 'Tie::IxHash';
for my $key ( sort { $hash{$a} cmp $hash{$b} } keys %hash ) {
$newHash{ $key } = $hash{ $key };
}
return %newHash;
}
1;