Implement data validation

[cosmopockets]

Could we add some data validation functions such as,
make upper case,
make lower case,
get random double,
get random int?

[mrKappen]

I am on it!

[alxmjo]

@mrKappen Great! Also, if you're new to the repo and want to get your feet wet, a great way to do that is to migrate an algorithm to the new organization scheme, à la #201 and #202. Let me know if you have any questions.

[alxmjo]

This also requires some thought as to what our goals would be regarding validation and how we would want to implement it in the project.

[beardbytes]

I am interested and new to open source

[alxmjo]

Great! Have a look at PR #209. A lot of the work is already done but it was closed automatically a while ago (there were merge issues that were never sorted out).

[beardbytes]

Alright ! I can't find the file .

[alxmjo]

Alright ! I can't find the file .

Try this: https://github.com/ProAlgos/ProAlgos-Cpp/pull/209/commits#diff-264aaf8546723aaccf7ce2e80d46ae3f

[beardbytes]

Alright ! I can't find the file .

Try this: https://github.com/ProAlgos/ProAlgos-Cpp/pull/209/commits#diff-264aaf8546723aaccf7ce2e80d46ae3f

Okay ! I am looking where the commit conflicts are present .

[alxmjo]

Might be easiest to just add the file from scratch rather than trying to manage conflicts. I think the folder organization is good, though. include/utils/data_validation.hpp. I think it would be better to separate the random number generation into a different file. And of course we'll want to add unit tests for anything we add.

[beardbytes]

Okay . So , just to be clear .
I have to make a new file in the include/utils directory . And I have to add data validation functions in this file along with unit tests !

[alxmjo]

Yep!

• Create a new file under include/utils called data_conversion.hpp (I think this title is a better reflection of the fact that we're converting cases of characters – we could add other data conversion functions later).
• In that file add two functions: make_upper_case() and make_lower_case(). The random number generation can go in a different file later on.
• Add unit tests for these functions under test/utils in a file called data_conversion.cpp.
• If you're having trouble figuring out what the tests should look like, look at other testing files to get an idea how they work.

Let me know if you have any questions. 🙂

[beardbytes]

Okay..Thanks for the explanation !

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[subhadeep1912]

I would like to know whether I can still contribute??

[alxmjo]

I would like to know whether I can still contribute??

Definitely. Just reference this issue in your PR.

[0xwal]

Opened a PR for upper/lower case ^ 🥳 and hopefully it closes this issue unless if random int/double still required : ) but I think they are different problems random != conversion 🤔

[0xwal]

@alxmjo Sorry for the mention. Please can you review my pull request, I would appreciate your feedback. Thank you.

[alxmjo]

Sorry it's taken me a bit, but I've added this to my to-do list. Hopefully by Saturday.

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[rohithv999]

I am interested in contributing to this issue. Also, I am new to open source.

[ParthSaboo007]

Hi @alxmjo I am interested in contributing to this repo as my first PR.