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@hausen
hausen / gist:9501041
Last active August 29, 2015 13:57
"Fixing" xkcd 1340 (or making the most redonkulous clock ever)

"Fixing" xkcd 1340 (or making the most redonkulous clock ever)

Update: feeling adventurous? Clone or fork the xkcd clock! If you just want to see it in action or get a glimpse of how it works, keep reading.

Problem

The date in [xkcd's comic number 1340][1] [does not change][2].

@psychemedia
psychemedia / numbers2words.R
Created July 12, 2015 00:12
R function to convert numbers to words
#https://github.com/ateucher/useful_code/blob/master/R/numbers2words.r
numbers2words <- function(x){
## Function by John Fox found here:
## http://tolstoy.newcastle.edu.au/R/help/05/04/2715.html
## Tweaks by AJH to add commas and "and"
helper <- function(x){
digits <- rev(strsplit(as.character(x), "")[[1]])
nDigits <- length(digits)
if (nDigits == 1) as.vector(ones[digits])