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function smallest(ints) {
    if(ints.length == 1) { return ints[0]; }
    ints.splice(0, 2, ints[0] < ints[1] ? ints[0] : ints[1]);
    return smallest(ints);
}

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// function to read the url hash (the part after #), and turns it into an object for serialization
var getUrlHash = function() {
	var tmpPos = location.href.indexOf("#"), hashObj = {};
	
	if(tmpPos !== -1) {
		var hash = location.href.substring(tmpPos+1, location.href.length);
		
		// if it has multiple values (separated by an ampersand), we need to consider that
		tmpPos = hash.indexOf("&");
		if(tmpPos !== -1) {

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# finds files that by filename matches $1, does not reside in a target folder, and contains the string $2
findgrep() {
  find . -name "*$1*" -and -type f -and -not -path "*/target/*" -and -not -path "*/.git/*" -print0 | xargs -0 fgrep -n --color=auto "$2"
}

# searches pom.xml files for $1
alias poms="findgrep 'pom.xml' $1"

# copies the output of the last command to the clipboard
copylast() {

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import UIKit

class Person: Codable {
    let givenName: String
    let surName: String
    let middleName: String?
    let gender: Gender

    init(givenName: String, surName: String, middleName: String?, gender: Gender) {
        self.givenName = givenName

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struct Pet {
    let name: String   
}

struct Person {
    let name: String
    let pets: [Pet]
}

// a conditional unwrap - people is an array of Person objects

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if let petName = people.first?.pets.first?.name {
    print(petName)   
}