Java Number Min Value minCharsForCriteria(final int length, final int criteria)

Description

Identifies the number of characters in a string of a given length that match the given percentage.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
length	string length
criteria	percentage of characters

Return

number of characters that are required to satisfy the given percentage, rounded down or up

Declaration

static int minCharsForCriteria(final int length, final int criteria)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Identifies the number of characters in a string of a given length that match the given percentage. The output is
     * equal to the rounded value of ((length * criteria) / 100).
     * @param length string length
     * @param criteria percentage of characters
     * @return number of characters that are required to satisfy the given percentage, rounded down or up
     */
    static int minCharsForCriteria(final int length, final int criteria) {
        final int i = length * criteria;
        final int remainder = i % 100;
        if (remainder >= 50)
            return (i / 100) + 1;
        return i / 100;
    }
}