Added Tools class

A class that provides some static functions

Hazard/Hazard/Tools.cpp

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+#include "stdafx.h"
+#include "Tools.h"
+
+using namespace std;
+
+// convert the binary representation of x to a string with the specified length
+char* Tools::BinaryToChars(uint x, char length)
+{
+	// warning: this breaks for numbers with more than 64 bits (= variables)
+	char* c = new char[length+1];
+	c += length;					// last char
+
+	*c = 0;
+	do
+	{
+		*--c = '0' + (x & 1);		// 0 or 1 at the specified position
+		x >>= 1;
+	} while (--length);
+
+	return c;
+}
+
+// converts a gray number to its binary representation
+// yes, this is quite slow and we could generate a lookup table to speed it up.
+uint Tools::GrayToBinary(uint x)
+{
+	uint x1 = x;
+	char r = 0;						// r = ceil(ld(x))
+	do
+		r++;
+	while (x1 >>= 1);
+
+	if ((r & (r-1)) != 0)			// keine Potenz von 2
+	{
+		char r1 = 0;				// r1 = ceil(ld(r))
+		do
+			r1++;
+		while (r >>= 1);
+
+		r = 1 << r1;				// aufrunden auf Zweierpotenz
+	}
+
+	for (char i = 1; i < r; i++)	// Umwandeln von Gray in Binary
+		x ^= x / 2;
+
+	return x;
+}

Hazard/Hazard/Tools.h

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+#pragma once
+
+class Tools
+{
+public:
+	static char* Tools::BinaryToChars(uint x, char length);
+
+	static uint GrayToBinary(uint x);
+};