/**************************************************************************
*                                                                         *
*                          HELPER FUNCTIONS                               *
*                                                                         *
**************************************************************************/
// load a json file
function ajax_json(file, sync=true) {
  var data = $.ajax({
    url: file,
    async: !sync,
    dataType: 'json',
    success: function (data) {
      return data
    },
    error: function() {
      console.log("File " + file + " failed to load.")
    }
  });
  return data.responseJSON
}

function keys(data) {
  return Object.keys(data)
}


function parseNumber(number) {
  var number_string = number.toString()
  if (number_string.includes("%")) {
    number_string = number_string.slice(0, number_string.length - 1)
    if (number_string.length == 3) {
      return 1.0
    } else {
      return parseFloat("." + number_string)
    }
  } else if (number_string.includes(".")) {
      return parseFloat(number_string)
  } else {
    return parseInt(number_string)
  }
}

function typeofNumber(number) {
  number = number.toString()
  if (number.includes("%")) {
    return "percent"
  } else if (number.includes(".")) {
    return "float"
  } else if (number.includes("e") || number.includes("+")) {
    return "scientific"
  } else {
    return "integer"
  }
}