Programs & Examples On #Constants

Constants in programming are definitions whose value is fixed throughout a program's execution. Literals in most languages are constants, for example. In referentially transparent programming styles, all definitions are constant.

Use of 'const' for function parameters

If the parameter is passed by value (and is not a reference), usually there is not much difference whether the parameter is declared as const or not (unless it contains a reference member -- not a problem for built-in types). If the parameter is a reference or pointer, it is usually better to protect the referenced/pointed-to memory, not the pointer itself (I think you cannot make the reference itself const, not that it matters much as you cannot change the referee). It seems a good idea to protect everything you can as const. You can omit it without fear of making a mistake if the parameters are just PODs (including built-in types) and there is no chance of them changing further along the road (e.g. in your example the bool parameter).

I didn't know about the .h/.cpp file declaration difference, but it does make some sense. At the machine code level, nothing is "const", so if you declare a function (in the .h) as non-const, the code is the same as if you declare it as const (optimizations aside). However, it helps you to enlist the compiler that you will not change the value of the variable inside the implementation of the function (.ccp). It might come handy in the case when you're inheriting from an interface that allows change, but you don't need to change to parameter to achieve the required functionality.

How to declare string constants in JavaScript?

Just declare variable outside of scope of any js function. Such variables will be global.

define() vs. const

define I use for global constants.

const I use for class constants.

You cannot define into class scope, and with const you can. Needless to say, you cannot use const outside class scope.

Also, with const, it actually becomes a member of the class, and with define, it will be pushed to global scope.

How to define constants in Visual C# like #define in C?

public const int NUMBER = 9;

You'd need to put it in a class somewhere, and the usage would be ClassName.NUMBER

const to Non-const Conversion in C++

void SomeClass::changeASettingAndCallAFunction() const {
    someSetting = 0; //Can't do this
    someFunctionThatUsesTheSetting();
}

Another solution is to call said function in-between making edits to variables that the const function uses. This idea was what solved my problem being as I was not inclined to change the signature of the function and had to use the "changeASettingAndCallAFunction" method as a mediator:

When you call the function you can first make edits to the setting before the call, or (if you aren't inclined to mess with the invoking place) perhaps call the function where you need the change to the variable to be propagated (like in my case).

void SomeClass::someFunctionThatUsesTheSetting() const {
     //We really don't want to touch this functions implementation
     ClassUsesSetting* classUsesSetting = ClassUsesSetting::PropagateAcrossClass(someSetting);
     /*
         Do important stuff
     */
}

void SomeClass::changeASettingAndCallAFunction() const {
     someFunctionThatUsesTheSetting();
     /*
         Have to do this
     */
}

void SomeClass::nonConstInvoker(){
    someSetting = 0;
    changeASettingAndCallAFunction();
}

Now, when some reference to "someFunctionThatUsesTheSetting" is invoked, it will invoke with the change to someSetting.

Why can't I have "public static const string S = "stuff"; in my Class?

From the C# language specification (PDF page 287 - or 300th page of the PDF):

Even though constants are considered static members, a constant declaration neither requires nor allows a static modifier.

Are there constants in JavaScript?

in Javascript already exists constants. You define a constant like this:

const name1 = value;

This cannot change through reassignment.

What is the difference between char * const and const char *?

const always modifies the thing that comes before it (to the left of it), EXCEPT when it's the first thing in a type declaration, where it modifies the thing that comes after it (to the right of it).

So these two are the same:

int const *i1;
const int *i2;

they define pointers to a const int. You can change where i1 and i2 points, but you can't change the value they point at.

This:

int *const i3 = (int*) 0x12345678;

defines a const pointer to an integer and initializes it to point at memory location 12345678. You can change the int value at address 12345678, but you can't change the address that i3 points to.

C++ where to initialize static const

Static members need to be initialized in a .cpp translation unit at file scope or in the appropriate namespace:

const string foo::s( "my foo");

What is the difference between const int*, const int * const, and int const *?

I think everything is answered here already, but I just want to add that you should beware of typedefs! They're NOT just text replacements.

For example:

typedef char *ASTRING;
const ASTRING astring;

The type of astring is char * const, not const char *. This is one reason I always tend to put const to the right of the type, and never at the start.

How to declare a constant in Java

Anything that is static is in the class level. You don't have to create instance to access static fields/method. Static variable will be created once when class is loaded.

Instance variables are the variable associated with the object which means that instance variables are created for each object you create. All objects will have separate copy of instance variable for themselves.

In your case, when you declared it as static final, that is only one copy of variable. If you change it from multiple instance, the same variable would be updated (however, you have final variable so it cannot be updated).

In second case, the final int a is also constant , however it is created every time you create an instance of the class where that variable is declared.

Have a look on this Java tutorial for better understanding ,

What is the difference between char s[] and char *s?

Just to add: you also get different values for their sizes.

printf("sizeof s[] = %zu\n", sizeof(s));  //6
printf("sizeof *s  = %zu\n", sizeof(s));  //4 or 8

As mentioned above, for an array '\0' will be allocated as the final element.

Constants in Kotlin -- what's a recommended way to create them?

Kotlin static and constant value & method declare

object MyConstant {

@JvmField   // for access in java code 
val PI: Double = 3.14

@JvmStatic // JvmStatic annotation for access in java code
fun sumValue(v1: Int, v2: Int): Int {
    return v1 + v2
}

}

Access value anywhere

val value = MyConstant.PI
val value = MyConstant.sumValue(10,5)

Variably modified array at file scope

If you're going to use the preprocessor anyway, as per the other answers, then you can make the compiler determine the value of NUM_TYPES automagically:

#define NUM_TYPES (sizeof types / sizeof types[0])
static int types[] = { 
  1,
  2, 
  3, 
  4 };

How do I create a constant in Python?

I am trying different ways to create a real constant in Python and perhaps I found the pretty solution.

Example:

Create container for constants

>>> DAYS = Constants(
...     MON=0,
...     TUE=1,
...     WED=2,
...     THU=3,
...     FRI=4,
...     SAT=5,
...     SUN=6
... )   

Get value from container

>>> DAYS.MON
0
>>> DAYS['MON']
0  

Represent with pure python data structures

>>> list(DAYS)
['WED', 'SUN', 'FRI', 'THU', 'MON', 'TUE', 'SAT']
>>> dict(DAYS)
{'WED': 2, 'SUN': 6, 'FRI': 4, 'THU': 3, 'MON': 0, 'TUE': 1, 'SAT': 5}

All constants are immutable

>>> DAYS.MON = 7
...
AttributeError: Immutable attribute

>>> del DAYS.MON 
...
AttributeError: Immutable attribute

Autocomplete only for constants

>>> dir(DAYS)
['FRI', 'MON', 'SAT', 'SUN', 'THU', 'TUE', 'WED']

Sorting like list.sort

>>> DAYS.sort(key=lambda (k, v): v, reverse=True)
>>> list(DAYS)
['SUN', 'SAT', 'FRI', 'THU', 'WED', 'TUE', 'MON']

Copability with python2 and python3

Simple container for constants

from collections import OrderedDict
from copy import deepcopy

class Constants(object):
    """Container of constant"""

    __slots__ = ('__dict__')

    def __init__(self, **kwargs):

        if list(filter(lambda x: not x.isupper(), kwargs)):
            raise AttributeError('Constant name should be uppercase.')

        super(Constants, self).__setattr__(
            '__dict__',
            OrderedDict(map(lambda x: (x[0], deepcopy(x[1])), kwargs.items()))
        )

    def sort(self, key=None, reverse=False):
        super(Constants, self).__setattr__(
            '__dict__',
            OrderedDict(sorted(self.__dict__.items(), key=key, reverse=reverse))
        )

    def __getitem__(self, name):
        return self.__dict__[name]

    def __len__(self):
        return  len(self.__dict__)

    def __iter__(self):
        for name in self.__dict__:
            yield name

    def keys(self):
        return list(self)

    def __str__(self):
        return str(list(self))

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<%s: %s>' % (self.__class__.__name__, str(self.__dict__))

    def __dir__(self):
        return list(self)

    def __setattr__(self, name, value):
        raise AttributeError("Immutable attribute")

    def __delattr__(*_):
        raise AttributeError("Immutable attribute")

Assigning a variable NaN in python without numpy

Yes -- use math.nan.

>>> from math import nan
>>> print(nan)
nan
>>> print(nan + 2)
nan
>>> nan == nan
False
>>> import math
>>> math.isnan(nan)
True

Before Python 3.5, one could use float("nan") (case insensitive).

Note that checking to see if two things that are NaN are equal to one another will always return false. This is in part because two things that are "not a number" cannot (strictly speaking) be said to be equal to one another -- see What is the rationale for all comparisons returning false for IEEE754 NaN values? for more details and information.

Instead, use math.isnan(...) if you need to determine if a value is NaN or not.

Furthermore, the exact semantics of the == operation on NaN value may cause subtle issues when trying to store NaN inside container types such as list or dict (or when using custom container types). See Checking for NaN presence in a container for more details.


You can also construct NaN numbers using Python's decimal module:

>>> from decimal import Decimal
>>> b = Decimal('nan')
>>> print(b)
NaN
>>> print(repr(b))
Decimal('NaN')
>>>
>>> Decimal(float('nan'))
Decimal('NaN')
>>> 
>>> import math
>>> math.isnan(b)
True

math.isnan(...) will also work with Decimal objects.


However, you cannot construct NaN numbers in Python's fractions module:

>>> from fractions import Fraction
>>> Fraction('nan')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Python35\lib\fractions.py", line 146, in __new__
    numerator)
ValueError: Invalid literal for Fraction: 'nan'
>>>
>>> Fraction(float('nan'))
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Python35\lib\fractions.py", line 130, in __new__
    value = Fraction.from_float(numerator)
  File "C:\Python35\lib\fractions.py", line 214, in from_float
    raise ValueError("Cannot convert %r to %s." % (f, cls.__name__))
ValueError: Cannot convert nan to Fraction.

Incidentally, you can also do float('Inf'), Decimal('Inf'), or math.inf (3.5+) to assign infinite numbers. (And also see math.isinf(...))

However doing Fraction('Inf') or Fraction(float('inf')) isn't permitted and will throw an exception, just like NaN.

If you want a quick and easy way to check if a number is neither NaN nor infinite, you can use math.isfinite(...) as of Python 3.2+.


If you want to do similar checks with complex numbers, the cmath module contains a similar set of functions and constants as the math module:

C++ style cast from unsigned char * to const char *

Too many comments to make to different answers, so I'll leave another answer here.

You can and should use reinterpret_cast<>, in your case

str.append(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(foo()));

because, while these two are different types, the 2014 standard, chapter 3.9.1 Fundamental types [basic.fundamental] says there is a relationship between them:

Plain char, signed char and unsigned char are three distinct types, collectively called narrow character types. A char, a signed char, and an unsigned char occupy the same amount of storage and have the same alignment requirements (3.11); that is, they have the same object representation.

(selection is mine)

Here's an available link: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/types#Character_types

Using wchar_t for Unicode/multibyte strings is outdated: Should I use wchar_t when using UTF-8?

Importing a long list of constants to a Python file

Python isn't preprocessed. You can just create a file myconstants.py:

MY_CONSTANT = 50

And importing them will just work:

import myconstants
print myconstants.MY_CONSTANT * 2

Static constant string (class member)

In C++ 17 you can use inline variables:

class A {
 private:
  static inline const std::string my_string = "some useful string constant";
};

Note that this is different from abyss.7's answer: This one defines an actual std::string object, not a const char*

What does the PHP error message "Notice: Use of undefined constant" mean?

Looks like the predefined fetch constants went away with the MySQL extension, so we need to add them before the first function...

//predifined fetch constants

define('MYSQL_BOTH',MYSQLI_BOTH);
define('MYSQL_NUM',MYSQLI_NUM);
define('MYSQL_ASSOC',MYSQLI_ASSOC);

I tested and succeeded.

What's the best way to store a group of constants that my program uses?

You probably could have them in a static class, with static read-only properties.

public static class Routes
{
    public static string SignUp => "signup";
}

Declare a const array

As an alternative, to get around the elements-can-be-modified issue with a readonly array, you can use a static property instead. (The individual elements can still be changed, but these changes will only be made on the local copy of the array.)

public static string[] Titles 
{
    get
    {
        return new string[] { "German", "Spanish", "Corrects", "Wrongs"};
    }
}

Of course, this will not be particularly efficient as a new string array is created each time.

How to select multiple rows filled with constants?

Here is how to do it using the XML features of DB2

SELECT *
FROM
XMLTABLE ('$doc/ROWSET/ROW' PASSING XMLPARSE ( DOCUMENT '
<ROWSET>
  <ROW>
    <A val="1" /> <B val="2" /> <C val="3" />
  </ROW>
  <ROW>
    <A val="4" /> <B val="5" /> <C val="6" />
  </ROW>
  <ROW>
    <A val="7" /> <B val="8" /> <C val="9" />
  </ROW>
</ROWSET>
') AS "doc"
   COLUMNS 
      "A" INT PATH 'A/@val',
      "B" INT PATH 'B/@val',
      "C" INT PATH 'C/@val'
) 
AS X
;

Why does JSHint throw a warning if I am using const?

To fix this in Dreamweaver CC 2018, I went to preferences, edit rule set - select JS, edit/apply changes, find "esnext" and changed the false setting to true. It worked for me after hours of research. Hope it helps others.

What is a constant reference? (not a reference to a constant)

The clearest answer. Does “X& const x” make any sense?

No, it is nonsense

To find out what the above declaration means, read it right-to-left: “x is a const reference to a X”. But that is redundant — references are always const, in the sense that you can never reseat a reference to make it refer to a different object. Never. With or without the const.

In other words, “X& const x” is functionally equivalent to “X& x”. Since you’re gaining nothing by adding the const after the &, you shouldn’t add it: it will confuse people — the const will make some people think that the X is const, as if you had said “const X& x”.

Storing integer values as constants in Enum manner in java

You can use ordinal. So PAGE.SIGN_CREATE.ordinal() returns 1.

EDIT:

The only problem with doing this is that if you add, remove or reorder the enum values you will break the system. For many this is not an issue as they will not remove enums and will only add additional values to the end. It is also no worse than integer constants which also require you not to renumber them. However it is best to use a system like:

public enum PAGE{
  SIGN_CREATE0(0), SIGN_CREATE(1) ,HOME_SCREEN(2), REGISTER_SCREEN(3)

  private int id;

  PAGE(int id){
    this.id = id;
  }

  public int getID(){
    return id;
  }

}

You can then use getID. So PAGE.SIGN_CREATE.getID() returns 1.

Const in JavaScript: when to use it and is it necessary?

Main point is that how to decide which one identifier should be used during development.
In java-script here are three identifiers.

1. var (Can re-declared & re-initialize)
2. const (Can't re-declared & re-initialize, can update array values by using push)
3. let (Can re-initialize but can't re-declare)

'var' : At the time of codding when we talk about code-standard then we usually use name of identifier which one easy to understandable by other user/developer. For example if we are working thought many functions where we use some input and process this and return some result, like:

**Example of variable use**

function firstFunction(input1,input2)
{
 var process = input1 + 2; 
 var result = process - input2;
 return result;
}


function otherFunction(input1,input2)
{
 var process = input1 + 8; 
 var result = process * input2;
 return result;
}

In above examples both functions producing different-2 results but using same name of variables. Here we can see 'process' & 'result' both are used as variables and they should be.

 **Example of constant with variable**

 const tax = 10; 
 const pi = 3.1415926535; 

function firstFunction(input1,input2)
{
 var process = input1 + 2; 
 var result = process - input2;
 result = (result * tax)/100; 
 return result;
}


function otherFunction(input1,input2)
{
 var process = input1 + 8; 
 var result = process * input2 * pi;
 return result;
}

Before using 'let' in java-script we have to add ‘use strict’ on the top of js file

 **Example of let with constant & variable**

 const tax = 10; 
 const pi = 3.1415926535; 
 let trackExecution = '';

function firstFunction(input1,input2)
{
 trackExecution += 'On firstFunction'; 
 var process = input1 + 2; 
 var result = process - input2;
 result = (result * tax)/100; 
 return result;
}


function otherFunction(input1,input2)
{
 trackExecution += 'On otherFunction'; # can add current time 
 var process = input1 + 8; 
 var result = process * input2 * pi;
 return result;
}

 firstFunction();
 otherFunction();
 console.log(trackExecution);

In above example you can track which one function executed when & which one function not used during specific action.

Meaning of 'const' last in a function declaration of a class?

https://isocpp.org/wiki/faq/const-correctness#const-member-fns

What is a "const member function"?

A member function that inspects (rather than mutates) its object.

A const member function is indicated by a const suffix just after the member function’s parameter list. Member functions with a const suffix are called “const member functions” or “inspectors.” Member functions without a const suffix are called “non-const member functions” or “mutators.”

class Fred {
public:
  void inspect() const;   // This member promises NOT to change *this
  void mutate();          // This member function might change *this
};
void userCode(Fred& changeable, const Fred& unchangeable)
{
  changeable.inspect();   // Okay: doesn't change a changeable object
  changeable.mutate();    // Okay: changes a changeable object
  unchangeable.inspect(); // Okay: doesn't change an unchangeable object
  unchangeable.mutate();  // ERROR: attempt to change unchangeable object
}

The attempt to call unchangeable.mutate() is an error caught at compile time. There is no runtime space or speed penalty for const, and you don’t need to write test-cases to check it at runtime.

The trailing const on inspect() member function should be used to mean the method won’t change the object’s abstract (client-visible) state. That is slightly different from saying the method won’t change the “raw bits” of the object’s struct. C++ compilers aren’t allowed to take the “bitwise” interpretation unless they can solve the aliasing problem, which normally can’t be solved (i.e., a non-const alias could exist which could modify the state of the object). Another (important) insight from this aliasing issue: pointing at an object with a pointer-to-const doesn’t guarantee that the object won’t change; it merely promises that the object won’t change via that pointer.

Differences Between vbLf, vbCrLf & vbCr Constants

 Constant   Value               Description
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 vbCr       Chr(13)             Carriage return
 vbCrLf     Chr(13) & Chr(10)   Carriage return–linefeed combination
 vbLf       Chr(10)             Line feed
  • vbCr : - return to line beginning
    Represents a carriage-return character for print and display functions.

  • vbCrLf : - similar to pressing Enter
    Represents a carriage-return character combined with a linefeed character for print and display functions.

  • vbLf : - go to next line
    Represents a linefeed character for print and display functions.


Read More from Constants Class

constant pointer vs pointer on a constant value

To parse complicated types, you start at the variable, go left, and spiral outwards. If there aren't any arrays or functions to worry about (because these sit to the right of the variable name) this becomes a case of reading from right-to-left.

So with char *const a; you have a, which is a const pointer (*) to a char. In other words you can change the char which a is pointing at, but you can't make a point at anything different.

Conversely with const char* b; you have b, which is a pointer (*) to a char which is const. You can make b point at any char you like, but you cannot change the value of that char using *b = ...;.

You can also of course have both flavours of const-ness at one time: const char *const c;.

"static const" vs "#define" vs "enum"

We looked at the produced assembler code on the MBF16X... Both variants result in the same code for arithmetic operations (ADD Immediate, for example).

So const int is preferred for the type check while #define is old style. Maybe it is compiler-specific. So check your produced assembler code.

How to declare a static const char* in your header file?

If you're using Visual C++, you can non-portably do this using hints to the linker...

// In foo.h...

class Foo
{
public:
   static const char *Bar;
};

// Still in foo.h; doesn't need to be in a .cpp file...

__declspec(selectany)
const char *Foo::Bar = "Blah";

__declspec(selectany) means that even though Foo::Bar will get declared in multiple object files, the linker will only pick up one.

Keep in mind this will only work with the Microsoft toolchain. Don't expect this to be portable.

How to set python variables to true or false?

you have to use capital True and False not true and false

Why can't I initialize non-const static member or static array in class?

This seems a relict from the old days of simple linkers. You can use static variables in static methods as workaround:

// header.hxx
#include <vector>

class Class {
public:
    static std::vector<int> & replacement_for_initialized_static_non_const_variable() {
        static std::vector<int> Static {42, 0, 1900, 1998};
        return Static;
    }
};

int compilation_unit_a();

and

// compilation_unit_a.cxx
#include "header.hxx"

int compilation_unit_a() {  
    return Class::replacement_for_initialized_static_non_const_variable()[1]++;
}

and

// main.cxx
#include "header.hxx"

#include <iostream>

int main() {
    std::cout
    << compilation_unit_a()
    << Class::replacement_for_initialized_static_non_const_variable()[1]++
    << compilation_unit_a()
    << Class::replacement_for_initialized_static_non_const_variable()[1]++
    << std::endl;
}

build:

g++ -std=gnu++0x -save-temps=obj -c compilation_unit_a.cxx 
g++ -std=gnu++0x -o main main.cxx compilation_unit_a.o

run:

./main

The fact that this works (consistently, even if the class definition is included in different compilation units), shows that the linker today (gcc 4.9.2) is actually smart enough.

Funny: Prints 0123 on arm and 3210 on x86.

How can I specify a [DllImport] path at runtime?

Even better than Ran's suggestion of using GetProcAddress, simply make the call to LoadLibrary before any calls to the DllImport functions (with only a filename without a path) and they'll use the loaded module automatically.

I've used this method to choose at runtime whether to load a 32-bit or 64-bit native DLL without having to modify a bunch of P/Invoke-d functions. Stick the loading code in a static constructor for the type that has the imported functions and it'll all work fine.

What is meant with "const" at end of function declaration?

Function can't change its parameters via the pointer/reference you gave it.

I go to this page every time I need to think about it:

http://www.parashift.com/c++-faq-lite/const-correctness.html

I believe there's also a good chapter in Meyers' "More Effective C++".

Is it better in C++ to pass by value or pass by constant reference?

As a rule of thumb, value for non-class types and const reference for classes. If a class is really small it's probably better to pass by value, but the difference is minimal. What you really want to avoid is passing some gigantic class by value and having it all duplicated - this will make a huge difference if you're passing, say, a std::vector with quite a few elements in it.

Why Is `Export Default Const` invalid?

const is like let, it is a LexicalDeclaration (VariableStatement, Declaration) used to define an identifier in your block.

You are trying to mix this with the default keyword, which expects a HoistableDeclaration, ClassDeclaration or AssignmentExpression to follow it.

Therefore it is a SyntaxError.


If you want to const something you need to provide the identifier and not use default.

export by itself accepts a VariableStatement or Declaration to its right.


AFAIK the export in itself should not add anything to your current scope.


The following is fineexport default Tab;

Tab becomes an AssignmentExpression as it's given the name default ?

export default Tab = connect( mapState, mapDispatch )( Tabs ); is fine

Here Tab = connect( mapState, mapDispatch )( Tabs ); is an AssignmentExpression.

How to convert a std::string to const char* or char*?

Use the .c_str() method for const char *.

You can use &mystring[0] to get a char * pointer, but there are a couple of gotcha's: you won't necessarily get a zero terminated string, and you won't be able to change the string's size. You especially have to be careful not to add characters past the end of the string or you'll get a buffer overrun (and probable crash).

There was no guarantee that all of the characters would be part of the same contiguous buffer until C++11, but in practice all known implementations of std::string worked that way anyway; see Does “&s[0]” point to contiguous characters in a std::string?.

Note that many string member functions will reallocate the internal buffer and invalidate any pointers you might have saved. Best to use them immediately and then discard.

How to sort with a lambda?

Got it.

sort(mMyClassVector.begin(), mMyClassVector.end(), 
    [](const MyClass & a, const MyClass & b) -> bool
{ 
    return a.mProperty > b.mProperty; 
});

I assumed it'd figure out that the > operator returned a bool (per documentation). But apparently it is not so.

PHP Constants Containing Arrays?

NOTE: while this is the accepted answer, it's worth noting that in PHP 5.6+ you can have const arrays - see Andrea Faulds' answer below.

You can also serialize your array and then put it into the constant:

# define constant, serialize array
define ("FRUITS", serialize (array ("apple", "cherry", "banana")));

# use it
$my_fruits = unserialize (FRUITS);

Java constant examples (Create a java file having only constants)

You can also use the Properties class

Here's the constants file called

# this will hold all of the constants
frameWidth = 1600
frameHeight = 900

Here is the code that uses the constants

public class SimpleGuiAnimation {

    int frameWidth;
    int frameHeight;


    public SimpleGuiAnimation() {
        Properties properties = new Properties();

        try {
            File file = new File("src/main/resources/dataDirectory/gui_constants.properties");
            FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
            properties.load(fileInputStream);
        }
        catch (FileNotFoundException fileNotFoundException) {
            System.out.println("Could not find the properties file" + fileNotFoundException);
        }
        catch (Exception exception) {
            System.out.println("Could not load properties file" + exception.toString());
        }


        this.frameWidth = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("frameWidth"));
        this.frameHeight = Integer.parseInt(properties.getProperty("frameHeight"));
    }

C# naming convention for constants?

I actually tend to prefer PascalCase here - but out of habit, I'm guilty of UPPER_CASE...

How to initialize a private static const map in C++?

If you find boost::assign::map_list_of useful, but can't use it for some reason, you could write your own:

template<class K, class V>
struct map_list_of_type {
  typedef std::map<K, V> Map;
  Map data;
  map_list_of_type(K k, V v) { data[k] = v; }
  map_list_of_type& operator()(K k, V v) { data[k] = v; return *this; }
  operator Map const&() const { return data; }
};
template<class K, class V>
map_list_of_type<K, V> my_map_list_of(K k, V v) {
  return map_list_of_type<K, V>(k, v);
}

int main() {
  std::map<int, char> example = 
    my_map_list_of(1, 'a') (2, 'b') (3, 'c');
  cout << example << '\n';
}

It's useful to know how such things work, especially when they're so short, but in this case I'd use a function:

a.hpp

struct A {
  static map<int, int> const m;
};

a.cpp

namespace {
map<int,int> create_map() {
  map<int, int> m;
  m[1] = 2; // etc.
  return m;
}
}

map<int, int> const A::m = create_map();

const vs constexpr on variables

No difference here, but it matters when you have a type that has a constructor.

struct S {
    constexpr S(int);
};

const S s0(0);
constexpr S s1(1);

s0 is a constant, but it does not promise to be initialized at compile-time. s1 is marked constexpr, so it is a constant and, because S's constructor is also marked constexpr, it will be initialized at compile-time.

Mostly this matters when initialization at runtime would be time-consuming and you want to push that work off onto the compiler, where it's also time-consuming, but doesn't slow down execution time of the compiled program

Class constants in python

You can get to SIZES by means of self.SIZES (in an instance method) or cls.SIZES (in a class method).

In any case, you will have to be explicit about where to find SIZES. An alternative is to put SIZES in the module containing the classes, but then you need to define all classes in a single module.

Define constant variables in C++ header

You generally shouldn't use e.g. const int in a header file, if it's included in several source files. That is because then the variables will be defined once per source file (translation units technically speaking) because global const variables are implicitly static, taking up more memory than required.

You should instead have a special source file, Constants.cpp that actually defines the variables, and then have the variables declared as extern in the header file.

Something like this header file:

// Protect against multiple inclusions in the same source file
#ifndef CONSTANTS_H
#define CONSTANTS_H

extern const int CONSTANT_1;

#endif

And this in a source file:

const int CONSTANT_1 = 123;

What is the best way to implement constants in Java?

One of the way I do it is by creating a 'Global' class with the constant values and do a static import in the classes that need access to the constant.

Why is there no Constant feature in Java?

Every time I go from heavy C++ coding to Java, it takes me a little while to adapt to the lack of const-correctness in Java. This usage of const in C++ is much different than just declaring constant variables, if you didn't know. Essentially, it ensures that an object is immutable when accessed through a special kind of pointer called a const-pointer When in Java, in places where I'd normally want to return a const-pointer, I instead return a reference with an interface type containing only methods that shouldn't have side effects. Unfortunately, this isn't enforced by the langauge.

Wikipedia offers the following information on the subject:

Interestingly, the Java language specification regards const as a reserved keyword — i.e., one that cannot be used as variable identifier — but assigns no semantics to it. It is thought that the reservation of the keyword occurred to allow for an extension of the Java language to include C++-style const methods and pointer to const type. The enhancement request ticket in the Java Community Process for implementing const correctness in Java was closed in 2005, implying that const correctness will probably never find its way into the official Java specification.

'const int' vs. 'int const' as function parameters in C++ and C

const int is identical to int const, as is true with all scalar types in C. In general, declaring a scalar function parameter as const is not needed, since C's call-by-value semantics mean that any changes to the variable are local to its enclosing function.

invalid use of non-static member function

You shall pass a this pointer to tell the function which object to work on because it relies on that as opposed to a static member function.

Creating a constant Dictionary in C#

Creating a truly compile-time generated constant dictionary in C# is not really a straightforward task. Actually, none of the answers here really achieve that.

There is one solution though which meets your requirements, although not necessarily a nice one; remember that according to the C# specification, switch-case tables are compiled to constant hash jump tables. That is, they are constant dictionaries, not a series of if-else statements. So consider a switch-case statement like this:

switch (myString)
{
   case "cat": return 0;
   case "dog": return 1;
   case "elephant": return 3;
}

This is exactly what you want. And yes, I know, it's ugly.

Ruby on Rails: Where to define global constants?

A common place to put application-wide global constants is inside config/application.

module MyApp
  FOO ||= ENV.fetch('FOO', nil)
  BAR ||= %w(one two three)

  class Application < Rails::Application
    config.foo_bar = :baz
  end
end

Difference between const reference and normal parameter

There are three methods you can pass values in the function

  1. Pass by value

    void f(int n){
        n = n + 10;
    }
    
    int main(){
        int x = 3;
        f(x);
        cout << x << endl;
    }
    

    Output: 3. Disadvantage: When parameter x pass through f function then compiler creates a copy in memory in of x. So wastage of memory.

  2. Pass by reference

    void f(int& n){
        n = n + 10;
    }
    
    int main(){
        int x = 3;
        f(x);
        cout << x << endl;
    }
    

    Output: 13. It eliminate pass by value disadvantage, but if programmer do not want to change the value then use constant reference

  3. Constant reference

    void f(const int& n){
        n = n + 10; // Error: assignment of read-only reference  ‘n’
    }
    
    int main(){
        int x = 3;
        f(x);
        cout << x << endl;
    }
    

    Output: Throw error at n = n + 10 because when we pass const reference parameter argument then it is read-only parameter, you cannot change value of n.

Declare a constant array

As others have mentioned, there is no official Go construct for this. The closest I can imagine would be a function that returns a slice. In this way, you can guarantee that no one will manipulate the elements of the original slice (as it is "hard-coded" into the array).

I have shortened your slice to make it...shorter...:

func GetLetterGoodness() []float32 {
    return []float32 { .0817,.0149,.0278,.0425,.1270,.0223 }
}

Proper use of const for defining functions in JavaScript

There are some very important benefits to the use of const and some would say it should be used wherever possible because of how deliberate and indicative it is.

It is, as far as I can tell, the most indicative and predictable declaration of variables in JavaScript, and one of the most useful, BECAUSE of how constrained it is. Why? Because it eliminates some possibilities available to var and let declarations.

What can you infer when you read a const? You know all of the following just by reading the const declaration statement, AND without scanning for other references to that variable:

  • the value is bound to that variable (although its underlying object is not deeply immutable)
  • it can’t be accessed outside of its immediately containing block
  • the binding is never accessed before declaration, because of Temporal Dead Zone (TDZ) rules.

The following quote is from an article arguing the benefits of let and const. It also more directly answers your question about the keyword's constraints/limits:

Constraints such as those offered by let and const are a powerful way of making code easier to understand. Try to accrue as many of these constraints as possible in the code you write. The more declarative constraints that limit what a piece of code could mean, the easier and faster it is for humans to read, parse, and understand a piece of code in the future.

Granted, there’s more rules to a const declaration than to a var declaration: block-scoped, TDZ, assign at declaration, no reassignment. Whereas var statements only signal function scoping. Rule-counting, however, doesn’t offer a lot of insight. It is better to weigh these rules in terms of complexity: does the rule add or subtract complexity? In the case of const, block scoping means a narrower scope than function scoping, TDZ means that we don’t need to scan the scope backwards from the declaration in order to spot usage before declaration, and assignment rules mean that the binding will always preserve the same reference.

The more constrained statements are, the simpler a piece of code becomes. As we add constraints to what a statement might mean, code becomes less unpredictable. This is one of the biggest reasons why statically typed programs are generally easier to read than dynamically typed ones. Static typing places a big constraint on the program writer, but it also places a big constraint on how the program can be interpreted, making its code easier to understand.

With these arguments in mind, it is recommended that you use const where possible, as it’s the statement that gives us the least possibilities to think about.

Source: https://ponyfoo.com/articles/var-let-const

Difference between `constexpr` and `const`

According to book of "The C++ Programming Language 4th Editon" by Bjarne Stroustrup
const: meaning roughly ‘‘I promise not to change this value’’ (§7.5). This is used primarily to specify interfaces, so that data can be passed to functions without fear of it being modified.
The compiler enforces the promise made by const.
constexpr: meaning roughly ‘‘to be evaluated at compile time’’ (§10.4). This is used primarily to specify constants, to allow
For example:

const int dmv = 17; // dmv is a named constant
int var = 17; // var is not a constant
constexpr double max1 = 1.4*square(dmv); // OK if square(17) is a constant expression
constexpr double max2 = 1.4*square(var); // error : var is not a constant expression
const double max3 = 1.4*square(var); //OK, may be evaluated at run time
double sum(const vector<double>&); // sum will not modify its argument (§2.2.5)
vector<double> v {1.2, 3.4, 4.5}; // v is not a constant
const double s1 = sum(v); // OK: evaluated at run time
constexpr double s2 = sum(v); // error : sum(v) not constant expression

For a function to be usable in a constant expression, that is, in an expression that will be evaluated by the compiler, it must be defined constexpr.
For example:

constexpr double square(double x) { return x*x; }


To be constexpr, a function must be rather simple: just a return-statement computing a value. A constexpr function can be used for non-constant arguments, but when that is done the result is not a constant expression. We allow a constexpr function to be called with non-constant-expression arguments in contexts that do not require constant expressions, so that we don’t hav e to define essentially the same function twice: once for constant expressions and once for variables.
In a few places, constant expressions are required by language rules (e.g., array bounds (§2.2.5, §7.3), case labels (§2.2.4, §9.4.2), some template arguments (§25.2), and constants declared using constexpr). In other cases, compile-time evaluation is important for performance. Independently of performance issues, the notion of immutability (of an object with an unchangeable state) is an important design concern (§10.4).

What is the difference between a static and const variable?

static is a storage specifier.
const is a type qualifier.

static const vs #define

Personally, I loathe the preprocessor, so I'd always go with const.

The main advantage to a #define is that it requires no memory to store in your program, as it is really just replacing some text with a literal value. It also has the advantage that it has no type, so it can be used for any integer value without generating warnings.

Advantages of "const"s are that they can be scoped, and they can be used in situations where a pointer to an object needs to be passed.

I don't know exactly what you are getting at with the "static" part though. If you are declaring globally, I'd put it in an anonymous namespace instead of using static. For example

namespace {
   unsigned const seconds_per_minute = 60;
};

int main (int argc; char *argv[]) {
...
}

How to initialize const member variable in a class?

you can add static to make possible the initialization of this class member variable.

static const int i = 100;

However, this is not always a good practice to use inside class declaration, because all objects instacied from that class will shares the same static variable which is stored in internal memory outside of the scope memory of instantiated objects.

How can I get the size of an std::vector as an int?

In the first two cases, you simply forgot to actually call the member function (!, it's not a value) std::vector<int>::size like this:

#include <vector>

int main () {
    std::vector<int> v;
    auto size = v.size();
}

Your third call

int size = v.size();

triggers a warning, as not every return value of that function (usually a 64 bit unsigned int) can be represented as a 32 bit signed int.

int size = static_cast<int>(v.size());

would always compile cleanly and also explicitly states that your conversion from std::vector::size_type to int was intended.

Note that if the size of the vector is greater than the biggest number an int can represent, size will contain an implementation defined (de facto garbage) value.

Declaring static constants in ES6 classes?

You could use import * as syntax. Although not a class, they are real const variables.

Constants.js

export const factor = 3;
export const pi = 3.141592;

index.js

import * as Constants from 'Constants.js'
console.log( Constants.factor );

How can I get a resource content from a static context?

Shortcut

I use App.getRes() instead of App.getContext().getResources() (as @Cristian answered)

It is very simple to use anywhere in your code!

So here is a unique solution by which you can access resources from anywhere like Util class .

(1) Create or Edit your Application class.

import android.app.Application;
import android.content.res.Resources;

public class App extends Application {
    private static App mInstance;
    private static Resources res;


    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        mInstance = this;
        res = getResources();
    }

    public static App getInstance() {
        return mInstance;
    }

    public static Resources getRes() {
        return res;
    }

}

(2) Add name field to your manifest.xml <application tag. (or Skip this if already there)

<application
        android:name=".App"
        ...
        >
        ...
    </application>

Now you are good to go.

Use App.getRes().getString(R.string.some_id) anywhere in code.

Constant pointer vs Pointer to constant

Please refer the following link for better understanding about the difference between Const pointer and Pointer on a constant value.

constant pointer vs pointer on a constant value

How do I turn off PHP Notices?

Double defined constants

To fix the specific error here you can check if a constant is already defined before defining it:

if ( ! defined( 'DIR_FS_CATALOG' ) ) 
  define( 'DIR_FS_CATALOG', 'something...' );

I'd personally start with a search in the codebase for the constant DIR_FS_CATALOG, then replace the double definition with this.

Hiding PHP notices inline, case-by-case

PHP provides the @ error control operator, which you can use to ignore specific functions that cause notices or warnings.

Using this you can ignore/disable notices and warnings on a case-by-case basis in your code, which can be useful for situations where an error or notice is intentional, planned, or just downright annoying and not possible to solve at the source. Place an @ before the function or var that's causing a notice and it will be ignored.

Here's an example:

// Intentional file error
$missing_file = @file( 'non_existent_file' );

More on this can be found in PHP's Error Control Operators docs.

'Static readonly' vs. 'const'

Const: Const is nothing but "constant", a variable of which the value is constant but at compile time. And it's mandatory to assign a value to it. By default a const is static and we cannot change the value of a const variable throughout the entire program.

Static ReadOnly: A Static Readonly type variable's value can be assigned at runtime or assigned at compile time and changed at runtime. But this variable's value can only be changed in the static constructor. And cannot be changed further. It can change only once at runtime

Reference: c-sharpcorner

Difference between char* and const char*?

CASE 1:

char *str = "Hello";
str[0] = 'M'  //Warning may be issued by compiler, and will cause segmentation fault upon running the programme

The above sets str to point to the literal value "Hello" which is hard-coded in the program's binary image, which is flagged as read-only in memory, means any change in this String literal is illegal and that would throw segmentation faults.

CASE 2:

const char *str = "Hello";
str[0] = 'M'  //Compile time error

CASE 3:

char str[] = "Hello";
str[0] = 'M'; // legal and change the str = "Mello".

PHP - define constant inside a class

This is a pretty old question, but perhaps this answer can still help someone else.

You can emulate a public constant that is restricted within a class scope by applying the final keyword to a method that returns a pre-defined value, like this:

class Foo {

    // This is a private constant
    final public MYCONSTANT()
    {
        return 'MYCONSTANT_VALUE';
    }
}

The final keyword on a method prevents an extending class from re-defining the method. You can also place the final keyword in front of the class declaration, in which case the keyword prevents class Inheritance.

To get nearly exactly what Alex was looking for the following code can be used:

final class Constants {

    public MYCONSTANT()
    {
        return 'MYCONSTANT_VALUE';
    }
}

class Foo {

    static public app()
    {
        return new Constants();
    }
}

The emulated constant value would be accessible like this:

Foo::app()->MYCONSTANT();

Purpose of returning by const value?

It's pretty pointless to return a const value from a function.

It's difficult to get it to have any effect on your code:

const int foo() {
   return 3;
}

int main() {
   int x = foo();  // copies happily
   x = 4;
}

and:

const int foo() {
   return 3;
}

int main() {
   foo() = 4;  // not valid anyway for built-in types
}

// error: lvalue required as left operand of assignment

Though you can notice if the return type is a user-defined type:

struct T {};

const T foo() {
   return T();
}

int main() {
   foo() = T();
}

// error: passing ‘const T’ as ‘this’ argument of ‘T& T::operator=(const T&)’ discards qualifiers

it's questionable whether this is of any benefit to anyone.

Returning a reference is different, but unless Object is some template parameter, you're not doing that.

Constants in Objective-C

If you want to call something like this NSString.newLine; from objective c, and you want it to be static constant, you can create something like this in swift:

public extension NSString {
    @objc public static let newLine = "\n"
}

And you have nice readable constant definition, and available from within a type of your choice while stile bounded to context of type.

What is the difference between const and readonly in C#?

Principally; you can assign a value to a static readonly field to a non-constant value at runtime, whereas a const has to be assigned a constant value.

Link error "undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'" and g++

If g++ still gives error Try using:

g++ file.c -lstdc++

Look at this post: What is __gxx_personality_v0 for?

Make sure -lstdc++ is at the end of the command. If you place it at the beginning (i.e. before file.c), you still can get this same error.

Is it possible to cast a Stream in Java 8?

Late to the party, but I think it is a useful answer.

flatMap would be the shortest way to do it.

Stream.of(objects).flatMap(o->(o instanceof Client)?Stream.of((Client)o):Stream.empty())

If o is a Client then create a Stream with a single element, otherwise use the empty stream. These streams will then be flattened into a Stream<Client>.

How to open a URL in a new Tab using JavaScript or jQuery?

I know your question does not specify if you are trying to open all a tags in a new window or only the external links.

But in case you only want external links to open in a new tab you can do this:

$( 'a[href^="http://"]' ).attr( 'target','_blank' )
$( 'a[href^="https://"]' ).attr( 'target','_blank' )

Sending data through POST request from a node.js server to a node.js server

You can also use Requestify, a really cool and very simple HTTP client I wrote for nodeJS + it supports caching.

Just do the following for executing a POST request:

var requestify = require('requestify');

requestify.post('http://example.com', {
    hello: 'world'
})
.then(function(response) {
    // Get the response body (JSON parsed or jQuery object for XMLs)
    response.getBody();
});

A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: SIGSEGV, libjvm

1.Set the following Environment Property on your active Shell. - open bash terminal and type in:

  $ export LD_BIND_NOW=1
  1. Re-Run the Jar or Java File

Note: for superuser in bash type su and press enter

Jenkins / Hudson environment variables

Jenkins also supports the format PATH+<name> to prepend to any variable, not only PATH:

Global Environment variables or node Environment variables:

Jenkins variable + notation

This is also supported in the pipeline step withEnv:

node {
  withEnv(['PATH+JAVA=/path/to/java/bin']) {
    ...
  }
}

Just take note, it prepends to the variable. If it must be appended you need to do what the other answers show.

See the pipeline steps document here.

You may also use the syntax PATH+WHATEVER=/something to prepend /something to $PATH

Or the java docs on EnvVars here.

Decode Hex String in Python 3

import codecs

decode_hex = codecs.getdecoder("hex_codec")

# for an array
msgs = [decode_hex(msg)[0] for msg in msgs]

# for a string
string = decode_hex(string)[0]

Run Python script at startup in Ubuntu

In similar situations, I've done well by putting something like the following into /etc/rc.local:

cd /path/to/my/script
./my_script.py &
cd -
echo `date +%Y-%b-%d_%H:%M:%S` > /tmp/ran_rc_local  # check that rc.local ran

This has worked on multiple versions of Fedora and on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, for both python and perl scripts.

How do I put the image on the right side of the text in a UIButton?

Thanks to Vitaliy Gozhenko

I just want to add that you can add IB_DESIGNABLE before your button @interface and set your button class in storyborad. Then you can watch it layout in real time without app launch just at interface building stage

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Format bytes to kilobytes, megabytes, gigabytes

This is Chris Jester-Young's implementation, cleanest I've ever seen, combined with php.net's and a precision argument.

function formatBytes($size, $precision = 2)
{
    $base = log($size, 1024);
    $suffixes = array('', 'K', 'M', 'G', 'T');   

    return round(pow(1024, $base - floor($base)), $precision) .' '. $suffixes[floor($base)];
}

echo formatBytes(24962496);
// 23.81M

echo formatBytes(24962496, 0);
// 24M

echo formatBytes(24962496, 4);
// 23.8061M

ssh : Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic)

please make sure following changes should be uncommented, which I did and got succeed in centos7

vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

1.PubkeyAuthentication yes

2.PasswordAuthentication yes

3.GSSAPIKeyExchange no

4.GSSAPICleanupCredentials no

systemctl restart sshd

ssh-keygen

chmod 777 /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub 

ssh-copy-id -i /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub user@ipaddress

thank you all and good luck

How do I rename a MySQL schema?

If you're on the Model Overview page you get a tab with the schema. If you rightclick on that tab you get an option to "edit schema". From there you can rename the schema by adding a new name, then click outside the field. This goes for MySQL Workbench 5.2.30 CE

Edit: On the model overview it's under Physical Schemata

Screenshot:

enter image description here

How to calculate DATE Difference in PostgreSQL?

This is how I usually do it. A simple number of days perspective of B minus A.

DATE_PART('day', MAX(joindate) - MIN(joindate)) as date_diff

Count the number of occurrences of a string in a VARCHAR field?

This should do the trick:

SELECT 
    title,
    description,    
    ROUND (   
        (
            LENGTH(description)
            - LENGTH( REPLACE ( description, "value", "") ) 
        ) / LENGTH("value")        
    ) AS count    
FROM <table> 

Remove the last character from a string

You can use

substr(string $string, int $start, int[optional] $length=null);

See substr in the PHP documentation. It returns part of a string.

How to open port in Linux

First, you should disable selinux, edit file /etc/sysconfig/selinux so it looks like this:

SELINUX=disabled
SELINUXTYPE=targeted

Save file and restart system.

Then you can add the new rule to iptables:

iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT

and restart iptables with /etc/init.d/iptables restart

If it doesn't work you should check other network settings.

Assert an object is a specific type

You can use the assertThat method and the Matchers that comes with JUnit.

Take a look at this link that describes a little bit about the JUnit Matchers.

Example:

public class BaseClass {
}

public class SubClass extends BaseClass {
}

Test:

import org.junit.Test;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

/**
 * @author maba, 2012-09-13
 */
public class InstanceOfTest {

    @Test
    public void testInstanceOf() {
        SubClass subClass = new SubClass();
        assertThat(subClass, instanceOf(BaseClass.class));
    }
}

How to enter ssh password using bash?

Double check if you are not able to use keys.

Otherwise use expect:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
spawn ssh [email protected]
expect "assword:"
send "mypassword\r"
interact

print spaces with String.format()

int numberOfSpaces = 3;
String space = String.format("%"+ numberOfSpaces +"s", " ");

How do I select last 5 rows in a table without sorting?

In SQL Server, it does not seem possible without using ordering in the query. This is what I have used.

SELECT *
FROM
(
    SELECT TOP 5 *
    FROM [MyTable]
    ORDER BY Id DESC /*Primary Key*/
) AS T
ORDER BY T.Id ASC; /*Primary Key*/

jQuery ui dialog change title after load-callback

Using dialog methods:

$('.selectorUsedToCreateTheDialog').dialog('option', 'title', 'My New title');

Or directly, hacky though:

$("span.ui-dialog-title").text('My New Title'); 

For future reference, you can skip google with jQuery. The jQuery API will answer your questions most of the time. In this case, the Dialog API page. For the main library: http://api.jquery.com

SQL Server add auto increment primary key to existing table

Try something like this (on a test table first):

USE your_database_name
GO
WHILE (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM your_table WHERE your_id_field IS NULL) > 0
BEGIN
    SET ROWCOUNT 1
    UPDATE your_table SET your_id_field = MAX(your_id_field)+1
END
PRINT 'ALL DONE'

I have not tested this at all, so be careful!

Call parent method from child class c#

To follow up on the comment by suhendri to Rory McCrossan answer. Here is an Action delegate example:

In child add:

public Action UpdateProgress;  // In place of event handler declaration
                               // declare an Action delegate
.
.
.
private LoadData() {
    this.UpdateProgress();    // call to Action delegate - MyMethod in
                              // parent
}

In parent add:

// The 3 lines in the parent becomes:
ChildClass child = new ChildClass();
child.UpdateProgress = this.MyMethod;  // assigns MyMethod to child delegate

When is null or undefined used in JavaScript?

Regarding this topic the specification (ecma-262) is quite clear

I found it really useful and straightforward, so that I share it: - Here you will find Equality algorithm - Here you will find Strict equality algorithm

I bumped into it reading "Abstract equality, strict equality, and same value" from mozilla developer site, section sameness.

I hope you find it useful.

Get filename from input [type='file'] using jQuery

This isn't possible due to security reasons. At least not on modern browsers. This is because any code getting access to the path of the file can be considered dangerous and a security risk. Either you'll end up with an undefined value, an empty string or an error will be thrown.

When a file form is submitted, the browser buffers the file temporarily into an upload directory and only the temporary file name of that file and basename of that file is submitted.

Finish all activities at a time

Whenever you wish to exit all open activities, you should press a button which loads the first Activity that runs when your application starts then clear all the other activities, then have the last remaining activity finish. to do so apply the following code in ur project

Intent intent = new Intent(getApplicationContext(), FirstActivity.class);
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);
intent.putExtra("EXIT", true);
startActivity(intent);

The above code finishes all the activities except for FirstActivity. Then we need to finish the FirstActivity's Enter the below code in Firstactivity's oncreate

if (getIntent().getBooleanExtra("EXIT", false)) {
    finish();
}

and you are done....

Removing duplicates from rows based on specific columns in an RDD/Spark DataFrame

From your question, it is unclear as-to which columns you want to use to determine duplicates. The general idea behind the solution is to create a key based on the values of the columns that identify duplicates. Then, you can use the reduceByKey or reduce operations to eliminate duplicates.

Here is some code to get you started:

def get_key(x):
    return "{0}{1}{2}".format(x[0],x[2],x[3])

m = data.map(lambda x: (get_key(x),x))

Now, you have a key-value RDD that is keyed by columns 1,3 and 4. The next step would be either a reduceByKey or groupByKey and filter. This would eliminate duplicates.

r = m.reduceByKey(lambda x,y: (x))

Assigning strings to arrays of characters

There is no such thing as a "string" in C. In C, strings are one-dimensional array of char, terminated by a null character \0. Since you can't assign arrays in C, you can't assign strings either. The literal "hello" is syntactic sugar for const char x[] = {'h','e','l','l','o','\0'};

The correct way would be:

char s[100];
strncpy(s, "hello", 100);

or better yet:

#define STRMAX 100
char    s[STRMAX];
size_t  len;
len = strncpy(s, "hello", STRMAX);

Disable dragging an image from an HTML page

Answer is simple:

<body oncontextmenu="return false"/> - disable right-click <body ondragstart="return false"/> - disable mouse dragging <body ondrop="return false"/> - disable mouse drop

placeholder for select tag

EDIT: This did/does work at the time I wrote it, but as Blexen pointed out, it's not in the spec.

Add an option like so:

<option default>Select Your Beverage</option>

The correct way:

<option selected="selected">Select Your Beverage</option>

Use async await with Array.map

The problem here is that you are trying to await an array of promises rather than a promise. This doesn't do what you expect.

When the object passed to await is not a Promise, await simply returns the value as-is immediately instead of trying to resolve it. So since you passed await an array (of Promise objects) here instead of a Promise, the value returned by await is simply that array, which is of type Promise<number>[].

What you need to do here is call Promise.all on the array returned by map in order to convert it to a single Promise before awaiting it.

According to the MDN docs for Promise.all:

The Promise.all(iterable) method returns a promise that resolves when all of the promises in the iterable argument have resolved, or rejects with the reason of the first passed promise that rejects.

So in your case:

var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

var results: number[] = await Promise.all(arr.map(async (item): Promise<number> => {
    await callAsynchronousOperation(item);
    return item + 1;
}));

This will resolve the specific error you are encountering here.

How to get the size of a range in Excel

The overall dimensions of a range are in its Width and Height properties.

Dim r As Range
Set r = ActiveSheet.Range("A4:H12")

Debug.Print r.Width
Debug.Print r.Height

Programmatically Hide/Show Android Soft Keyboard

Did you try InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT in first window.

and for hiding in second window use InputMethodManager.HIDE_IMPLICIT_ONLY

EDIT :

If its still not working then probably you are putting it at the wrong place. Override onFinishInflate() and show/hide there.

@override
public void onFinishInflate() {
     /* code to show keyboard on startup */
    InputMethodManager imm = (InputMethodManager) getSystemService(Context.INPUT_METHOD_SERVICE);
    imm.showSoftInput(mUserNameEdit, InputMethodManager.SHOW_IMPLICIT);
}

Syntax error on print with Python 3

In Python 3, print became a function. This means that you need to include parenthesis now like mentioned below:

print("Hello World")

The value violated the integrity constraints for the column

I've found that this can happen due to a number of various reasons.

In my case when I scroll to the end of the SQL import "Report", under the "Post-execute (Success)" heading it will tell me how many rows were copied and it's usually the next row in sheet which has the issue. Also you can tell which column by the import messages (in your case it was "Copy of F2") so you can generally find out which was the offending cell in Excel.

I've seen this happen for very silly reasons such as the date format in Excel being different than previous rows. For example cell A2 being "05/02/2017" while A3 being "5/2/2017" or even "05-02-2017". It seems the import wants things to be perfectly consistent.

It even happens if the Excel formats are different so if B2 is "512" but an Excel "Number" format and B3 is "512" but an Excel "Text" format then the Cell will cause an error.

I've also had situations where I literally had to delete all the "empty" rows below my data rows in the Excel sheet. Sometimes they appear empty but Excel considers them having "blank" data or something like that so the import tries to import them as well. This usually happens if you've had previous data in your Excel sheet which you've cleared but haven't properly deleted the rows.

And then there's the obvious reasons of trying to import text value into an integer column or insert a NULL into a NOT NULL column as mentioned by the others.

Using current time in UTC as default value in PostgreSQL

A function is not even needed. Just put parentheses around the default expression:

create temporary table test(
    id int, 
    ts timestamp without time zone default (now() at time zone 'utc')
);

How to Logout of an Application Where I Used OAuth2 To Login With Google?

To logout from the app only but not the Gmail:

window.gapi.load('auth2', () => {
      window.gapi.auth2
        .init({
          client_id:
            '<Your client id configired on google console>'
        })
        .then(() => {
          window.gapi.auth2
            .getAuthInstance()
            .signOut()
            .then(function() {
              console.log('User signed out.');
            });
        });
    });

I'm using above in my ReactJs code.

The mysql extension is deprecated and will be removed in the future: use mysqli or PDO instead

  1. Why is this happening?

    The entire ext/mysql PHP extension, which provides all functions named with the prefix mysql_, was officially deprecated in PHP v5.5.0 and removed in PHP v7.

    It was originally introduced in PHP v2.0 (November 1997) for MySQL v3.20, and no new features have been added since 2006. Coupled with the lack of new features are difficulties in maintaining such old code amidst complex security vulnerabilities.

    The manual has contained warnings against its use in new code since June 2011.

  2. How can I fix it?

    As the error message suggests, there are two other MySQL extensions that you can consider: MySQLi and PDO_MySQL, either of which can be used instead of ext/mysql. Both have been in PHP core since v5.0, so if you're using a version that is throwing these deprecation errors then you can almost certainly just start using them right away—i.e. without any installation effort.

    They differ slightly, but offer a number of advantages over the old extension including API support for transactions, stored procedures and prepared statements (thereby providing the best way to defeat SQL injection attacks). PHP developer Ulf Wendel has written a thorough comparison of the features.

    Hashphp.org has an excellent tutorial on migrating from ext/mysql to PDO.

  3. I understand that it's possible to suppress deprecation errors by setting error_reporting in php.ini to exclude E_DEPRECATED:

    error_reporting = E_ALL ^ E_DEPRECATED
    

    What will happen if I do that?

    Yes, it is possible to suppress such error messages and continue using the old ext/mysql extension for the time being. But you really shouldn't do this—this is a final warning from the developers that the extension may not be bundled with future versions of PHP (indeed, as already mentioned, it has been removed from PHP v7). Instead, you should take this opportunity to migrate your application now, before it's too late.

    Note also that this technique will suppress all E_DEPRECATED messages, not just those to do with the ext/mysql extension: therefore you may be unaware of other upcoming changes to PHP that would affect your application code. It is, of course, possible to only suppress errors that arise on the expression at issue by using PHP's error control operator—i.e. prepending the relevant line with @—however this will suppress all errors raised by that expression, not just E_DEPRECATED ones.


What should you do?

  • You are starting a new project.

    There is absolutely no reason to use ext/mysql—choose one of the other, more modern, extensions instead and reap the rewards of the benefits they offer.

  • You have (your own) legacy codebase that currently depends upon ext/mysql.

    It would be wise to perform regression testing: you really shouldn't be changing anything (especially upgrading PHP) until you have identified all of the potential areas of impact, planned around each of them and then thoroughly tested your solution in a staging environment.

    • Following good coding practice, your application was developed in a loosely integrated/modular fashion and the database access methods are all self-contained in one place that can easily be swapped out for one of the new extensions.

      Spend half an hour rewriting this module to use one of the other, more modern, extensions; test thoroughly. You can later introduce further refinements to reap the rewards of the benefits they offer.

    • The database access methods are scattered all over the place and cannot easily be swapped out for one of the new extensions.

      Consider whether you really need to upgrade to PHP v5.5 at this time.

      You should begin planning to replace ext/mysql with one of the other, more modern, extensions in order that you can reap the rewards of the benefits they offer; you might also use it as an opportunity to refactor your database access methods into a more modular structure.

      However, if you have an urgent need to upgrade PHP right away, you might consider suppressing deprecation errors for the time being: but first be sure to identify any other deprecation errors that are also being thrown.

  • You are using a third party project that depends upon ext/mysql.

    Consider whether you really need to upgrade to PHP v5.5 at this time.

    Check whether the developer has released any fixes, workarounds or guidance in relation to this specific issue; or, if not, pressure them to do so by bringing this matter to their attention. If you have an urgent need to upgrade PHP right away, you might consider suppressing deprecation errors for the time being: but first be sure to identify any other deprecation errors that are also being thrown.

    It is absolutely essential to perform regression testing.

SHOW PROCESSLIST in MySQL command: sleep

It's not a query waiting for connection; it's a connection pointer waiting for the timeout to terminate.

It doesn't have an impact on performance. The only thing it's using is a few bytes as every connection does.

The really worst case: It's using one connection of your pool; If you would connect multiple times via console client and just close the client without closing the connection, you could use up all your connections and have to wait for the timeout to be able to connect again... but this is highly unlikely :-)

See MySql Proccesslist filled with "Sleep" Entries leading to "Too many Connections"? and https://dba.stackexchange.com/questions/1558/how-long-is-too-long-for-mysql-connections-to-sleep for more information.

How to use bootstrap-theme.css with bootstrap 3?

Upon downloading Bootstrap 3.x, you'll get bootstrap.css and bootstrap-theme.css (not to mention the minified versions of these files that are also present).

bootstrap.css

bootstrap.css is completely styled and ready to use, if such is your desire. It is perhaps a bit plain but it is ready and it is there.

You do not need to use bootstrap-theme.css if you don't want to and things will be just fine.

bootstrap-theme.css

bootstrap-theme.css is just what the name of the file is trying to suggest: it is a theme for bootstrap that is creatively considered 'THE bootstrap theme'. The name of the file confuses things just a bit since the base bootstrap.css already has styling applied and I, for one, would consider those styles to be the default. But that conclusion is apparently incorrect in light of things said in the Bootstrap documentation's examples section in regard to this bootstrap-theme.css file:

"Load the optional Bootstrap theme for a visually enhanced experience."

The above quote is found here http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#examples on a thumbnail that links to this example page http://getbootstrap.com/examples/theme/. The idea is that bootstrap-theme.css is THE bootstrap theme AND it's optional.

Themes at BootSwatch.com

About the themes at BootSwatch.com: These themes are not implemented like bootstrap-theme.css. The BootSwatch themes are modified versions of the original bootstrap.css. So, you should definitely NOT use a theme from BootSwatch AND the bootstrap-theme.css file at the same time.

Custom Theme

About Your Own Custom Theme: You might choose to modify bootstrap-theme.css when creating your own theme. Doing so may make it easier to make styling changes without accidentally breaking any of that built-in Bootstrap goodness.

SQLException: No suitable driver found for jdbc:derby://localhost:1527

I was facing the same issue. I was missing DriverManager.registerDriver() call, before getting the connection using the connection URL and user credentials.

It got fixed on Linux as below:

DriverManager.registerDriver(new org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver());
connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby://localhost:1527//tmp/Test/DB_Name", user, pass);

For Windows:

DriverManager.registerDriver(new org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver());
connection = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby://localhost:1527/C:/Users/Test/DB_Name", user, pass);

Escape double quotes in Java

Use Java's replaceAll(String regex, String replacement)

For example, Use a substitution char for the quotes and then replace that char with \"

String newstring = String.replaceAll("%","\"");

or replace all instances of \" with \\\"

String newstring = String.replaceAll("\"","\\\"");

Reverse engineering from an APK file to a project

Yes, you can get your project back. Just rename the yourproject.apk file to yourproject.zip, and you will get all the files inside that ZIP file. We are changing the file extension from .apk to .zip. From that ZIP file, extract the classes.dex file and decompile it by following way.

First, you need a tool to extract all the (compiled) classes on the DEX to a JAR. There's one called dex2jar, which is made by a Chinese student.

Then, you can use JD-GUI to decompile the classes in the JAR to source code. The resulting source code should be quite readable, as dex2jar applies some optimizations.

Resize Google Maps marker icon image

Delete origin and anchor will be more regular picture

  var icon = {
        url: "image path", // url
        scaledSize: new google.maps.Size(50, 50), // size
    };

 marker = new google.maps.Marker({
  position: new google.maps.LatLng(lat, long),
  map: map,
  icon: icon
 });

swift UITableView set rowHeight

As pointed out in comments, you cannot call cellForRowAtIndexPath inside heightForRowAtIndexPath.

What you can do is creating a template cell used to populate with your data and then compute its height. This cell doesn't participate to the table rendering, and it can be reused to calculate the height of each table cell.

Briefly, it consists of configuring the template cell with the data you want to display, make it resize accordingly to the content, and then read its height.

I have taken this code from a project I am working on - unfortunately it's in Objective C, I don't think you will have problems translating to swift

- (CGFloat) tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    static PostCommentCell *sizingCell = nil;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        sizingCell = [self.tblComments dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:POST_COMMENT_CELL_IDENTIFIER];
    });

    sizingCell.comment = self.comments[indexPath.row];
    [sizingCell setNeedsLayout];
    [sizingCell layoutIfNeeded];

    CGSize size = [sizingCell.contentView systemLayoutSizeFittingSize:UILayoutFittingCompressedSize];
    return size.height;
}

Resource files not found from JUnit test cases

This is actually redundant except in cases where you want to override the defaults. All of these settings are implied defaults.

You can verify that by checking your effective POM using this command

mvn help:effective-pom

    <finalName>name</finalName>
    <directory>target</directory>
    <outputDirectory>target/classes</outputDirectory>
    <testOutputDirectory>target/test-classes</testOutputDirectory>
    <sourceDirectory>src/main/java</sourceDirectory>
    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/java</testSourceDirectory>
    <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
        </resource>
    </resources>
    <testResources>
        <testResource>
            <directory>src/test/resources</directory>
        </testResource>
    </testResources>

For example, if i want to point to a different test resource path or resource path you should use this otherwise you don't.

    <resources>
        <resource>
            <directory>/home/josh/desktop/app_resources</directory>
        </resource>
    </resources>
    <testResources>
        <testResource>
            <directory>/home/josh/desktop/test_resources</directory>
        </testResource>
    </testResources>

ActionLink htmlAttributes

@Html.ActionLink("display name", "action", "Contorller"
    new { id = 1 },Html Attribute=new {Attribute1="value"})

prevent property from being serialized in web API

I'm late to the game, but an anonymous objects would do the trick:

[HttpGet]
public HttpResponseMessage Me(string hash)
{
    HttpResponseMessage httpResponseMessage;
    List<Something> somethings = ...

    var returnObjects = somethings.Select(x => new {
        Id = x.Id,
        OtherField = x.OtherField
    });

    httpResponseMessage = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, 
                                 new { result = true, somethings = returnObjects });

    return httpResponseMessage;
}

Where does Vagrant download its .box files to?

@Luke Peterson: There's a simpler way to get .box file.

Just go to https://atlas.hashicorp.com/boxes/search, search for the box you'd like to download. Notice the URL of the box, e.g:

https://atlas.hashicorp.com/ubuntu/boxes/trusty64/versions/20150530.0.1

Then you can download this box using URL like this:

https://vagrantcloud.com/ubuntu/boxes/trusty64/versions/20150530.0.1/providers/virtualbox.box

I tried and successfully download all the boxes I need. Hope that help.

Regex to validate date format dd/mm/yyyy

Notice:

Your regexp does not work for years that "are multiples of 4 and 100, but not of 400". Years that pass that test are not leap years. For example: 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2500, etc. In other words, it puts all years with the format \d\d00 in the same class of leap years, which is incorrect. – MuchToLearn

So it works properly only for [1901 - 2099] (Whew)

dd/MM/yyyy:

Checks if leap year. Years from 1900 to 9999 are valid. Only dd/MM/yyyy

(^(((0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8])[\/](0[1-9]|1[012]))|((29|30|31)[\/](0[13578]|1[02]))|((29|30)[\/](0[4,6,9]|11)))[\/](19|[2-9][0-9])\d\d$)|(^29[\/]02[\/](19|[2-9][0-9])(00|04|08|12|16|20|24|28|32|36|40|44|48|52|56|60|64|68|72|76|80|84|88|92|96)$)

How to check if mod_rewrite is enabled in php?

You can get a list of installed apache modules, and check against that. Perhaps you can check if its installed by searching for its .dll (or linux equivalent) file.

How can I get a precise time, for example in milliseconds in Objective-C?

I know this is an old one but even I found myself wandering past it again, so I thought I'd submit my own option here.

Best bet is to check out my blog post on this: Timing things in Objective-C: A stopwatch

Basically, I wrote a class that does stop watching in a very basic way but is encapsulated so that you only need to do the following:

[MMStopwatchARC start:@"My Timer"];
// your work here ...
[MMStopwatchARC stop:@"My Timer"];

And you end up with:

MyApp[4090:15203]  -> Stopwatch: [My Timer] runtime: [0.029]

in the log...

Again, check out my post for a little more or download it here: MMStopwatch.zip

where is create-react-app webpack config and files?

If you want to find webpack files and configurations go to your package.json file and look for scripts

img

You will find that scripts object is using a library react-scripts

Now go to node_modules and look for react-scripts folder react-script-in-node-modules

This react-scripts/scripts and react-scripts/config folder contains all the webpack configurations.

Is there any native DLL export functions viewer?

you can use Dependency Walker to view the function name. you can see the function's parameters only if it's decorated. read the following from the FAQ:

How do I view the parameter and return types of a function? For most functions, this information is simply not present in the module. The Windows' module file format only provides a single text string to identify each function. There is no structured way to list the number of parameters, the parameter types, or the return type. However, some languages do something called function "decoration" or "mangling", which is the process of encoding information into the text string. For example, a function like int Foo(int, int) encoded with simple decoration might be exported as _Foo@8. The 8 refers to the number of bytes used by the parameters. If C++ decoration is used, the function would be exported as ?Foo@@YGHHH@Z, which can be directly decoded back to the function's original prototype: int Foo(int, int). Dependency Walker supports C++ undecoration by using the Undecorate C++ Functions Command.

Ansible Ignore errors in tasks and fail at end of the playbook if any tasks had errors

You can wrap all tasks which can fail in block, and use ignore_errors: yes with that block.

tasks:
  - name: ls
    command: ls -la
  - name: pwd
    command: pwd

  - block:
    - name: ls non-existing txt file
      command: ls -la no_file.txt
    - name: ls non-existing pic
      command: ls -la no_pic.jpg
    ignore_errors: yes 

Read more about error handling in blocks here.

Why is JavaFX is not included in OpenJDK 8 on Ubuntu Wily (15.10)?

I use ubuntu 16.04 and because I already had openJDK installed, this command have solved the problem. Don't forget that JavaFX is part of OpenJDK.

sudo apt-get install openjfx

CodeIgniter 500 Internal Server Error

Just in case somebody else stumbles across this problem, I inherited an older CodeIgniter project and had a lot of trouble getting it to install.

I wasted a ton of time trying to create a local installation of the site and tried everything. In the end, the solution was simple.

The problem is that older CodeIgniter versions (like 1.7 and below), don't work with PHP 5.3. The solution is to switch to PHP 5.2 or something older.

find files by extension, *.html under a folder in nodejs

Based on Lucio's code, I made a module. It will return an away with all the files with specific extensions under the one. Just post it here in case anybody needs it.

var path = require('path'), 
    fs   = require('fs');


/**
 * Find all files recursively in specific folder with specific extension, e.g:
 * findFilesInDir('./project/src', '.html') ==> ['./project/src/a.html','./project/src/build/index.html']
 * @param  {String} startPath    Path relative to this file or other file which requires this files
 * @param  {String} filter       Extension name, e.g: '.html'
 * @return {Array}               Result files with path string in an array
 */
function findFilesInDir(startPath,filter){

    var results = [];

    if (!fs.existsSync(startPath)){
        console.log("no dir ",startPath);
        return;
    }

    var files=fs.readdirSync(startPath);
    for(var i=0;i<files.length;i++){
        var filename=path.join(startPath,files[i]);
        var stat = fs.lstatSync(filename);
        if (stat.isDirectory()){
            results = results.concat(findFilesInDir(filename,filter)); //recurse
        }
        else if (filename.indexOf(filter)>=0) {
            console.log('-- found: ',filename);
            results.push(filename);
        }
    }
    return results;
}

module.exports = findFilesInDir;

Impact of Xcode build options "Enable bitcode" Yes/No

Bitcode makes crash reporting harder. Here is a quote from HockeyApp (which also true for any other crash reporting solutions):

When uploading an app to the App Store and leaving the "Bitcode" checkbox enabled, Apple will use that Bitcode build and re-compile it on their end before distributing it to devices. This will result in the binary getting a new UUID and there is an option to download a corresponding dSYM through Xcode.

Note: the answer was edited on Jan 2016 to reflect most recent changes

Split array into chunks

Try this :

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var oldArray =  ["Banana", "Orange", "Lemon", "Apple", "Mango", "Banana", "Orange", "Lemon", "Apple", "Mango", "Banana", "Orange", "Lemon", "Apple", "Mango", "Banana", "Orange", "Lemon", "Apple", "Mango", "Banana", "Orange", "Lemon", "Apple", "Mango"];_x000D_
_x000D_
var newArray = [];_x000D_
_x000D_
while(oldArray.length){_x000D_
    let start = 0;_x000D_
    let end = 10;_x000D_
    newArray.push(oldArray.slice(start, end));_x000D_
    oldArray.splice(start, end);_x000D_
 }_x000D_
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 console.log(newArray);
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How can I tell jackson to ignore a property for which I don't have control over the source code?

One other possibility is, if you want to ignore all unknown properties, you can configure the mapper as follows:

mapper.configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false);

Getting byte array through input type = file

This is simple way to convert files to Base64 and avoid "maximum call stack size exceeded at FileReader.reader.onload" with the file has big size.

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document.querySelector('#fileInput').addEventListener('change',   function () {_x000D_
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    var reader = new FileReader();_x000D_
    var selectedFile = this.files[0];_x000D_
_x000D_
    reader.onload = function () {_x000D_
        var comma = this.result.indexOf(',');_x000D_
        var base64 = this.result.substr(comma + 1);_x000D_
        console.log(base64);_x000D_
    }_x000D_
    reader.readAsDataURL(selectedFile);_x000D_
}, false);
_x000D_
<input id="fileInput" type="file" />
_x000D_
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Rownum in postgresql

Postgresql does not have an equivalent of Oracle's ROWNUM. In many cases you can achieve the same result by using LIMIT and OFFSET in your query.

Multithreading in Bash

Sure, just add & after the command:

read_cfg cfgA &
read_cfg cfgB &
read_cfg cfgC &
wait

all those jobs will then run in the background simultaneously. The optional wait command will then wait for all the jobs to finish.

Each command will run in a separate process, so it's technically not "multithreading", but I believe it solves your problem.

SQL count rows in a table

Here is the Query

select count(*) from tablename

or

select count(rownum) from studennt

What is the right way to populate a DropDownList from a database?

You could bind the DropDownList to a data source (DataTable, List, DataSet, SqlDataSource, etc).

For example, if you wanted to use a DataTable:

ddlSubject.DataSource = subjectsTable;
ddlSubject.DataTextField = "SubjectNamne";
ddlSubject.DataValueField = "SubjectID";
ddlSubject.DataBind();

EDIT - More complete example

private void LoadSubjects()
{

    DataTable subjects = new DataTable();

    using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
    {

        try
        {
            SqlDataAdapter adapter = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT SubjectID, SubjectName FROM Students.dbo.Subjects", con);
            adapter.Fill(subjects);

            ddlSubject.DataSource = subjects;
            ddlSubject.DataTextField = "SubjectNamne";
            ddlSubject.DataValueField = "SubjectID";
            ddlSubject.DataBind();
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            // Handle the error
        }

    }

    // Add the initial item - you can add this even if the options from the
    // db were not successfully loaded
    ddlSubject.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("<Select Subject>", "0"));

}

To set an initial value via the markup, rather than code-behind, specify the option(s) and set the AppendDataBoundItems attribute to true:

<asp:DropDownList ID="ddlSubject" runat="server" AppendDataBoundItems="true">
    <asp:ListItem Text="<Select Subject>" Value="0" />
</asp:DropDownList>

You could then bind the DropDownList to a DataSource in the code-behind (just remember to remove:

ddlSubject.Items.Insert(0, new ListItem("<Select Subject>", "0"));

from the code-behind, or you'll have two "" items.

Git: Recover deleted (remote) branch

I'm not an expert. But you can try

git fsck --full --no-reflogs | grep commit

to find the HEAD commit of deleted branch and get them back.

Closing pyplot windows

Please use

plt.show(block=False)
plt.close('all')

How to compile and run a C/C++ program on the Android system

if you have installed NDK succesfully then start with it sample application

http://developer.android.com/sdk/ndk/overview.html#samples

if you are interested another ways of this then may this will help

http://shareprogrammingtips.blogspot.com/2018/07/cross-compile-cc-based-programs-and-run.html

I also want to know is it possible to push the compiled binary into android device or AVD and run using the terminal of the android device or AVD?

here you can see NestedVM

NestedVM provides binary translation for Java Bytecode. This is done by having GCC compile to a MIPS binary which is then translated to a Java class file. Hence any application written in C, C++, Fortran, or any other language supported by GCC can be run in 100% pure Java with no source changes.


Example: Cross compile Hello world C program and run it on android

Clear Application's Data Programmatically

The Simplest way to do this is

private void deleteAppData() {
     try {
    // clearing app data
    String packageName = getApplicationContext().getPackageName();
    Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
    runtime.exec("pm clear "+packageName);

} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} }

This will clear the data and remove your app from memory. It is equivalent to clear data option under Settings --> Application Manager --> Your App --> Clear data

What is "overhead"?

You could use a dictionary. The definition is the same. But to save you time, Overhead is work required to do the productive work. For instance, an algorithm runs and does useful work, but requires memory to do its work. This memory allocation takes time, and is not directly related to the work being done, therefore is overhead.

How to round a number to n decimal places in Java

new BigDecimal(String.valueOf(double)).setScale(yourScale, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);

will get you a BigDecimal. To get the string out of it, just call that BigDecimal's toString method, or the toPlainString method for Java 5+ for a plain format string.

Sample program:

package trials;
import java.math.BigDecimal;

public class Trials {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int yourScale = 10;
        System.out.println(BigDecimal.valueOf(0.42344534534553453453-0.42324534524553453453).setScale(yourScale, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP));
    }

How to programmatically set the SSLContext of a JAX-WS client?

By combining Radek and l0co's answers you can access the WSDL behind https:

SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");

KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory
        .getInstance(KeyManagerFactory.getDefaultAlgorithm());

KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("JKS");
ks.load(getClass().getResourceAsStream(keystore),
        password.toCharArray());

kmf.init(ks, password.toCharArray());

sc.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), null, null);

HttpsURLConnection
        .setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());

yourService = new YourService(url); //Handshake should succeed

Send mail via CMD console

A couple more command-line mailer programs:

Both support SSL too.

Mongoose (mongodb) batch insert?

You can perform bulk insert using mongoose, as the highest score answer. But the example cannot work, it should be:

/* a humongous amount of potatos */
var potatoBag = [{name:'potato1'}, {name:'potato2'}];

var Potato = mongoose.model('Potato', PotatoSchema);
Potato.collection.insert(potatoBag, onInsert);

function onInsert(err, docs) {
    if (err) {
        // TODO: handle error
    } else {
        console.info('%d potatoes were successfully stored.', docs.length);
    }
}

Don't use a schema instance for the bulk insert, you should use a plain map object.

How to dynamically create a class?

You can also dynamically create a class by using DynamicExpressions.

Since 'Dictionary's have compact initializers and handle key collisions, you will want to do something like this.

  var list = new Dictionary<string, string> {
    {
      "EmployeeID",
      "int"
    }, {
      "EmployeeName",
      "String"
    }, {
      "Birthday",
      "DateTime"
    }
  };

Or you might want to use a JSON converter to construct your serialized string object into something manageable.

Then using System.Linq.Dynamic;

  IEnumerable<DynamicProperty> props = list.Select(property => new DynamicProperty(property.Key, Type.GetType(property.Value))).ToList();

  Type t = DynamicExpression.CreateClass(props);

The rest is just using System.Reflection.

  object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(t);
  t.GetProperty("EmployeeID").SetValue(obj, 34, null);
  t.GetProperty("EmployeeName").SetValue(obj, "Albert", null);
  t.GetProperty("Birthday").SetValue(obj, new DateTime(1976, 3, 14), null);
}  

java.io.IOException: Broken pipe

The most common reason I've had for a "broken pipe" is that one machine (of a pair communicating via socket) has shut down its end of the socket before communication was complete. About half of those were because the program communicating on that socket had terminated.

If the program sending bytes sends them out and immediately shuts down the socket or terminates itself, it is possible for the socket to cease functioning before the bytes have been transmitted and read.

Try putting pauses anywhere you are shutting down the socket and before you allow the program to terminate to see if that helps.

FYI: "pipe" and "socket" are terms that get used interchangeably sometimes.

Difference between numeric, float and decimal in SQL Server

use the float or real data types only if the precision provided by decimal (up to 38 digits) is insufficient

  • Approximate numeric data types do not store the exact values specified for many numbers; they store an extremely close approximation of the value.(Technet)

  • Avoid using float or real columns in WHERE clause search conditions, especially the = and <> operators (Technet)

so generally because the precision provided by decimal is [10E38 ~ 38 digits] if your number can fit in it, and smaller storage space (and maybe speed) of Float is not important and dealing with abnormal behaviors and issues of approximate numeric types are not acceptable, use Decimal generally.

more useful information

  • numeric = decimal (5 to 17 bytes) (Exact Numeric Data Type)
    • will map to Decimal in .NET
    • both have (18, 0) as default (precision,scale) parameters in SQL server
    • scale = maximum number of decimal digits that can be stored to the right of the decimal point.
    • kindly note that money(8 byte) and smallmoney(4 byte) are also exact and map to Decimal In .NET and have 4 decimal points(MSDN)
    • decimal and numeric (Transact-SQL) - MSDN
  • real (4 byte) (Approximate Numeric Data Type)
  • float (8 byte) (Approximate Numeric Data Type)
    • will map to Double in .NET
  • All exact numeric types always produce the same result, regardless of which kind of processor architecture is being used or the magnitude of the numbers
  • The parameter supplied to the float data type defines the number of bits that are used to store the mantissa of the floating point number.
  • Approximate Numeric Data Type usually uses less storage and have better speed (up to 20x) and you should also consider when they got converted in .NET

Exact Numeric Data Types Approximate Numeric Data Types

main source : MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-433): Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Database Development - Chapter 3 - Tables , Data Types , and Declarative Data Integrity Lesson 1 - Choosing Data Types (Guidelines) - Page 93

Find all files with a filename beginning with a specified string?

If you want to restrict your search only to files you should consider to use -type f in your search

try to use also -iname for case-insensitive search

Example:

find /path -iname 'yourstring*' -type f

You could also perform some operations on results without pipe sign or xargs

Example:

Search for files and show their size in MB

find /path -iname 'yourstring*' -type f -exec du -sm {} \;

How is OAuth 2 different from OAuth 1?

The previous explanations are all overly detailed and complicated IMO. Put simply, OAuth 2 delegates security to the HTTPS protocol. OAuth 1 did not require this and consequentially had alternative methods to deal with various attacks. These methods required the application to engage in certain security protocols which are complicated and can be difficult to implement. Therefore, it is simpler to just rely on the HTTPS for security so that application developers dont need to worry about it.

As to your other questions, the answer depends. Some services dont want to require the use of HTTPS, were developed before OAuth 2, or have some other requirement which may prevent them from using OAuth 2. Furthermore, there has been a lot of debate about the OAuth 2 protocol itself. As you can see, Facebook, Google, and a few others each have slightly varying versions of the protocols implemented. So some people stick with OAuth 1 because it is more uniform across the different platforms. Recently, the OAuth 2 protocol has been finalized but we have yet to see how its adoption will take.

What is the difference between re.search and re.match?

match is much faster than search, so instead of doing regex.search("word") you can do regex.match((.*?)word(.*?)) and gain tons of performance if you are working with millions of samples.

This comment from @ivan_bilan under the accepted answer above got me thinking if such hack is actually speeding anything up, so let's find out how many tons of performance you will really gain.

I prepared the following test suite:

import random
import re
import string
import time

LENGTH = 10
LIST_SIZE = 1000000

def generate_word():
    word = [random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(LENGTH)]
    word = ''.join(word)
    return word

wordlist = [generate_word() for _ in range(LIST_SIZE)]

start = time.time()
[re.search('python', word) for word in wordlist]
print('search:', time.time() - start)

start = time.time()
[re.match('(.*?)python(.*?)', word) for word in wordlist]
print('match:', time.time() - start)

I made 10 measurements (1M, 2M, ..., 10M words) which gave me the following plot:

match vs. search regex speedtest line plot

The resulting lines are surprisingly (actually not that surprisingly) straight. And the search function is (slightly) faster given this specific pattern combination. The moral of this test: Avoid overoptimizing your code.

How can I get a vertical scrollbar in my ListBox?

In my case the number of items in the ListBox is dynamic so I didn't want to use the Height property. I used MaxHeight instead and it works nicely. The scrollbar appears when it fills the space I've allocated for it.

I can't install intel HAXM

Option 1: Go to Android SDK Folder --> Extra --> Intel and double click on HAXM installer and install it manually.

Option 2: If you do not have latest version of HAXM then you can open sdk manager in android studio and download it.

Option 3: Download HAXM intaller from Intel site. https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager

How to manually install a pypi module without pip/easy_install?

To further explain Sheena's answer, I needed to have setup-tools installed as a dependency of another tool e.g. more-itertools.

Download

Click the Clone or download button and choose your method. I placed these into a dev/py/libs directory in my user home directory. It does not matter where they are saved, because they will not be installed there.

Installing setup-tools

You will need to run the following inside the setup-tools directory.

python bootstrap.py
python setup.py install

General dependencies installation

Now you can navigate to the more-itertools direcotry and install it as normal.

  1. Download the package
  2. Unpackage it if it's an archive
  3. Navigate (cd ...) into the directory containing setup.py
  4. If there are any installation instructions contained in the documentation contained herein, read and follow the instructions OTHERWISE
  5. Type in: python setup.py install

CSS selectors ul li a {...} vs ul > li > a {...}

1) for example HTML code:

<ul>
    <li>
        <a href="#">firstlink</a>
        <span><a href="#">second link&lt;/a>
    </li>
</ul>

and css rules:

1) ul li a {color:red;} 
2) ul > li > a {color:blue;}

">" - symbol mean that that will be searching only child selector (parentTag > childTag)

so first css rule will apply to all links (first and second) and second rule will apply anly to first link

2) As for efficiency - I think second will be more fast - as in case with JavaScript selectors. This rule read from right to left, this mean that when rule will parse by browser, it get all links on page: - in first case it will find all parent elements for each link on page and filter all links where exist parent tags "ul" and "li" - in second case it will check only parent node of link if it is "li" tag then -> check if parent tag of "li" is "ul"

some thing like this. Hope I describe all properly for you

What does %~dp0 mean, and how does it work?

Great example from Strawberry Perl's portable shell launcher:

set drive=%~dp0
set drivep=%drive%
if #%drive:~-1%# == #\# set drivep=%drive:~0,-1%

set PATH=%drivep%\perl\site\bin;%drivep%\perl\bin;%drivep%\c\bin;%PATH%

not sure what the negative 1's doing there myself, but it works a treat!

git remote prune – didn't show as many pruned branches as I expected

When you use git push origin :staleStuff, it automatically removes origin/staleStuff, so when you ran git remote prune origin, you have pruned some branch that was removed by someone else. It's more likely that your co-workers now need to run git prune to get rid of branches you have removed.


So what exactly git remote prune does? Main idea: local branches (not tracking branches) are not touched by git remote prune command and should be removed manually.

Now, a real-world example for better understanding:

You have a remote repository with 2 branches: master and feature. Let's assume that you are working on both branches, so as a result you have these references in your local repository (full reference names are given to avoid any confusion):

  • refs/heads/master (short name master)
  • refs/heads/feature (short name feature)
  • refs/remotes/origin/master (short name origin/master)
  • refs/remotes/origin/feature (short name origin/feature)

Now, a typical scenario:

  1. Some other developer finishes all work on the feature, merges it into master and removes feature branch from remote repository.
  2. By default, when you do git fetch (or git pull), no references are removed from your local repository, so you still have all those 4 references.
  3. You decide to clean them up, and run git remote prune origin.
  4. git detects that feature branch no longer exists, so refs/remotes/origin/feature is a stale branch which should be removed.
  5. Now you have 3 references, including refs/heads/feature, because git remote prune does not remove any refs/heads/* references.

It is possible to identify local branches, associated with remote tracking branches, by branch.<branch_name>.merge configuration parameter. This parameter is not really required for anything to work (probably except git pull), so it might be missing.

(updated with example & useful info from comments)

How to prevent default event handling in an onclick method?

You can catch the event and then block it with preventDefault() -- works with pure Javascript

document.getElementById("xyz").addEventListener('click', function(event){
    event.preventDefault();
    console.log(this.getAttribute("href"));
    /* Do some other things*/
});

ng-if check if array is empty

Verify the length property of the array to be greater than 0:

<p ng-if="post.capabilities.items.length > 0">
   <strong>Topics</strong>: 
   <span ng-repeat="topic in post.capabilities.items">
     {{topic.name}}
   </span>
</p>

Arrays (objects) in JavaScript are truthy values, so your initial verification <p ng-if="post.capabilities.items"> evaluates always to true, even if the array is empty.

how to reference a YAML "setting" from elsewhere in the same YAML file?

I have wrote my own library on Python to expand variables being loaded from directories with a hierarchy like:

/root
 |
 +- /proj1
     |
     +- config.yaml
     |
     +- /proj2
         |
         +- config.yaml
         |
         ... and so on ...

The key difference here is that the expansion must be applied only after all the config.yaml files is loaded, where the variables from the next file can override the variables from the previous, so the pseudocode should look like this:

env = YamlEnv()
env.load('/root/proj1/config.yaml')
env.load('/root/proj1/proj2/config.yaml')
...
env.expand()

As an additional option the xonsh script can export the resulting variables into environment variables (see the yaml_update_global_vars function).

The scripts:

https://sourceforge.net/p/contools/contools/HEAD/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/cmdoplib.yaml.py https://sourceforge.net/p/contools/contools/HEAD/tree/trunk/Scripts/Tools/cmdoplib.yaml.xsh

Pros:

  • simple, does not support recursion and nested variables
  • can replace an undefined variable to a placeholder (${MYUNDEFINEDVAR} -> *$/{MYUNDEFINEDVAR})
  • can expand a reference from environment variable (${env:MYVAR})
  • can replace all \\ to / in a path variable (${env:MYVAR:path})

Cons:

  • does not support nested variables, so can not expand values in nested dictionaries (something like ${MYSCOPE.MYVAR} is not implemented)
  • does not detect expansion recursion, including recursion after a placeholder put

bad operand types for binary operator "&" java

Because & has a lesser priority than ==.

Your code is equivalent to a[0] & (1 == 0), and unless a[0] is a boolean this won't compile...

You need to:

(a[0] & 1) == 0

etc etc.

(yes, Java does hava a boolean & operator -- a non shortcut logical and)

Concatenating strings in C, which method is more efficient?

For readability, I'd go with

char * s = malloc(snprintf(NULL, 0, "%s %s", first, second) + 1);
sprintf(s, "%s %s", first, second);

If your platform supports GNU extensions, you could also use asprintf():

char * s = NULL;
asprintf(&s, "%s %s", first, second);

If you're stuck with the MS C Runtime, you have to use _scprintf() to determine the length of the resulting string:

char * s = malloc(_scprintf("%s %s", first, second) + 1);
sprintf(s, "%s %s", first, second);

The following will most likely be the fastest solution:

size_t len1 = strlen(first);
size_t len2 = strlen(second);

char * s = malloc(len1 + len2 + 2);
memcpy(s, first, len1);
s[len1] = ' ';
memcpy(s + len1 + 1, second, len2 + 1); // includes terminating null

DataColumn Name from DataRow (not DataTable)

You need something like this:

foreach(DataColumn c in dr.Table.Columns)
{
  MessageBox.Show(c.ColumnName);
}

Bind event to right mouse click

.contextmenu method :-

Try as follows

<div id="wrap">Right click</div>

<script>
$('#wrap').contextmenu(function() {
  alert("Right click");
});
</script>

.mousedown method:-

$('#wrap').mousedown(function(event) {

        if(event.which == 3){
            alert('Right Mouse button pressed.');
        }  
});

JavaScript for detecting browser language preference

If you have control of a backend and are using django, a 4 line implementation of Dan's idea is:

def get_browser_lang(request):
if request.META.has_key('HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE'):
    return JsonResponse({'response': request.META['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']})
else:
    return JsonResponse({'response': settings.DEFAULT_LANG})

then in urls.py:

url(r'^browserlang/$', views.get_browser_lang, name='get_browser_lang'),

and on the front end:

$.get(lg('SERVER') + 'browserlang/', function(data){
    var lang_code = data.response.split(',')[0].split(';')[0].split('-')[0];
});

(you have to set DEFAULT_LANG in settings.py of course)

How to avoid "Permission denied" when using pip with virtualenv

While creating virtualenv if you use sudo the directory is created with root privileges.So when you try to install a package with non-sudo user you won't have permission to install into it. So always create virtualenv without sudo and install without sudo.

You can also copy packages installed on global python to virtualenv.

cp -r /lib/python/site-packages/* virtualenv/lib/python/site-packages/

What is the "Upgrade-Insecure-Requests" HTTP header?

This explains the whole thing:

The HTTP Content-Security-Policy (CSP) upgrade-insecure-requests directive instructs user agents to treat all of a site's insecure URLs (those served over HTTP) as though they have been replaced with secure URLs (those served over HTTPS). This directive is intended for web sites with large numbers of insecure legacy URLs that need to be rewritten.

The upgrade-insecure-requests directive is evaluated before block-all-mixed-content and if it is set, the latter is effectively a no-op. It is recommended to set one directive or the other, but not both.

The upgrade-insecure-requests directive will not ensure that users visiting your site via links on third-party sites will be upgraded to HTTPS for the top-level navigation and thus does not replace the Strict-Transport-Security (HSTS) header, which should still be set with an appropriate max-age to ensure that users are not subject to SSL stripping attacks.

Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Security-Policy/upgrade-insecure-requests

How to get a single value from FormGroup

Dot notation will break the type checking, switch to bracket notation. You might also try using the get() method. It also keeps AOT compilation in tact I've read.

this.form.get('controlName').value // safer
this.form.controlName.value // triggers type checking and breaks AOT

successful/fail message pop up box after submit?

Instead of using a submit button, try using a <button type="button">Submit</button>

You can then call a javascript function in the button, and after the alert popup is confirmed, you can manually submit the form with document.getElementById("form").submit(); ... so you'll need to name and id your form for that to work.

Click a button programmatically - JS

I have never developed with HangOut. I ran into the same problems with FB-login and I was trying so hard to get it to click programatically. Then later I discovered that the sdk won't allow you to programatically click the button because of some security reasons. The user has to physically click on the button. This also happens with async asp fileupload button. So please check if HangOut does allow you to programatically click a buttton. All above codes are correct and they should work. If you dig deep enough you will see that my answer is the right answer for your situation you.

Where to put Gradle configuration (i.e. credentials) that should not be committed?

First answer is still valid, but the API has changed in the past. Since my edit there wasn't accepted I post it as separate answer.

The method authentication() is only used to provide the authentication method (e.g. Basic) but not any credentials.

You also shouldn't use it since it's printing the credentials plain on failure!

This his how it should look like in your build.gradle

    maven {
        credentials {
            username "$mavenUser"
            password "$mavenPassword"
        }
        url 'https://maven.yourcorp.net/'
   }

In gradle.properties in your userhome dir put:

mavenUser=admin
mavenPassword=admin123

Also ensure that the GRADLE_USER_HOME is set to ~/.gradle otherwise the properties file there won't be resolved.

See also:

https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/build_environment.html

and

https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/dependency_management.html (23.6.4.1)

Installation failed with message Invalid File

None of the answers here worked, I had to:

  1. Close android studio
  2. rm -rf ./android/.idea
  3. Build -> Build Bundle/APK(s) -> Build APK(s)

How to make a function wait until a callback has been called using node.js

Since node 4.8.0 you are able to use the feature of ES6 called generator. You may follow this article for deeper concepts. But basically you can use generators and promises to get this job done. I'm using bluebird to promisify and manage the generator.

Your code should be fine like the example below.

const Promise = require('bluebird');

function* getResponse(query) {
  const r = yield new Promise(resolve => myApi.exec('SomeCommand', resolve);
  return r;
}

Promise.coroutine(getResponse)()
  .then(response => console.log(response));

Convert a python dict to a string and back

Why not to use Python 3's inbuilt ast library's function literal_eval. It is better to use literal_eval instead of eval

import ast
str_of_dict = "{'key1': 'key1value', 'key2': 'key2value'}"
ast.literal_eval(str_of_dict)

will give output as actual Dictionary

{'key1': 'key1value', 'key2': 'key2value'}

And If you are asking to convert a Dictionary to a String then, How about using str() method of Python.

Suppose the dictionary is :

my_dict = {'key1': 'key1value', 'key2': 'key2value'}

And this will be done like this :

str(my_dict)

Will Print :

"{'key1': 'key1value', 'key2': 'key2value'}"

This is the easy as you like.

How to convert a string to integer in C?

Don't use functions from ato... group. These are broken and virtually useless. A moderately better solution would be to use sscanf, although it is not perfect either.

To convert string to integer, functions from strto... group should be used. In your specific case it would be strtol function.

Can I give the col-md-1.5 in bootstrap?

As @bodi0 correctly said, it is not possible. You either have to extent Bootstrap's grid system (you can search and find various solutions, here is a 7-column example) or use nested rows e.g. http://bootply.com/dd50he9tGe.

In the case of nested rows you might not always get the exact result but a similar one

<div class="row">
    <div class="col-lg-5">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-lg-4">1.67 (close to 1.5)</div>
            <div class="col-lg-8">3.33 (close to 3.5)</div>
        </div>    
    </div>
    <div class="col-lg-7">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-lg-6">3.5</div>
            <div class="col-lg-6">3.5</div>
        </div>    
    </div>
</div>

Reason: no suitable image found

I solved using these tricks.

Step 1:

Go to project build settings and add @executable_path/Frameworks to Runpath Search Paths option

Step 2:

Go to target build settings and add @executable_path/Frameworks to Runpath Search Paths option and Framework Search Paths.

enter image description here

Step 3:

Re-downloading the WWDR (Apple Worldwide Developer Relations Certification Authority), set to Use System Default as option.

Step 4:

Delete All derived Data using Terminal

rm -rf ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/*

Step 5:

Delete All Certificates and reinstalled it to Keychain. I enabled the Use System Default option.

Step 6:

Restart Xcode.

How to Reload ReCaptcha using JavaScript?

For AngularJS users:

$window.grecaptcha.reset();

Where is my .vimrc file?

For whatever reason, these answers didn't quite work for me. This is what worked for me instead:

In Vim, the :version command gives you the paths of system and user vimrc and gvimrc files (among other things), and the output looks something like this:

 system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
   user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
    user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
  user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"

The one you want is user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"

So to edit the file: vim $HOME/.vimrc

Source: Open vimrc file

Why does my Eclipse keep not responding?

I had similar symptoms recently. Turned out it was caused by the Subversion server being unavailable - once that was restarted I was able to right-click. My environment was Eclipse Luna with Subclipse.

So worth checking that any connected source control systems are operational. Hope that helps.

HTML img tag: title attribute vs. alt attribute?

I would ALWAYS go with both the alt and the title attributes. Many developers have been using this pattern now for over 20 years to deal with IE and other issues. So this is not new knowledge. Its just been rediscovered by new developers that didn't bother to learn from the past.

In addition, in HTML5 you should start using the new HTML5 picture element wrapped in figure with full WPA-ARIA attributes for greater accessibility, as well as support of assistive technologies, screen readers, and the like. Because this element is not supported in many older browsers...BUT degrades gracefully...I recommend the following HTML design pattern now for images in HTML:

<figure aria-labelledby="picturecaption2">
    <picture id="picture2">
        <source srcset="image.webp" type="image/webp" media="(min-width: 800px)" />
        <source srcset="image.gif" type="image/gif" />
        <img id="image2" style="height:auto;max-width: 100%;" src="image.jpg" width="255" height="200" alt="image:The World Wide Web" title="The World Wide Web" loading="lazy" no-referrer="no-referrer" onerror="this.onerror=null;" />
    </picture>
    <figcaption id="picturecaption2"><small>"My Cool Picture" [<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/" target="_blank">A License</a>] , via <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a></small></figcaption>
</figure>

The code above has many extra "goodies" beside alt and title, including ARIA attributes, support for WebP, a media query supporting higher resolution imagery, and a nice fallback pattern supporting older image formats. It shows a fully decorated image example that uses new technologies while still supporting old ones with progressive design patterns.

REMEMBER...ALWAYS SUPPORT THE OLD BROWSERS!

Do I need a content-type header for HTTP GET requests?

GET requests can have "Accept" headers, which say which types of content the client understands. The server can then use that to decide which content type to send back.

They're optional though.

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.1

How to pass props to {this.props.children}

I needed to fix accepted answer above to make it work using that instead of this pointer. This within the scope of map function didn't have doSomething function defined.

var Parent = React.createClass({
doSomething: function() {
    console.log('doSomething!');
},

render: function() {
    var that = this;
    var childrenWithProps = React.Children.map(this.props.children, function(child) {
        return React.cloneElement(child, { doSomething: that.doSomething });
    });

    return <div>{childrenWithProps}</div>
}})

Update: this fix is for ECMAScript 5, in ES6 there is no need in var that=this

How to make PyCharm always show line numbers

PyCharm Version 3.4.1(For all files in the project):

File -> Preferences -> Editor (IDE Settings) -> Appearance -> mark 'Show line numbers'

PyCharm Version 3.4.1(only for existing file in the project):

View -> Active Editor -> Show Line Numbers

image

Matching special characters and letters in regex

Add them to the allowed characters, but you'll need to escape some of them, such as -]/\

var pattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9!@#$%^&*()_+\-=\[\]{};':"\\|,.<>\/?]*$/

That way you can remove any individual character you want to disallow.

Also, you want to include the start and end of string placemarkers ^ and $

Update:

As elclanrs understood (and the rest of us didn't, initially), the only special characters needing to be allowed in the pattern are &-._

/^[\w&.\-]+$/

[\w] is the same as [a-zA-Z0-9_]

Though the dash doesn't need escaping when it's at the start or end of the list, I prefer to do it in case other characters are added. Additionally, the + means you need at least one of the listed characters. If zero is ok (ie an empty value), then replace it with a * instead:

/^[\w&.\-]*$/

How to create and write to a txt file using VBA

Use FSO to create the file and write to it.

Dim fso as Object
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim oFile as Object
Set oFile = FSO.CreateTextFile(strPath)
oFile.WriteLine "test" 
oFile.Close
Set fso = Nothing
Set oFile = Nothing    

See the documentation here:

How do I change the font color in an html table?

if you need to change specific option from the select menu you can do it like this

option[value="Basic"] {
  color:red;
 }

or you can change them all

select {
  color:red;
}

What do two question marks together mean in C#?

The ?? operator is called the null-coalescing operator. It returns the left-hand operand if the operand is not null; otherwise it returns the right hand operand.

int? variable1 = null;
int variable2  = variable1 ?? 100;

Set variable2 to the value of variable1, if variable1 is NOT null; otherwise, if variable1 == null, set variable2 to 100.

Print: Entry, ":CFBundleIdentifier", Does Not Exist

When you run npm install command some time internet issue problem, Files in node_modules\react-native\third-party is not properly downloaded so please check this is properly downloaded or not if no please remove node_modules and install it again

then run react-native run-ios command

Is double square brackets [[ ]] preferable over single square brackets [ ] in Bash?

If you are into following Google's style guide:

Test, [ and [[

[[ ... ]] reduces errors as no path name expansion or word splitting takes place between [[ and ]], and [[ ... ]] allows for regular expression matching where [ ... ] does not.

# This ensures the string on the left is made up of characters in the
# alnum character class followed by the string name.
# Note that the RHS should not be quoted here.
# For the gory details, see
# E14 at https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/FAQ
if [[ "filename" =~ ^[[:alnum:]]+name ]]; then
  echo "Match"
fi

# This matches the exact pattern "f*" (Does not match in this case)
if [[ "filename" == "f*" ]]; then
  echo "Match"
fi

# This gives a "too many arguments" error as f* is expanded to the
# contents of the current directory
if [ "filename" == f* ]; then
  echo "Match"
fi

How to solve error: "Clock skew detected"?

Simply go to the directory where the troubling file is, type touch * without quotes in the console, and you should be good.

Gmail: 530 5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at

You need to go here https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords

then select Gmail and then select device. then click on Generate. Simply Copy & Paste password which is generated by Google.

How to concatenate multiple column values into a single column in Panda dataframe

The answer given by @allen is reasonably generic but can lack in performance for larger dataframes:

Reduce does a lot better:

from functools import reduce

import pandas as pd

# make data
df = pd.DataFrame(index=range(1_000_000))
df['1'] = 'CO'
df['2'] = 'BOB'
df['3'] = '01'
df['4'] = 'BILL'


def reduce_join(df, columns):
    assert len(columns) > 1
    slist = [df[x].astype(str) for x in columns]
    return reduce(lambda x, y: x + '_' + y, slist[1:], slist[0])


def apply_join(df, columns):
    assert len(columns) > 1
    return df[columns].apply(lambda row:'_'.join(row.values.astype(str)), axis=1)

# ensure outputs are equal
df1 = reduce_join(df, list('1234'))
df2 = apply_join(df, list('1234'))
assert df1.equals(df2)

# profile
%timeit df1 = reduce_join(df, list('1234'))  # 733 ms
%timeit df2 = apply_join(df, list('1234'))   # 8.84 s

CSS force new line

or you can use:

a {
    display: inline-block;
  }

CSS opacity only to background color, not the text on it?

For anyone coming across this thread, here's a script called thatsNotYoChild.js that I just wrote that solves this problem automatically:

http://www.impressivewebs.com/fixing-parent-child-opacity/

Basically, it separates children from the parent element, but keeps the element in the same physical location on the page.

Python extending with - using super() Python 3 vs Python 2

  • super() (without arguments) was introduced in Python 3 (along with __class__):

    super() -> same as super(__class__, self)
    

    so that would be the Python 2 equivalent for new-style classes:

    super(CurrentClass, self)
    
  • for old-style classes you can always use:

     class Classname(OldStyleParent):
        def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
            OldStyleParent.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
    

Java stack overflow error - how to increase the stack size in Eclipse?

You need to have a launch configuration inside Eclipse in order to adjust the JVM parameters.

After running your program with either F11 or Ctrl-F11, open the launch configurations in Run -> Run Configurations... and open your program under "Java Applications". Select the Arguments pane, where you will find "VM arguments".

This is where -Xss1024k goes.

If you want the launch configuration to be a file in your workspace (so you can right click and run it), select the Common pane, and check the Save as -> Shared File checkbox and browse to the location you want the launch file. I usually have them in a separate folder, as we check them into CVS.

What is the problem with shadowing names defined in outer scopes?

There isn't any big deal in your above snippet, but imagine a function with a few more arguments and quite a few more lines of code. Then you decide to rename your data argument as yadda, but miss one of the places it is used in the function's body... Now data refers to the global, and you start having weird behaviour - where you would have a much more obvious NameError if you didn't have a global name data.

Also remember that in Python everything is an object (including modules, classes and functions), so there's no distinct namespaces for functions, modules or classes. Another scenario is that you import function foo at the top of your module, and use it somewhere in your function body. Then you add a new argument to your function and named it - bad luck - foo.

Finally, built-in functions and types also live in the same namespace and can be shadowed the same way.

None of this is much of a problem if you have short functions, good naming and a decent unit test coverage, but well, sometimes you have to maintain less than perfect code and being warned about such possible issues might help.

vertical & horizontal lines in matplotlib

The pyplot functions you are calling, axhline() and axvline() draw lines that span a portion of the axis range, regardless of coordinates. The parameters xmin or ymin use value 0.0 as the minimum of the axis and 1.0 as the maximum of the axis.

Instead, use plt.plot((x1, x2), (y1, y2), 'k-') to draw a line from the point (x1, y1) to the point (x2, y2) in color k. See pyplot.plot.

What is the string concatenation operator in Oracle?

I would suggest concat when dealing with 2 strings, and || when those strings are more than 2:

select concat(a,b)
  from dual

or

  select 'a'||'b'||'c'||'d'
        from dual

MS SQL compare dates?

The simple one line solution is

datediff(dd,'2010-12-31 15:13:48.593','2010-12-31 00:00:00.000')=0

datediff(dd,'2010-12-31 15:13:48.593','2010-12-31 00:00:00.000')<=1

datediff(dd,'2010-12-31 15:13:48.593','2010-12-31 00:00:00.000')>=1

You can try various option with this other than "dd"

Alter table to modify default value of column

Following Justin's example, the command below works in Postgres:

alter table foo alter column col2 set default 'bar';

What is the default username and password in Tomcat?

In Tomcat 7, under TOMCAT_HOME/conf/tomcat_users.xml, see the <user /> tag to see password.

Example:

  <role rolename="tomcat"/>
  <role rolename="role1"/>
  <user username="tomcat" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat"/>
  <user username="both" password="tomcat" roles="tomcat,role1"/>
  <user username="role1" password="tomcat" roles="role1"/>

How to call Stored Procedure in a View?

I was able to call stored procedure in a view (SQL Server 2005).

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[dimMeasure] 
   RETURNS  TABLE  AS

    (
     SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('SQLNCLI', 'Server=localhost; Trusted_Connection=yes;', 'exec ceaw.dbo.sp_dimMeasure2')
    )
RETURN
GO

Inside stored procedure we need to set:

set nocount on
SET FMTONLY OFF
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[dimMeasure]
AS

SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('SQLNCLI', 'Server=localhost;Trusted_Connection=yes;', 'exec ceaw.dbo.sp_dimMeasure2')

GO

Java - Get a list of all Classes loaded in the JVM

Well, what I did was simply listing all the files in the classpath. It may not be a glorious solution, but it works reliably and gives me everything I want, and more.

What is the difference between cache and persist?

The difference between cache and persist operations is purely syntactic. cache is a synonym of persist or persist(MEMORY_ONLY), i.e. cache is merely persist with the default storage level MEMORY_ONLY

But Persist() We can save the intermediate results in 5 storage levels.

  1. MEMORY_ONLY
  2. MEMORY_AND_DISK
  3. MEMORY_ONLY_SER
  4. MEMORY_AND_DISK_SER
  5. DISK_ONLY

/** * Persist this RDD with the default storage level (MEMORY_ONLY). */
def persist(): this.type = persist(StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY)

/** * Persist this RDD with the default storage level (MEMORY_ONLY). */
def cache(): this.type = persist()

see more details here...


Caching or persistence are optimization techniques for (iterative and interactive) Spark computations. They help saving interim partial results so they can be reused in subsequent stages. These interim results as RDDs are thus kept in memory (default) or more solid storage like disk and/or replicated. RDDs can be cached using cache operation. They can also be persisted using persist operation.

#persist, cache

These functions can be used to adjust the storage level of a RDD. When freeing up memory, Spark will use the storage level identifier to decide which partitions should be kept. The parameter less variants persist() and cache() are just abbreviations for persist(StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY).

Warning: Once the storage level has been changed, it cannot be changed again!


Warning -Cache judiciously... see ((Why) do we need to call cache or persist on a RDD)

Just because you can cache a RDD in memory doesn’t mean you should blindly do so. Depending on how many times the dataset is accessed and the amount of work involved in doing so, recomputation can be faster than the price paid by the increased memory pressure.

It should go without saying that if you only read a dataset once there is no point in caching it, it will actually make your job slower. The size of cached datasets can be seen from the Spark Shell..

Listing Variants...

def cache(): RDD[T]
 def persist(): RDD[T]
 def persist(newLevel: StorageLevel): RDD[T]

See below example :

val c = sc.parallelize(List("Gnu", "Cat", "Rat", "Dog", "Gnu", "Rat"), 2)
     c.getStorageLevel
     res0: org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel = StorageLevel(false, false, false, false, 1)
     c.cache
     c.getStorageLevel
     res2: org.apache.spark.storage.StorageLevel = StorageLevel(false, true, false, true, 1)

enter image here

Note : Due to the very small and purely syntactic difference between caching and persistence of RDDs the two terms are often used interchangeably.

See more visually here....

Persist in memory and disk:

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Cache

Caching can improve the performance of your application to a great extent.

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How to create hyperlink to call phone number on mobile devices?

I used:

Tel: <a href="tel:+123 123456789">+123 123456789</a>

and the result is:

Tel: +123 123456789

Where "Tel:" stands for pure text and only the number is coded and clickable.

What are Keycloak's OAuth2 / OpenID Connect endpoints?

Following link Provides JSON document describing metadata about the Keycloak

/auth/realms/{realm-name}/.well-known/openid-configuration

Following information reported with Keycloak 6.0.1 for master realm

{  
   "issuer":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master",
   "authorization_endpoint":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/auth",
   "token_endpoint":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token",
   "token_introspection_endpoint":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token/introspect",
   "userinfo_endpoint":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/userinfo",
   "end_session_endpoint":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/logout",
   "jwks_uri":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/certs",
   "check_session_iframe":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/login-status-iframe.html",
   "grant_types_supported":[  
      "authorization_code",
      "implicit",
      "refresh_token",
      "password",
      "client_credentials"
   ],
   "response_types_supported":[  
      "code",
      "none",
      "id_token",
      "token",
      "id_token token",
      "code id_token",
      "code token",
      "code id_token token"
   ],
   "subject_types_supported":[  
      "public",
      "pairwise"
   ],
   "id_token_signing_alg_values_supported":[  
      "PS384",
      "ES384",
      "RS384",
      "HS256",
      "HS512",
      "ES256",
      "RS256",
      "HS384",
      "ES512",
      "PS256",
      "PS512",
      "RS512"
   ],
   "userinfo_signing_alg_values_supported":[  
      "PS384",
      "ES384",
      "RS384",
      "HS256",
      "HS512",
      "ES256",
      "RS256",
      "HS384",
      "ES512",
      "PS256",
      "PS512",
      "RS512",
      "none"
   ],
   "request_object_signing_alg_values_supported":[  
      "PS384",
      "ES384",
      "RS384",
      "ES256",
      "RS256",
      "ES512",
      "PS256",
      "PS512",
      "RS512",
      "none"
   ],
   "response_modes_supported":[  
      "query",
      "fragment",
      "form_post"
   ],
   "registration_endpoint":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/clients-registrations/openid-connect",
   "token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported":[  
      "private_key_jwt",
      "client_secret_basic",
      "client_secret_post",
      "client_secret_jwt"
   ],
   "token_endpoint_auth_signing_alg_values_supported":[  
      "RS256"
   ],
   "claims_supported":[  
      "aud",
      "sub",
      "iss",
      "auth_time",
      "name",
      "given_name",
      "family_name",
      "preferred_username",
      "email"
   ],
   "claim_types_supported":[  
      "normal"
   ],
   "claims_parameter_supported":false,
   "scopes_supported":[  
      "openid",
      "address",
      "email",
      "microprofile-jwt",
      "offline_access",
      "phone",
      "profile",
      "roles",
      "web-origins"
   ],
   "request_parameter_supported":true,
   "request_uri_parameter_supported":true,
   "code_challenge_methods_supported":[  
      "plain",
      "S256"
   ],
   "tls_client_certificate_bound_access_tokens":true,
   "introspection_endpoint":"http://localhost:8080/auth/realms/master/protocol/openid-connect/token/introspect"
}

How to use Bootstrap in an Angular project?

just check your package.json file and add dependencies for bootstrap

"dependencies": {

   "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
}

then add below code on .angular-cli.json file

 "styles": [
    "styles.css",
    "../node_modules/bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css"
  ],

Finally you just update your npm locally by using terminal

$ npm update

Return value from a VBScript function

To return a value from a VBScript function, assign the value to the name of the function, like this:

Function getNumber
    getNumber = "423"
End Function

Laravel 5 Class 'form' not found

I have tried everything, but only this helped:

php artisan route:clear
php artisan cache:clear

Count the cells with same color in google spreadsheet

Easy solution if you don't want to code manually using Google Sheets Power Tools:

  1. Install Power Tools through the Add-ons panel (Add-ons -> Get add-ons)
  2. From the Power Tools sidebar click on the S button and within that menu click on the "Sum by Color" menu item
  3. Select the "Pattern cell" with the color markup you want to search for
  4. Select the "Source range" for the cells you want to count
  5. Use function should be set to "COUNTA"
  6. Press "Insert function" and you're done :)

Codeigniter: does $this->db->last_query(); execute a query?

For me save_queries option was turned off so,

$this->db->save_queries = TRUE; //Turn ON save_queries for temporary use.
$str = $this->db->last_query();
echo $str;

Ref: Can't get result from $this->db->last_query(); codeigniter

Convert NSArray to NSString in Objective-C

I think Sanjay's answer was almost there but i used it this way

NSArray *myArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObjects:@"Hello",@"World", nil];
NSString *greeting = [myArray componentsJoinedByString:@" "];
NSLog(@"%@",greeting);

Output :

2015-01-25 08:47:14.830 StringTest[11639:394302] Hello World

As Sanjay had hinted - I used method componentsJoinedByString from NSArray that does joining and gives you back NSString

BTW NSString has reverse method componentsSeparatedByString that does the splitting and gives you NSArray back .

Programmatically get height of navigation bar

Swift 5

If you want to get the navigation bar height, use the maxY property that considers the safeArea size as well, like this:

 let height = navigationController?.navigationBar.frame.maxY  

Apply global variable to Vuejs

Just Adding Instance Properties

For example, all components can access a global appName, you just write one line code:

Vue.prototype.$appName = 'My App'

$ isn't magic, it's a convention Vue uses for properties that are available to all instances.

Alternatively, you can write a plugin that includes all global methods or properties.

C# : Passing a Generic Object

You cannot access var with the generic.

Try something like

Console.WriteLine("Generic : {0}", test);

And override ToString method [1]

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.object.tostring.aspx

How to detect the swipe left or Right in Android?

here is generic swipe left detector for any view in kotlin using databinding

@BindingAdapter("onSwipeLeft")
fun View.setOnSwipeLeft(runnable: Runnable) {
    setOnTouchListener(object : View.OnTouchListener {
        var x0 = 0F; var y0 = 0F; var t0 = 0L
        val defaultClickDuration = 200

        override fun onTouch(v: View?, motionEvent: MotionEvent?): Boolean {
            motionEvent?.let { event ->
                when(event.action) {
                    MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN -> {
                        x0 = event.x; y0 = event.y; t0 = System.currentTimeMillis()
                    }
                    MotionEvent.ACTION_UP -> {
                        val x1 = event.x; val y1 = event.y; val t1 = System.currentTimeMillis()

                        if (x0 == x1 && y0 == y1 && (t1 - t0) < defaultClickDuration) {
                            performClick()
                            return false
                        }
                        if (x0 > x1) { runnable.run() }
                    }
                    else -> {}
                }
            }
            return true
        }
    })
}

and then to use it in your layout:

app:onSwipeLeft="@{() -> viewModel.swipeLeftHandler()}"

Windows equivalent of the 'tail' command

No exact equivalent. However there exist a native DOS command "more" that has a +n option that will start outputting the file after the nth line:

DOS Prompt:

C:\>more +2 myfile.txt

The above command will output everything after the first 2 lines.
This is actually the inverse of Unix head:

Unix console:

root@server:~$ head -2 myfile.txt

The above command will print only the first 2 lines of the file.

Finding the type of an object in C++

Dynamic cast is the best for your description of problem, but I just want to add that you can find the class type with:

#include <typeinfo>

...
string s = typeid(YourClass).name()

Python: convert string to byte array

s = "ABCD"
from array import array
a = array("B", s)

If you want hex:

print map(hex, a)

Error: Could not find or load main class in intelliJ IDE

In my case the problem seemed to be related to upgrading IntelliJ. When I did this I overwrote the files from the old IntelliJ with the files from the new IntelliJ (2017 community to 2018 community). After that all of my projects were broken. I tried everything in this thread and none of them worked. I tried upgrading gradle to the latest version (4 to 4.8) and that didn't work. The only thing that worked for me was deleting the entire IntelliJ folder and reinstalling it. All of my projects worked after that.

How to get JS variable to retain value after page refresh?

You will have to use cookie to store the value across page refresh. You can use any one of the many javascript based cookie libraries to simplify the cookie access, like this one

If you want to support only html5 then you can think of Storage api like localStorage/sessionStorage

Ex: using localStorage and cookies library

var mode = getStoredValue('myPageMode');

function buttonClick(mode) {
    mode = mode;
    storeValue('myPageMode', mode);
}

function storeValue(key, value) {
    if (localStorage) {
        localStorage.setItem(key, value);
    } else {
        $.cookies.set(key, value);
    }
}

function getStoredValue(key) {
    if (localStorage) {
        return localStorage.getItem(key);
    } else {
        return $.cookies.get(key);
    }
}

Static variable inside of a function in C

In C++11 at least, when the expression used to initialize a local static variable is not a 'constexpr' (cannot be evaluated by the compiler), then initialization must happen during the first call to the function. The simplest example is to directly use a parameter to intialize the local static variable. Thus the compiler must emit code to guess whether the call is the first one or not, which in turn requires a local boolean variable. I've compiled such example and checked this is true by seeing the assembly code. The example can be like this:

void f( int p )
{
  static const int first_p = p ;
  cout << "first p == " << p << endl ;
}

void main()
{
   f(1); f(2); f(3);
}

of course, when the expresion is 'constexpr', then this is not required and the variable can be initialized on program load by using a value stored by the compiler in the output assembly code.

How can I open a website in my web browser using Python?

As the instructions state, using the open() function does work, and opens the default web browser - usually I would say: "why wouldn't I want to use Firefox?!" (my default and favorite browser)

import webbrowser as wb
wb.open_new_tab('http://www.google.com')

The above should work for the computer's default browser. However, what if you want to to open in Google Chrome?

The proper way to do this is:

import webbrowser as wb
wb.get('chrome %s').open_new_tab('http://www.google.com')

To be honest, I'm not really sure that I know the difference between 'chrome' and 'google-chrome', but apparently there is some since they've made the two different type names in the webbrowser documentation.

However, doing this didn't work right off the bat for me. Every time, I would get the error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python34\programs\a_temp_testing.py", line 3, in <module>
wb.get('google-chrome')
File "C:\Python34\lib\webbrowser.py", line 51, in get
raise Error("could not locate runnable browser")
webbrowser.Error: could not locate runnable browser

To solve this, I had to add the folder for chrome.exe to System PATH. My chrome.exe executable file is found at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application

You should check whether it is here or not for yourself.

To add this to your Environment Variables System PATH, right click on your Windows icon and go to System. System Control Panel applet (Start - Settings - Control Panel - System). Change advanced settings, or the advanced tab, and select the button there called Environment Varaibles.

Once you click on Environment Variables here, another window will pop up. Scroll through the items, select PATH, and click edit.

Once you're in here, click New to add the folder path to your chrome.exe file. Like I said above, mine was found at:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application

Click save and exit out of there. Then make sure you reboot your computer.

Hope this helps!

Android Studio is slow (how to speed up)?

  • I should mention that if you are using Mac, downloading and running an app from the App Store (like "iBoostUp" etc.) which will clean out unused system files can speed up your computer dramatically, including AS.

  • I also found that adding more memory to my Mac sped up AS as well.

What is the best comment in source code you have ever encountered?

 * ...and don't just declare it volatile and think you've solved
 * the problem. You young punks think you know what volatile
 * means... why in my day we had to cast it volatile uphill
 * both ways, and the code still didn't work! Whippersnappers...

Could not load file or assembly '' or one of its dependencies

You have to delete Your appname.dll file from your output folder. Cleanup Debug and Release folders. Rebuild and copy to output folder regenerated dll file.

Determining whether an object is a member of a collection in VBA

I have some edit, best working for collections:

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Public Function Contains(col As collection, key As Variant) As Boolean_x000D_
    Dim obj As Object_x000D_
    On Error GoTo err_x000D_
    Contains = True_x000D_
    Set obj = col.Item(key)_x000D_
    Exit Function_x000D_
    _x000D_
err:_x000D_
    Contains = False_x000D_
End Function
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How to sum data.frame column values?

to order after the colsum :

order(colSums(people),decreasing=TRUE)

if more than 20+ columns

order(colSums(people[,c(5:25)],decreasing=TRUE) ##in case of keeping the first 4 columns remaining.

In nodeJs is there a way to loop through an array without using array size?

What you probably want is for...of, a relatively new construct built for the express purpose of enumerating the values of iterable objects:

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let myArray = ["a","b","c","d"];_x000D_
for (let item of myArray) {_x000D_
  console.log(item);_x000D_
}
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... as distinct from for...in, which enumerates property names (presumably1 numeric indices in the case of arrays). Your loop displayed unexpected results because you didn't use the property names to get the corresponding values via bracket notation... but you could have:

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let myArray = ["a","b","c","d"];_x000D_
for (let key in myArray) {_x000D_
  let value =  myArray[key]; // get the value by key_x000D_
  console.log("key: %o, value: %o", key, value);_x000D_
}
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1 Unfortunately, someone may have added enumerable properties to the array or its prototype chain which are not numeric indices... or they may have assigned an index leaving unassigned indices in the interim range. The issues are explained pretty well here. The main takeaway is that it's best to loop explicitly from 0 to array.length - 1 rather than using for...in.

So, this is not (as I'd originally thought) an academic question, i.e.:

Without regard for practicality, is it possible to avoid length when iterating over an array?

According to your comment (emphasis mine):

[...] why do I need to calculate the size of an array whereas the interpreter can know it.

You have a misguided aversion to Array.length. It's not calculated on the fly; it's updated whenever the length of the array changes. You're not going to see performance gains by avoiding it (apart from caching the array length rather than accessing the property):

loop test

Now, even if you did get some marginal performance increase, I doubt it would be enough to justify the risk of dealing with the aforementioned issues.

Difference Between $.getJSON() and $.ajax() in jQuery

There is lots of confusion in some of the function of jquery like $.ajax, $.get, $.post, $.getScript, $.getJSON that what is the difference among them which is the best, which is the fast, which to use and when so below is the description of them to make them clear and to get rid of this type of confusions.

$.getJSON() function is a shorthand Ajax function (internally use $.get() with data type script), which is equivalent to below expression, Uses some limited criteria like Request type is GET and data Type is json.

Read More .. jquery-post-vs-get-vs-ajax

CSS: On hover show and hide different div's at the same time?

Have you tried somethig like this?

.showme{display: none;}
.showhim:hover .showme{display : block;}
.hideme{display:block;}
.showhim:hover .hideme{display:none;}

<div class="showhim">HOVER ME
  <div class="showme">hai</div>
  <div class="hideme">bye</div>
</div>

I dont know any reason why it shouldn't be possible.

How do I get the number of elements in a list?

Answering your question as the examples also given previously:

items = []
items.append("apple")
items.append("orange")
items.append("banana")

print items.__len__()

What does it mean to "program to an interface"?

To add to the existing posts, sometimes coding to interfaces helps on large projects when developers work on separate components simultaneously. All you need is to define interfaces upfront and write code to them while other developers write code to the interface you are implementing.

Can JavaScript connect with MySQL?

Typically, you need a server side scripting language like PHP to connect to MySQL, however, if you're just doing a quick mockup, then you can use http://www.mysqljs.com to connect to MySQL from Javascript using code as follows:

MySql.Execute(
    "mysql.yourhost.com", 
    "username", 
    "password", 
    "database", 
    "select * from Users", 
    function (data) {
        console.log(data)
});

It has to be mentioned that this is not a secure way of accessing MySql, and is only suitable for private demos, or scenarios where the source code cannot be accessed by end users, such as within Phonegap iOS apps.

Access-control-allow-origin with multiple domains

Look into the Thinktecture IdentityModel library -- it has full CORS support:

http://brockallen.com/2012/06/28/cors-support-in-webapi-mvc-and-iis-with-thinktecture-identitymodel/

And it can dynamically emit the ACA-Origin you want.

How to wait for a process to terminate to execute another process in batch file

This is my adaptation johnrefling's. This work also in WindowsXP; in my case i start the same application at the end, because i want reopen it with different parametrs. My application is a WindowForm .NET

@echo off
taskkill -im:MyApp.exe
:loop1
tasklist | find /i "MyApp.exe" >nul 2>&1
if errorlevel 1 goto cont1
echo "Waiting termination of process..."
:: timeout /t 1 /nobreak >nul 2>&1      ::this don't work in windows XP
:: from: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1672338/how-to-sleep-for-five-seconds-in-a-batch-file-cmd/33286113#33286113
typeperf "\System\Processor Queue Length" -si 1 -sc 1 >nul s
goto loop1
:cont1
echo "Process terminated, start new application"
START "<SYMBOLIC-TEXT-NAME>" "<full-path-of-MyApp2.exe>" "MyApp2-param1" "MyApp2-param2"
pause

Convert hex color value ( #ffffff ) to integer value

The real answer is this simplest and easiest ....

String white = "#ffffff";
int whiteInt = Color.parseColor(white);

Is there a JavaScript / jQuery DOM change listener?

Many sites use AJAX/XHR/fetch to add, show, modify content dynamically and window.history API instead of in-site navigation so current URL is changed programmatically. Such sites are called SPA, short for Single Page Application.


Usual JS methods of detecting page changes

  • MutationObserver (docs) to literally detect DOM changes:

  • Event listener for sites that signal content change by sending a DOM event:

  • Periodic checking of DOM via setInterval:
    Obviously this will work only in cases when you wait for a specific element identified by its id/selector to appear, and it won't let you universally detect new dynamically added content unless you invent some kind of fingerprinting the existing contents.

  • Cloaking History API:

    let _pushState = History.prototype.pushState;
    History.prototype.pushState = function (state, title, url) {
      _pushState.call(this, state, title, url);
      console.log('URL changed', url)
    };
    
  • Listening to hashchange, popstate events:

    window.addEventListener('hashchange', e => {
      console.log('URL hash changed', e);
      doSomething();
    });
    window.addEventListener('popstate', e => {
      console.log('State changed', e);
      doSomething();
    });
    


Extensions-specific methods

All above-mentioned methods can be used in a content script. Note that content scripts aren't automatically executed by the browser in case of programmatic navigation via window.history in the web page because only the URL was changed but the page itself remained the same (the content scripts run automatically only once in page lifetime).

Now let's look at the background script.

Detect URL changes in a background / event page.

There are advanced API to work with navigation: webNavigation, webRequest, but we'll use simple chrome.tabs.onUpdated event listener that sends a message to the content script:

  • manifest.json:
    declare background/event page
    declare content script
    add "tabs" permission.

  • background.js

    var rxLookfor = /^https?:\/\/(www\.)?google\.(com|\w\w(\.\w\w)?)\/.*?[?#&]q=/;
    chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(function (tabId, changeInfo, tab) {
      if (rxLookfor.test(changeInfo.url)) {
        chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tabId, 'url-update');
      }
    });
    
  • content.js

    chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((msg, sender, sendResponse) => {
      if (msg === 'url-update') {
        // doSomething();
      }
    });
    

Immutable vs Mutable types

I haven't read all the answers, but the selected answer is not correct and I think the author has an idea that being able to reassign a variable means that whatever datatype is mutable. That is not the case. Mutability has to do with passing by reference rather than passing by value.

Lets say you created a List

a = [1,2]

If you were to say:

b = a
b[1] = 3

Even though you reassigned a value on B, it will also reassign the value on a. Its because when you assign "b = a". You are passing the "Reference" to the object rather than a copy of the value. This is not the case with strings, floats etc. This makes list, dictionaries and the likes mutable, but booleans, floats etc immutable.

Django DateField default options

I think a better way to solve this would be to use the datetime callable:

from datetime import datetime

date = models.DateField(default=datetime.now)

Note that no parenthesis were used. If you used parenthesis you would invoke the now() function just once (when the model is created). Instead, you pass the callable as an argument, thus being invoked everytime an instance of the model is created.

Credit to Django Musings. I've used it and works fine.

Running two projects at once in Visual Studio

Go to Solution properties ? Common Properties ? Startup Project and select Multiple startup projects.

Solution properties dialog

Self-references in object literals / initializers

Other approach would be to declare the object first before assigning properties into it:

const foo = {};
foo.a = 5;
foo.b = 6;
foo.c = foo.a + foo.b;  // Does work
foo.getSum = () => foo.a + foo.b + foo.c;  // foo.getSum() === 22

With that, you can use the object variable name to access the already assigned values.
Best for config.js file.

Remove stubborn underline from link

Just add this attribute to your anchor tag

style="text-decoration:none;"

Example:

<a href="page.html"  style="text-decoration:none;"></a>

Or use the CSS way.

.classname a {
    color: #FFFFFF;
    text-decoration: none;
}

What is a 'NoneType' object?

Your error's occurring due to something like this:
>>> None + "hello world"
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'NoneType' and 'str'
>>>

Python's None object is roughly equivalent to null, nil, etc. in other languages.

how to use free cloud database with android app?

As Wingman said, Google App Engine is a great solution for your scenario.

You can get some information about GAE+Android here: https://developers.google.com/eclipse/docs/appengine_connected_android

And from this Google IO 2012 session: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU_wNR_UUn4

Character Limit on Instagram Usernames

Limit - 30 symbols. Username must contains only letters, numbers, periods and underscores.

BeautifulSoup getText from between <p>, not picking up subsequent paragraphs

You are getting close!

# Find all of the text between paragraph tags and strip out the html
page = soup.find('p').getText()

Using find (as you've noticed) stops after finding one result. You need find_all if you want all the paragraphs. If the pages are formatted consistently ( just looked over one), you could also use something like

soup.find('div',{'id':'ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_RichHtmlField1__ControlWrapper_RichHtmlField'})

to zero in on the body of the article.

Refresh certain row of UITableView based on Int in Swift

In Swift 3.0

let rowNumber: Int = 2
let sectionNumber: Int = 0

let indexPath = IndexPath(item: rowNumber, section: sectionNumber)

self.tableView.reloadRows(at: [indexPath], with: .automatic)

byDefault, if you have only one section in TableView, then you can put section value 0.

How can I record a Video in my Android App.?

Check out this Sample Camera Preview code, CameraPreview. This would help you in devloping video recording code for video preview, create MediaRecorder object, and set video recording parameters.

Error creating bean with name

I think it comes from this line in your XML file:

<context:component-scan base-package="org.assessme.com.controller." />

Replace it by:

<context:component-scan base-package="org.assessme.com." />

It is because your Autowired service is not scanned by Spring since it is not in the right package.

Convert integer into byte array (Java)

You can use BigInteger:

From Integers:

byte[] array = BigInteger.valueOf(0xAABBCCDD).toByteArray();
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(array))
// --> {-86, -69, -52, -35 }

The returned array is of the size that is needed to represent the number, so it could be of size 1, to represent 1 for example. However, the size cannot be more than four bytes if an int is passed.

From Strings:

BigInteger v = new BigInteger("AABBCCDD", 16);
byte[] array = v.toByteArray();

However, you will need to watch out, if the first byte is higher 0x7F (as is in this case), where BigInteger would insert a 0x00 byte to the beginning of the array. This is needed to distinguish between positive and negative values.

Postgres Error: More than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression

This error means that the SELECT store_key FROM store query has returned two or more rows in the SERVER1 database. If you would like to update all customers, use a join instead of a scalar = operator. You need a condition to "connect" customers to store items in order to do that.

If you wish to update all customer_ids to the same store_key, you need to supply a WHERE clause to the remotely executed SELECT so that the query returns a single row.

Why should I use the keyword "final" on a method parameter in Java?

Let me explain a bit about the one case where you have to use final, which Jon already mentioned:

If you create an anonymous inner class in your method and use a local variable (such as a method parameter) inside that class, then the compiler forces you to make the parameter final:

public Iterator<Integer> createIntegerIterator(final int from, final int to)
{
    return new Iterator<Integer>(){
        int index = from;
        public Integer next()
        {
            return index++;
        }
        public boolean hasNext()
        {
            return index <= to;
        }
        // remove method omitted
    };
}

Here the from and to parameters need to be final so they can be used inside the anonymous class.

The reason for that requirement is this: Local variables live on the stack, therefore they exist only while the method is executed. However, the anonymous class instance is returned from the method, so it may live for much longer. You can't preserve the stack, because it is needed for subsequent method calls.

So what Java does instead is to put copies of those local variables as hidden instance variables into the anonymous class (you can see them if you examine the byte code). But if they were not final, one might expect the anonymous class and the method seeing changes the other one makes to the variable. In order to maintain the illusion that there is only one variable rather than two copies, it has to be final.

'do...while' vs. 'while'

One of the applications I have seen it is in Oracle when we look at result sets.

Once you a have a result set, you first fetch from it (do) and from that point on.. check if the fetch returns an element or not (while element found..) .. The same might be applicable for any other "fetch-like" implementations.

How to select the last record of a table in SQL?

If you have a self-incrementing field (say ID) then you can do something like: SELECT * FROM foo WHERE ID = (SELECT max(ID) FROM foo)

How to pick element inside iframe using document.getElementById

(this is to add to the chosen answer)

Make sure the iframe is loaded before you

contentWindow.document

Otherwise, your getElementById will be null.

PS: Can't comment, still low reputation to comment, but this is a follow-up on the chosen answer as I've spent some good debugging time trying to figure out I should force the iframe load before selecting the inner-iframe element.

Google Authenticator available as a public service?

You can use my solution, posted as the answer to my question (there is full Python code and explanation):

Google Authenticator implementation in Python

It is rather easy to implement it in PHP or Perl, I think. If you have any problems with this, please let me know.

I have also posted my code on GitHub as Python module.

rails simple_form - hidden field - create?

try this

= f.input :title, :as => :hidden, :input_html => { :value => "some value" }

Changing default encoding of Python?

Starting with PyDev 3.4.1, the default encoding is not being changed anymore. See this ticket for details.

For earlier versions a solution is to make sure PyDev does not run with UTF-8 as the default encoding. Under Eclipse, run dialog settings ("run configurations", if I remember correctly); you can choose the default encoding on the common tab. Change it to US-ASCII if you want to have these errors 'early' (in other words: in your PyDev environment). Also see an original blog post for this workaround.

Installing and Running MongoDB on OSX

additionally you may want mongo to run on another port, then paste this command on terminal,

mongod --dbpath /data/db/ --port 27018

where 27018 is the port we want mongo to run on

assumptions

  1. mongod exists in your bin i.e /usr/local/bin/ for mac ( which would be if you installed with brew), otherwise you'd need to navigate to the path where mongo is installed
  2. the folder /data/db/ exists

Code signing is required for product type Unit Test Bundle in SDK iOS 8.0

The problem is the project is under source control and every time I pull the .xcodeproj is updated. And since my provisioning profile is different than the one in source control, the Unit Test target automatically switches to "Do not code sign". So I simply have to set the profile there after each git pull.

Apparently if deploying to a device, if there is a unit test target, it must be code signed.

Steps:

1) Change target to your test target (AppnameTests)

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2) Make sure "Code Signing Identity" is NOT "Don't Code Sign". Pick a profile to sign with

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That is all I had to change to get it to work.

Why are #ifndef and #define used in C++ header files?

This prevent from the multiple inclusion of same header file multiple time.

#ifndef __COMMON_H__
#define __COMMON_H__
//header file content
#endif

Suppose you have included this header file in multiple files. So first time __COMMON_H__ is not defined, it will get defined and header file included.

Next time __COMMON_H__ is defined, so it will not include again.