Programs & Examples On #Dailybuilds

How do I use su to execute the rest of the bash script as that user?

Use sudo instead

EDIT: As Douglas pointed out, you can not use cd in sudo since it is not an external command. You have to run the commands in a subshell to make the cd work.

sudo -u $USERNAME -H sh -c "cd ~/$PROJECT; svn update"

sudo -u $USERNAME -H cd ~/$PROJECT
sudo -u $USERNAME svn update

You may be asked to input that user's password, but only once.

MongoDB: Server has startup warnings ''Access control is not enabled for the database''

Mongodb v3.4

You need to do the following to create a secure database:

Make sure the user starting the process has permissions and that the directories exist (/data/db in this case).

1) Start MongoDB without access control.

mongod --port 27017 --dbpath /data/db

2) Connect to the instance.

mongo --port 27017

3) Create the user administrator (in the admin authentication database).

use admin
db.createUser(
  {
    user: "myUserAdmin",
    pwd: "abc123",
    roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
  }
)

4) Re-start the MongoDB instance with access control.

mongod --auth --port 27017 --dbpath /data/db

5) Connect and authenticate as the user administrator.

mongo --port 27017 -u "myUserAdmin" -p "abc123" --authenticationDatabase "admin"

6) Create additional users as needed for your deployment (e.g. in the test authentication database).

use test
db.createUser(
  {
    user: "myTester",
    pwd: "xyz123",
    roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "test" },
             { role: "read", db: "reporting" } ]
  }
)

7) Connect and authenticate as myTester.

mongo --port 27017 -u "myTester" -p "xyz123" --authenticationDatabase "test"

I basically just explained the short version of the official docs here: https://docs.mongodb.com/master/tutorial/enable-authentication/

ERROR 1396 (HY000): Operation CREATE USER failed for 'jack'@'localhost'

Just delete the user related data from mysql.db(maybe from other tables too), then recreate both.

Socket File "/var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432" Missing In Mountain Lion (OS X Server)

I just created a new cluster and that worked for me, I was using (PostgreSQL) 9.3.20:

sudo pg_createcluster 9.3 main --start

How to decode viewstate

As another person just mentioned, it's a base64 encoded string. In the past, I've used this website to decode it:

http://www.motobit.com/util/base64-decoder-encoder.asp

When and how should I use a ThreadLocal variable?

  1. ThreadLocal in Java had been introduced on JDK 1.2 but was later generified in JDK 1.5 to introduce type safety on ThreadLocal variable.

  2. ThreadLocal can be associated with Thread scope, all the code which is executed by Thread has access to ThreadLocal variables but two thread can not see each others ThreadLocal variable.

  3. Each thread holds an exclusive copy of ThreadLocal variable which becomes eligible to Garbage collection after thread finished or died, normally or due to any Exception, Given those ThreadLocal variable doesn't have any other live references.

  4. ThreadLocal variables in Java are generally private static fields in Classes and maintain its state inside Thread.

Read more: ThreadLocal in Java - Example Program and Tutorial

"ORA-01438: value larger than specified precision allowed for this column" when inserting 3

You can't update with a number greater than 1 for datatype number(2,2) is because, the first parameter is the total number of digits in the number and the second one (.i.e 2 here) is the number of digits in decimal part. I guess you can insert or update data < 1. i.e. 0.12, 0.95 etc.

Please check NUMBER DATATYPE in NUMBER Datatype.

Python AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Serial'

You have installed the incorrect package named 'serial'.

  • Run pip uninstall serial for python 2.x or pip3 uninstall serial for python 3.x
  • Then install pyserial if not already installed by running pip install pyserial for python 2.x orpip3 install pyserial for python 3.x.

how to access downloads folder in android?

If you are using Marshmallow, you have to either:

  1. Request permissions at runtime (the user will get to allow or deny the request) or:
  2. The user must go into Settings -> Apps -> {Your App} -> Permissions and grant storage access.

This is because in Marshmallow, Google completely revamped how permissions work.

What is the standard exception to throw in Java for not supported/implemented operations?

If you want more granularity and better decription, you could use NotImplementedException from commons-lang

Warning: Available before versions 2.6 and after versions 3.2, only.

Getting first and last day of the current month

var myDate = DateTime.Now;
var startOfMonth = new DateTime(myDate.Year, myDate.Month, 1);
var endOfMonth = startOfMonth.AddMonths(1).AddDays(-1);

That should give you what you need.

Apply style to parent if it has child with css

It's not possible with CSS3. There is a proposed CSS4 selector, $, to do just that, which could look like this (Selecting the li element):

ul $li ul.sub { ... }

See the list of CSS4 Selectors here.

As an alternative, with jQuery, a one-liner you could make use of would be this:

$('ul li:has(ul.sub)').addClass('has_sub');

You could then go ahead and style the li.has_sub in your CSS.

How do I loop through a list by twos?

The simplest in my opinion is just this:

it = iter([1,2,3,4,5,6])
for x, y in zip(it, it):
    print x, y

Out: 1 2
     3 4
     5 6

No extra imports or anything. And very elegant, in my opinion.

Django - taking values from POST request

If you need to do something on the front end you can respond to the onsubmit event of your form. If you are just posting to admin/start you can access post variables in your view through the request object. request.POST which is a dictionary of post variables

Refer to a cell in another worksheet by referencing the current worksheet's name?

Still using indirect. Say your A1 cell is your variable that will contain the name of the referenced sheet (Jan). If you go by:

=INDIRECT(CONCATENATE("'",A1," Item'", "!J3"))

Then you will have the 'Jan Item'!J3 value.

How do I find the current executable filename?

Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[0]

How to use an arraylist as a prepared statement parameter

If you have ArrayList then convert into Array[Object]

ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>();
PreparedStatement pstmt = 
            conn.prepareStatement("select * from employee where id in (?)");
Array array = conn.createArrayOf("VARCHAR", list.toArray());
pstmt.setArray(1, array);
ResultSet rs = pstmt.executeQuery();

console.writeline and System.out.println

First I am afraid your question contains a little mistake. There is not method writeline in class Console. Instead class Console provides method writer() that returns PrintWriter. This print writer has println().

Now what is the difference between

System.console().writer().println("hello from console");

and

System.out.println("hello system out");

If you run your application from command line I think there is no difference. But if console is unavailable System.console() returns null while System.out still exists. This may happen if you invoke your application and perform redirect of STDOUT to file.

Here is an example I have just implemented.

import java.io.Console;


public class TestConsole {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Console console = System.console();
        System.out.println("console=" + console);
        console.writer().println("hello from console");
    }
}

When I ran the application from command prompt I got the following:

$ java TestConsole
console=java.io.Console@93dcd
hello from console

but when I redirected the STDOUT to file...

$ java TestConsole >/tmp/test
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at TestConsole.main(TestConsole.java:8)

Line 8 is console.writer().println().

Here is the content of /tmp/test

console=null

I hope my explanations help.

How can we programmatically detect which iOS version is device running on?

Best current version, without need to deal with numeric search within NSString is to define macros (See original answer: Check iPhone iOS Version)

Those macros do exist in github, see: https://github.com/carlj/CJAMacros/blob/master/CJAMacros/CJAMacros.h

Like this:

#define SYSTEM_VERSION_EQUAL_TO(v)                  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedSame)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN(v)              ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedDescending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)  ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(v)                 ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] == NSOrderedAscending)
#define SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(v)     ([[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion] compare:v options:NSNumericSearch] != NSOrderedDescending)

and use them like this:

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_LESS_THAN(@"5.0")) {
    // code here
}

if (SYSTEM_VERSION_GREATER_THAN_OR_EQUAL_TO(@"6.0")) {
    // code here
}

Outdated version below

to get OS version:

[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion]

returns string, which can be turned into int/float via

-[NSString floatValue]
-[NSString intValue]

like this

Both values (floatValue, intValue) will be stripped due to its type, 5.0.1 will become 5.0 or 5 (float or int), for comparing precisely, you will have to separate it to array of INTs check accepted answer here: Check iPhone iOS Version

NSString *ver = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
int ver_int = [ver intValue];
float ver_float = [ver floatValue];

and compare like this

NSLog(@"System Version is %@",[[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion]);
NSString *ver = [[UIDevice currentDevice] systemVersion];
float ver_float = [ver floatValue];
if (ver_float < 5.0) return false;

For Swift 4.0 syntax

below example is just checking if the device is of iOS11 or greater version.

let systemVersion = UIDevice.current.systemVersion
if systemVersion.cgFloatValue >= 11.0 {
    //"for ios 11"
  }
else{
   //"ios below 11")
  }

Getting the error "Missing $ inserted" in LaTeX

I had this problem too. I solved it by removing the unnecessary blank line between equation tags. This gives the error:

\begin{equation}
P(\underline{\hat{X}} | \underline{Y}) = ...

\end{equation}

while this code compiles succesfully:

\begin{equation}
P(\underline{\hat{X}} | \underline{Y}) = ...
\end{equation}

Please initialize the log4j system properly warning

The fix for me was to put "log4j.properties" into the "src" folder. It did not work in my package folder it has to be one up at the very root of source. Adding it to the build path which then moves it to the "Reference Libraries" also did not work.

To repeat: put log4j.properties at the root of your src folder.

my log4j.properties files has the following content which works on the latest version of Spring Tool Suite which is based on Eclipse.

# Configure logging for testing: optionally with log file
#log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stdout, logfile

log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - %m%n

log4j.appender.logfile=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
log4j.appender.logfile.File=target/spring.log
log4j.appender.logfile.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
log4j.appender.logfile.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - %m%

Angular 4 setting selected option in Dropdown

If you want to select a value as default, in your form builder give it a value :

this.myForm = this.FB.group({
    mySelect: [this.options[0].key, [/* Validators here */]]
});

Now in your HTML :

<form [formGroup]="myForm">
    <select [formControlName]="mySelect">
        <option *ngFor="let opt of options" [value]="opt.key">ANY TEXT YOU WANT HERE</option>
    </select>
</form>

What my code does is giving your select a value, that is equal to the first value of your options list. This is how you select an option as default in Angular, selected is useless.

How to print last two columns using awk

@jim mcnamara: try using parentheses for around NF, i. e. $(NF-1) and $(NF) instead of $NF-1 and $NF (works on Mac OS X 10.6.8 for FreeBSD awkand gawk).

echo '
1 2
2 3
one
one two three
' | gawk '{if (NF >= 2) print $(NF-1), $(NF);}'

# output:
# 1 2
# 2 3
# two three

Equals(=) vs. LIKE

For this example we take it for granted that varcharcol doesn't contain '' and have no empty cell against this column

select * from some_table where varcharCol = ''
select * from some_table where varcharCol like ''

The first one results in 0 row output while the second one shows the whole list. = is strictly-match case while like acts like a filter. if filter has no criteria, every data is valid.

like - by the virtue of its purpose works a little slower and is intended for use with varchar and similar data.

How to convert a Drawable to a Bitmap?

very simple

Bitmap tempBMP = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(getResources(),R.drawable.image);

Can I inject a service into a directive in AngularJS?

You can do injection on Directives, and it looks just like it does everywhere else.

app.directive('changeIt', ['myData', function(myData){
    return {
        restrict: 'C',
        link: function (scope, element, attrs) {
            scope.name = myData.name;
        }
    }
 }]);

AccessDenied for ListObjects for S3 bucket when permissions are s3:*

If you wanted to copy all s3 bucket objects using the command "aws s3 cp s3://bucket-name/data/all-data/ . --recursive" as you mentioned, here is a safe and minimal policy to do that:

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
      {
          "Effect": "Allow",
          "Action": [
              "s3:ListBucket"
          ],
          "Resource": [
              "arn:aws:s3:::bucket-name"
          ],
          "Condition": {
              "StringLike": {
                  "s3:prefix": "data/all-data/*"
              }
          }
      },
      {
          "Effect": "Allow",
          "Action": [
              "s3:GetObject"
          ],
          "Resource": [
              "arn:aws:s3:::bucket-name/data/all-data/*"
          ]
      }
  ]
}

The first statement in this policy allows for listing objects inside a specific bucket's sub directory. The resource needs to be the arn of the S3 bucket, and to limit listing to only a sub-directory in that bucket you can edit the "s3:prefix" value.

The second statement in this policy allows for getting objects inside of the bucket at a specific sub-directory. This means that anything inside the "s3://bucket-name/data/all-data/" path you will be able to copy. Be aware that this doesn't allow you to copy from parent paths such as "s3://bucket-name/data/".

This solution is specific to limiting use for AWS CLI commands; if you need to limit S3 access through the AWS console or API, then more policies will be needed. I suggest taking a look here: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/writing-iam-policies-grant-access-to-user-specific-folders-in-an-amazon-s3-bucket/.

A similar issue to this can be found here which led me to the solution I am giving. https://github.com/aws/aws-cli/issues/2408

Hope this helps!

How do I return the SQL data types from my query?

This will give you everything column property related.

SELECT * INTO TMP1
FROM ( SELECT TOP 1 /* rest of your query expression here */ );

SELECT o.name AS obj_name, TYPE_NAME(c.user_type_id) AS type_name, c.*  
FROM sys.objects AS o   
JOIN sys.columns AS c  ON o.object_id = c.object_id  
WHERE o.name = 'TMP1';

DROP TABLE TMP1;

Best way to convert strings to symbols in hash

You could be lazy, and wrap it in a lambda:

my_hash = YAML.load_file('yml')
my_lamb = lambda { |key| my_hash[key.to_s] }

my_lamb[:a] == my_hash['a'] #=> true

But this would only work for reading from the hash - not writing.

To do that, you could use Hash#merge

my_hash = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = h[k.to_s] }.merge(YAML.load_file('yml'))

The init block will convert the keys one time on demand, though if you update the value for the string version of the key after accessing the symbol version, the symbol version won't be updated.

irb> x = { 'a' => 1, 'b' => 2 }
#=> {"a"=>1, "b"=>2}
irb> y = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = h[k.to_s] }.merge(x)
#=> {"a"=>1, "b"=>2}
irb> y[:a]  # the key :a doesn't exist for y, so the init block is called
#=> 1
irb> y
#=> {"a"=>1, :a=>1, "b"=>2}
irb> y[:a]  # the key :a now exists for y, so the init block is isn't called
#=> 1
irb> y['a'] = 3
#=> 3
irb> y
#=> {"a"=>3, :a=>1, "b"=>2}

You could also have the init block not update the hash, which would protect you from that kind of error, but you'd still be vulnerable to the opposite - updating the symbol version wouldn't update the string version:

irb> q = { 'c' => 4, 'd' => 5 }
#=> {"c"=>4, "d"=>5}
irb> r = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k.to_s] }.merge(q)
#=> {"c"=>4, "d"=>5}
irb> r[:c] # init block is called
#=> 4
irb> r
#=> {"c"=>4, "d"=>5}
irb> r[:c] # init block is called again, since this key still isn't in r
#=> 4
irb> r[:c] = 7
#=> 7
irb> r
#=> {:c=>7, "c"=>4, "d"=>5}

So the thing to be careful of with these is switching between the two key forms. Stick with one.

EC2 Instance Cloning

The easier way is through the web management console:

  1. go to the instance
  2. select the instance and click on instance action
  3. create image

Once you have an image you can launch another cloned instance, data and all. :)

Get current scroll position of ScrollView in React Native

As for the page, I'm working on a higher order component that uses basically the above methods to do exactly this. It actually takes just a bit of time when you get down to the subtleties like initial layout and content changes. I won't claim to have done it 'correctly', but in some sense I'd consider the correct answer to use component that does this carefully and consistently.

See: react-native-paged-scroll-view. Would love feedback, even if it's that I've done it all wrong!

Python: One Try Multiple Except

Yes, it is possible.

try:
   ...
except FirstException:
   handle_first_one()

except SecondException:
   handle_second_one()

except (ThirdException, FourthException, FifthException) as e:
   handle_either_of_3rd_4th_or_5th()

except Exception:
   handle_all_other_exceptions()

See: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/errors.html

The "as" keyword is used to assign the error to a variable so that the error can be investigated more thoroughly later on in the code. Also note that the parentheses for the triple exception case are needed in python 3. This page has more info: Catch multiple exceptions in one line (except block)

How do I revert back to an OpenWrt router configuration?

If you installed the SquashFS image you can run the script firstboot. That will return OpenWrt to the defaults of when you flashed the router.

With your serial access just run firstboot and then power cycle the device.

how to put image in a bundle and pass it to another activity

So you can do it like this, but the limitation with the Parcelables is that the payload between activities has to be less than 1MB total. It's usually better to save the Bitmap to a file and pass the URI to the image to the next activity.

 protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {     setContentView(R.layout.my_layout);     Bitmap bitmap = getIntent().getParcelableExtra("image");     ImageView imageView = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageview);     imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);  } 

How to include libraries in Visual Studio 2012?

In code level also, you could add your lib to the project using the compiler directives #pragma.

example:

#pragma comment( lib, "yourLibrary.lib" )

DLL References in Visual C++

You mention adding the additional include directory (C/C++|General) and additional lib dependency (Linker|Input), but have you also added the additional library directory (Linker|General)?

Including a sample error message might also help people answer the question since it's not even clear if the error is during compilation or linking.

How can I check if a key exists in a dictionary?

If you want to retrieve the key's value if it exists, you can also use

try:
    value = a[key]
except KeyError:
    # Key is not present
    pass

If you want to retrieve a default value when the key does not exist, use value = a.get(key, default_value). If you want to set the default value at the same time in case the key does not exist, use value = a.setdefault(key, default_value).

Change background color of iframe issue

Put the Iframe between aside tags

<aside style="background-color:#FFF"> your IFRAME </aside>

How to run the Python program forever?

How about this one?

import signal
signal.pause()

This will let your program sleep until it receives a signal from some other process (or itself, in another thread), letting it know it is time to do something.

How do I convert an existing callback API to promises?

My promisify version of a callback function is the P function:

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  var self = this;_x000D_
  var method = arguments[0];_x000D_
  var params = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);_x000D_
  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {_x000D_
    if (method && typeof(method) == 'function') {_x000D_
      params.push(function(err, state) {_x000D_
        if (!err) return resolve(state)_x000D_
        else return reject(err);_x000D_
      });_x000D_
      method.apply(self, params);_x000D_
    } else return reject(new Error('not a function'));_x000D_
  });_x000D_
}_x000D_
var callback = function(par, callback) {_x000D_
  var rnd = Math.floor(Math.random() * 2) + 1;_x000D_
  return rnd > 1 ? callback(null, par) : callback(new Error("trap"));_x000D_
}_x000D_
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callback("callback", (err, state) => err ? console.error(err) : console.log(state))_x000D_
callback("callback", (err, state) => err ? console.error(err) : console.log(state))_x000D_
callback("callback", (err, state) => err ? console.error(err) : console.log(state))_x000D_
callback("callback", (err, state) => err ? console.error(err) : console.log(state))_x000D_
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P(callback, "promise").then(v => console.log(v)).catch(e => console.error(e))_x000D_
P(callback, "promise").then(v => console.log(v)).catch(e => console.error(e))_x000D_
P(callback, "promise").then(v => console.log(v)).catch(e => console.error(e))_x000D_
P(callback, "promise").then(v => console.log(v)).catch(e => console.error(e))
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The P function requires that the callback signature must be callback(error,result).

Preventing SQL injection in Node.js

Mysql-native has been outdated so it became MySQL2 that is a new module created with the help of the original MySQL module's team. This module has more features and I think it has what you want as it has prepared statements(by using.execute()) like in PHP for more security.

It's also very active(the last change was from 2-1 days) I didn't try it before but I think it's what you want and more.

How to create python bytes object from long hex string?

Works in Python 2.7 and higher including python3:

result = bytearray.fromhex('deadbeef')

Note: There seems to be a bug with the bytearray.fromhex() function in Python 2.6. The python.org documentation states that the function accepts a string as an argument, but when applied, the following error is thrown:

>>> bytearray.fromhex('B9 01EF')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: fromhex() argument 1 must be unicode, not str`

Easiest way to compare arrays in C#

        int[] a = { 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 2 };

        int[] b = { 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 2 };

        bool ans = true;

        if(a.Length != b.Length)
        {
            ans = false;
        }
        else
        {
            for (int i = 0; i < a.Length; i++)
            {
                if( a[i] != b[i])
                {
                    ans = false;
                }
            }
        }

        string str = "";

        if(ans == true)
        {
            str = "Two Arrays are Equal";
        }

        if (ans == false)
        {
            str = "Two Arrays are not Equal";
        }

       //--------------Or You can write One line of Code-------------

        var ArrayEquals = a.SequenceEqual(b);   // returns true

Counting words in string

There may be a more efficient way to do this, but this is what has worked for me.

function countWords(passedString){
  passedString = passedString.replace(/(^\s*)|(\s*$)/gi, '');
  passedString = passedString.replace(/\s\s+/g, ' '); 
  passedString = passedString.replace(/,/g, ' ');  
  passedString = passedString.replace(/;/g, ' ');
  passedString = passedString.replace(/\//g, ' ');  
  passedString = passedString.replace(/\\/g, ' ');  
  passedString = passedString.replace(/{/g, ' ');
  passedString = passedString.replace(/}/g, ' ');
  passedString = passedString.replace(/\n/g, ' ');  
  passedString = passedString.replace(/\./g, ' '); 
  passedString = passedString.replace(/[\{\}]/g, ' ');
  passedString = passedString.replace(/[\(\)]/g, ' ');
  passedString = passedString.replace(/[[\]]/g, ' ');
  passedString = passedString.replace(/[ ]{2,}/gi, ' ');
  var countWordsBySpaces = passedString.split(' ').length; 
  return countWordsBySpaces;

}

its able to recognise all of the following as separate words:

abc,abc = 2 words,
abc/abc/abc = 3 words (works with forward and backward slashes),
abc.abc = 2 words,
abc[abc]abc = 3 words,
abc;abc = 2 words,

(some other suggestions I've tried count each example above as only 1 x word) it also:

  • ignores all leading and trailing white spaces

  • counts a single-letter followed by a new line, as a word - which I've found some of the suggestions given on this page don't count, for example:
    a
    a
    a
    a
    a
    sometimes gets counted as 0 x words, and other functions only count it as 1 x word, instead of 5 x words)

if anyone has any ideas on how to improve it, or cleaner / more efficient - then please add you 2 cents! Hope This Helps Someone out.

Python read in string from file and split it into values

Use open(file, mode) for files. The mode is a variant of 'r' for read, 'w' for write, and possibly 'b' appended (e.g., 'rb') to open binary files. See the link below.

Use open with readline() or readlines(). The former will return a line at a time, while the latter returns a list of the lines.

Use split(delimiter) to split on the comma.

Lastly, you need to cast each item to an integer: int(foo). You'll probably want to surround your cast with a try block followed by except ValueError as in the link below.

You can also use 'multiple assignment' to assign a and b at once:

>>>a, b = map(int, "2342342,2234234".split(","))  
>>>print a  
2342342
>>>type(a)  
<type 'int'>

python io docs

python casting

How to remove specific object from ArrayList in Java?

List<Object> list = new ArrayList();
for (Iterator<Object> iterator = list.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
  Object obj= iterator.next();
    if (obj.getId().equals("1")) {
       // Remove the current element from the iterator and the list.
       iterator.remove();
    }
}

NoClassDefFoundError while trying to run my jar with java.exe -jar...what's wrong?

if you use external libraries in your program and you try to pack all together in a jar file it's not that simple, because of classpath issues etc.

I'd prefer to use OneJar for this issue.

Why I am getting Cannot pass parameter 2 by reference error when I am using bindParam with a constant value?

Based on the other answers but with a little more clarity on how to actually use this solution.

If for example you have an empty string for a time value but you want to save it as a null:

  if($endtime == ""){
    $db->bind(":endtime",$endtime=NULL,PDO::PARAM_STR);
  }else{
    $db->bind("endtime",$endtime);
  }

Notice that for time values you would use PARAM_STR, as times are stored as strings.

Creating a comma separated list from IList<string> or IEnumerable<string>

FYI, the .NET 4.0 version of string.Join() has some extra overloads, that work with IEnumerable instead of just arrays, including one that can deal with any type T:

public static string Join(string separator, IEnumerable<string> values)
public static string Join<T>(string separator, IEnumerable<T> values)

How can I get the root domain URI in ASP.NET?

For anyone still wondering, a more complete answer is available at http://devio.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/get-absolut-url-of-asp-net-application/.

public string FullyQualifiedApplicationPath
{
    get
    {
        //Return variable declaration
        var appPath = string.Empty;

        //Getting the current context of HTTP request
        var context = HttpContext.Current;

        //Checking the current context content
        if (context != null)
        {
            //Formatting the fully qualified website url/name
            appPath = string.Format("{0}://{1}{2}{3}",
                                    context.Request.Url.Scheme,
                                    context.Request.Url.Host,
                                    context.Request.Url.Port == 80
                                        ? string.Empty
                                        : ":" + context.Request.Url.Port,
                                    context.Request.ApplicationPath);
        }

        if (!appPath.EndsWith("/"))
            appPath += "/";

        return appPath;
    }
}

Where does this come from: -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- is a Python 2 thing. In Python 3+, the default encoding of source files is already UTF-8 and that line is useless.

See: Should I use encoding declaration in Python 3?

pyupgrade is a tool you can run on your code to remove those comments and other no-longer-useful leftovers from Python 2, like having all your classes inherit from object.

how to copy only the columns in a DataTable to another DataTable?

If you want the structure of a particular data table(dataTable1) with column headers (without data) into another data table(dataTable2), you can follow the below code:

        DataTable dataTable2 = dataTable1.Clone();
        dataTable2.Clear();

Now you can fill dataTable2 according to your condition. :)

PowerShell To Set Folder Permissions

In case you had to deal with a lot of subfolders contatining subfolders and other recursive stuff. Small improvment of @Mike L'Angelo:

$mypath = "path_to_folder"
$myacl = Get-Acl $mypath
$myaclentry = "username","FullControl","Allow"
$myaccessrule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($myaclentry)
$myacl.SetAccessRule($myaccessrule)
Get-ChildItem -Path "$mypath" -Recurse -Force | Set-Acl -AclObject $myacl -Verbose

Verbosity is optional in the last line

ASP.NET MVC View Engine Comparison

ASP.NET MVC View Engines (Community Wiki)

Since a comprehensive list does not appear to exist, let's start one here on SO. This can be of great value to the ASP.NET MVC community if people add their experience (esp. anyone who contributed to one of these). Anything implementing IViewEngine (e.g. VirtualPathProviderViewEngine) is fair game here. Just alphabetize new View Engines (leaving WebFormViewEngine and Razor at the top), and try to be objective in comparisons.


System.Web.Mvc.WebFormViewEngine

Design Goals:

A view engine that is used to render a Web Forms page to the response.

Pros:

  • ubiquitous since it ships with ASP.NET MVC
  • familiar experience for ASP.NET developers
  • IntelliSense
  • can choose any language with a CodeDom provider (e.g. C#, VB.NET, F#, Boo, Nemerle)
  • on-demand compilation or precompiled views

Cons:

  • usage is confused by existence of "classic ASP.NET" patterns which no longer apply in MVC (e.g. ViewState PostBack)
  • can contribute to anti-pattern of "tag soup"
  • code-block syntax and strong-typing can get in the way
  • IntelliSense enforces style not always appropriate for inline code blocks
  • can be noisy when designing simple templates

Example:

<%@ Control Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<IEnumerable<Product>>" %>
<% if(model.Any()) { %>
<ul>
    <% foreach(var p in model){%>
    <li><%=p.Name%></li>
    <%}%>
</ul>
<%}else{%>
    <p>No products available</p>
<%}%>

System.Web.Razor

Design Goals:

Pros:

  • Compact, Expressive, and Fluid
  • Easy to Learn
  • Is not a new language
  • Has great Intellisense
  • Unit Testable
  • Ubiquitous, ships with ASP.NET MVC

Cons:

  • Creates a slightly different problem from "tag soup" referenced above. Where the server tags actually provide structure around server and non-server code, Razor confuses HTML and server code, making pure HTML or JS development challenging (see Con Example #1) as you end up having to "escape" HTML and / or JavaScript tags under certain very common conditions.
  • Poor encapsulation+reuseability: It's impractical to call a razor template as if it were a normal method - in practice razor can call code but not vice versa, which can encourage mixing of code and presentation.
  • Syntax is very html-oriented; generating non-html content can be tricky. Despite this, razor's data model is essentially just string-concatenation, so syntax and nesting errors are neither statically nor dynamically detected, though VS.NET design-time help mitigates this somewhat. Maintainability and refactorability can suffer due to this.
  • No documented API, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.razor.aspx

Con Example #1 (notice the placement of "string[]..."):

@{
    <h3>Team Members</h3> string[] teamMembers = {"Matt", "Joanne", "Robert"};
    foreach (var person in teamMembers)
    {
        <p>@person</p>
    }
}

Bellevue

Design goals:

  • Respect HTML as first-class language as opposed to treating it as "just text".
  • Don't mess with my HTML! The data binding code (Bellevue code) should be separate from HTML.
  • Enforce strict Model-View separation

Brail

Design Goals:

The Brail view engine has been ported from MonoRail to work with the Microsoft ASP.NET MVC Framework. For an introduction to Brail, see the documentation on the Castle project website.

Pros:

  • modeled after "wrist-friendly python syntax"
  • On-demand compiled views (but no precompilation available)

Cons:

  • designed to be written in the language Boo

Example:

<html>    
<head>        
<title>${title}</title>
</head>    
<body>        
     <p>The following items are in the list:</p>  
     <ul><%for element in list:    output "<li>${element}</li>"%></ul>
     <p>I hope that you would like Brail</p>    
</body>
</html>

Hasic

Hasic uses VB.NET's XML literals instead of strings like most other view engines.

Pros:

  • Compile-time checking of valid XML
  • Syntax colouring
  • Full intellisense
  • Compiled views
  • Extensibility using regular CLR classes, functions, etc
  • Seamless composability and manipulation since it's regular VB.NET code
  • Unit testable

Cons:

  • Performance: Builds the whole DOM before sending it to client.

Example:

Protected Overrides Function Body() As XElement
    Return _
    <body>
        <h1>Hello, World</h1>
    </body>
End Function

NDjango

Design Goals:

NDjango is an implementation of the Django Template Language on the .NET platform, using the F# language.

Pros:


NHaml

Design Goals:

.NET port of Rails Haml view engine. From the Haml website:

Haml is a markup language that's used to cleanly and simply describe the XHTML of any web document, without the use of inline code... Haml avoids the need for explicitly coding XHTML into the template, because it is actually an abstract description of the XHTML, with some code to generate dynamic content.

Pros:

  • terse structure (i.e. D.R.Y.)
  • well indented
  • clear structure
  • C# Intellisense (for VS2008 without ReSharper)

Cons:

  • an abstraction from XHTML rather than leveraging familiarity of the markup
  • No Intellisense for VS2010

Example:

@type=IEnumerable<Product>
- if(model.Any())
  %ul
    - foreach (var p in model)
      %li= p.Name
- else
  %p No products available

NVelocityViewEngine (MvcContrib)

Design Goals:

A view engine based upon NVelocity which is a .NET port of the popular Java project Velocity.

Pros:

  • easy to read/write
  • concise view code

Cons:

  • limited number of helper methods available on the view
  • does not automatically have Visual Studio integration (IntelliSense, compile-time checking of views, or refactoring)

Example:

#foreach ($p in $viewdata.Model)
#beforeall
    <ul>
#each
    <li>$p.Name</li>
#afterall
    </ul>
#nodata 
    <p>No products available</p>
#end

SharpTiles

Design Goals:

SharpTiles is a partial port of JSTL combined with concept behind the Tiles framework (as of Mile stone 1).

Pros:

  • familiar to Java developers
  • XML-style code blocks

Cons:

  • ...

Example:

<c:if test="${not fn:empty(Page.Tiles)}">
  <p class="note">
    <fmt:message key="page.tilesSupport"/>
  </p>
</c:if>

Spark View Engine

Design Goals:

The idea is to allow the html to dominate the flow and the code to fit seamlessly.

Pros:

  • Produces more readable templates
  • C# Intellisense (for VS2008 without ReSharper)
  • SparkSense plug-in for VS2010 (works with ReSharper)
  • Provides a powerful Bindings feature to get rid of all code in your views and allows you to easily invent your own HTML tags

Cons:

  • No clear separation of template logic from literal markup (this can be mitigated by namespace prefixes)

Example:

<viewdata products="IEnumerable[[Product]]"/>
<ul if="products.Any()">
    <li each="var p in products">${p.Name}</li>
</ul>
<else>
    <p>No products available</p>
</else>

<Form style="background-color:olive;">
    <Label For="username" />
    <TextBox For="username" />
    <ValidationMessage For="username" Message="Please type a valid username." />
</Form>

StringTemplate View Engine MVC

Design Goals:

  • Lightweight. No page classes are created.
  • Fast. Templates are written to the Response Output stream.
  • Cached. Templates are cached, but utilize a FileSystemWatcher to detect file changes.
  • Dynamic. Templates can be generated on the fly in code.
  • Flexible. Templates can be nested to any level.
  • In line with MVC principles. Promotes separation of UI and Business Logic. All data is created ahead of time, and passed down to the template.

Pros:

  • familiar to StringTemplate Java developers

Cons:

  • simplistic template syntax can interfere with intended output (e.g. jQuery conflict)

Wing Beats

Wing Beats is an internal DSL for creating XHTML. It is based on F# and includes an ASP.NET MVC view engine, but can also be used solely for its capability of creating XHTML.

Pros:

  • Compile-time checking of valid XML
  • Syntax colouring
  • Full intellisense
  • Compiled views
  • Extensibility using regular CLR classes, functions, etc
  • Seamless composability and manipulation since it's regular F# code
  • Unit testable

Cons:

  • You don't really write HTML but code that represents HTML in a DSL.

XsltViewEngine (MvcContrib)

Design Goals:

Builds views from familiar XSLT

Pros:

  • widely ubiquitous
  • familiar template language for XML developers
  • XML-based
  • time-tested
  • Syntax and element nesting errors can be statically detected.

Cons:

  • functional language style makes flow control difficult
  • XSLT 2.0 is (probably?) not supported. (XSLT 1.0 is much less practical).

How can I have grep not print out 'No such file or directory' errors?

I have seen that happening several times, with broken links (symlinks that point to files that do not exist), grep tries to search on the target file, which does not exist (hence the correct and accurate error message).

I normally don't bother while doing sysadmin tasks over the console, but from within scripts I do look for text files with "find", and then grep each one:

find /etc -type f -exec grep -nHi -e "widehat" {} \;

Instead of:

grep -nRHi -e "widehat" /etc

Convert a matrix to a 1 dimensional array

If you instead had a data.frame (df) that had multiple columns and you want to vectorize you can do

as.matrix(df, ncol=1)

How to run Rake tasks from within Rake tasks?

task :build_all do
  [ :debug, :release ].each do |t|
    $build_type = t
    Rake::Task["build"].reenable
    Rake::Task["build"].invoke
  end
end

That should sort you out, just needed the same thing myself.

R Apply() function on specific dataframe columns

I think what you want is mapply. You could apply the function to all columns, and then just drop the columns you don't want. However, if you are applying different functions to different columns, it seems likely what you want is mutate, from the dplyr package.

how to get GET and POST variables with JQuery?

There's a plugin for jQuery to get GET params called .getUrlParams

For POST the only solution is echoing the POST into a javascript variable using PHP, like Moran suggested.

is the + operator less performant than StringBuffer.append()

I like to use functional style, such as:

function href(url,txt) {
  return "<a href='" +url+ "'>" +txt+ "</a>"
}

function li(txt) {
  return "<li>" +txt+ "</li>"
}

function ul(arr) {
  return "<ul>" + arr.map(li).join("") + "</ul>"
}

document.write(
  ul(
    [
      href("http://url1","link1"),
      href("http://url2","link2"),
      href("http://url3","link3")
    ]
  )
)

This style looks readable and transparent. It leads to the creation of utilities which reduces repetition in code.

This also tends to use intermediate strings automatically.

scikit-learn random state in splitting dataset

For multiple times of execution of our model, random state make sure that data values will be same for training and testing data sets. It fixes the order of data for train_test_split

Python function attributes - uses and abuses

I typically use function attributes as storage for annotations. Suppose I want to write, in the style of C# (indicating that a certain method should be part of the web service interface)

class Foo(WebService):
    @webmethod
    def bar(self, arg1, arg2):
         ...

then I can define

def webmethod(func):
    func.is_webmethod = True
    return func

Then, when a webservice call arrives, I look up the method, check whether the underlying function has the is_webmethod attribute (the actual value is irrelevant), and refuse the service if the method is absent or not meant to be called over the web.

htmlentities() vs. htmlspecialchars()

htmlspecialchars may be used:

  1. When there is no need to encode all characters which have their HTML equivalents.

    If you know that the page encoding match the text special symbols, why would you use htmlentities? htmlspecialchars is much straightforward, and produce less code to send to the client.

    For example:

    echo htmlentities('<Il était une fois un être>.');
    // Output: &lt;Il &eacute;tait une fois un &ecirc;tre&gt;.
    //                ^^^^^^^^                 ^^^^^^^
    
    echo htmlspecialchars('<Il était une fois un être>.');
    // Output: &lt;Il était une fois un être&gt;.
    //                ^                 ^
    

    The second one is shorter, and does not cause any problems if ISO-8859-1 charset is set.

  2. When the data will be processed not only through a browser (to avoid decoding HTML entities),

  3. If the output is XML (see the answer by Artefacto).

ggplot geom_text font size control

Here are a few options for changing text / label sizes

library(ggplot2)

# Example data using mtcars

a <- aggregate(mpg ~ vs + am , mtcars, function(i) round(mean(i)))

p <- ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(vs), y=mpg, fill=factor(am))) + 
            geom_bar(stat="identity",position="dodge") + 
            geom_text(data = a, aes(label = mpg), 
                            position = position_dodge(width=0.9),  size=20)

The size in the geom_text changes the size of the geom_text labels.

p <- p + theme(axis.text = element_text(size = 15)) # changes axis labels

p <- p + theme(axis.title = element_text(size = 25)) # change axis titles

p <- p + theme(text = element_text(size = 10)) # this will change all text size 
                                                             # (except geom_text)


For this And why size of 10 in geom_text() is different from that in theme(text=element_text()) ?

Yes, they are different. I did a quick manual check and they appear to be in the ratio of ~ (14/5) for geom_text sizes to theme sizes.

So a horrible fix for uniform sizes is to scale by this ratio

geom.text.size = 7
theme.size = (14/5) * geom.text.size

ggplot(mtcars, aes(factor(vs), y=mpg, fill=factor(am))) + 
  geom_bar(stat="identity",position="dodge") + 
  geom_text(data = a, aes(label = mpg), 
            position = position_dodge(width=0.9),  size=geom.text.size) + 
  theme(axis.text = element_text(size = theme.size, colour="black")) 

This of course doesn't explain why? and is a pita (and i assume there is a more sensible way to do this)

How do I convert strings in a Pandas data frame to a 'date' data type?

 #   Column          Non-Null Count   Dtype         
---  ------          --------------   -----         
 0   startDay        110526 non-null  object
 1   endDay          110526 non-null  object

import pandas as pd

df['startDay'] = pd.to_datetime(df.startDay)

df['endDay'] = pd.to_datetime(df.endDay)

 #   Column          Non-Null Count   Dtype         
---  ------          --------------   -----         
 0   startDay        110526 non-null  datetime64[ns]
 1   endDay          110526 non-null  datetime64[ns]

Viewing contents of a .jar file

Using the JDK, jar -tf will list the files in the jar. javap will give you more details from a particular class file.

How to add an ORDER BY clause using CodeIgniter's Active Record methods?

function getProductionGroupItems($itemId){
     $this->db->select("*");
     $this->db->where("id",$itemId);
     $this->db->or_where("parent_item_id",$itemId);

    /*********** order by *********** */
     $this->db->order_by("id", "asc");

     $q=$this->db->get("recipe_products");
     if($q->num_rows()>0){
         foreach($q->result() as $row){
             $data[]=$row;
         }
         return $data;
     }
    return false;
}

Convert from List into IEnumerable format

Why not use a Single liner ...

IEnumerable<Book> _Book_IE= _Book_List as IEnumerable<Book>;

Angularjs - display current date

Template

<span date-now="MM/dd/yyyy"></span>

Directive

.directive('dateNow', ['$filter', function($filter) {
  return {
    link: function( $scope, $element, $attrs) {
      $element.text($filter('date')(new Date(), $attrs.dateNow));
    }
  };
}])

Because you can't access the Date object direcly in a template (for an inline solution), I opteted for this Directive. It also keeps your Controllers clean and is reusable.

How to make grep only match if the entire line matches?

Simply specify the regexp anchors.

grep '^ABB\.log$' a.tmp

What are some examples of commonly used practices for naming git branches?

Here are some branch naming conventions that I use and the reasons for them

Branch naming conventions

  1. Use grouping tokens (words) at the beginning of your branch names.
  2. Define and use short lead tokens to differentiate branches in a way that is meaningful to your workflow.
  3. Use slashes to separate parts of your branch names.
  4. Do not use bare numbers as leading parts.
  5. Avoid long descriptive names for long-lived branches.

Group tokens

Use "grouping" tokens in front of your branch names.

group1/foo
group2/foo
group1/bar
group2/bar
group3/bar
group1/baz

The groups can be named whatever you like to match your workflow. I like to use short nouns for mine. Read on for more clarity.

Short well-defined tokens

Choose short tokens so they do not add too much noise to every one of your branch names. I use these:

wip       Works in progress; stuff I know won't be finished soon
feat      Feature I'm adding or expanding
bug       Bug fix or experiment
junk      Throwaway branch created to experiment

Each of these tokens can be used to tell you to which part of your workflow each branch belongs.

It sounds like you have multiple branches for different cycles of a change. I do not know what your cycles are, but let's assume they are 'new', 'testing' and 'verified'. You can name your branches with abbreviated versions of these tags, always spelled the same way, to both group them and to remind you which stage you're in.

new/frabnotz
new/foo
new/bar
test/foo
test/frabnotz
ver/foo

You can quickly tell which branches have reached each different stage, and you can group them together easily using Git's pattern matching options.

$ git branch --list "test/*"
test/foo
test/frabnotz

$ git branch --list "*/foo"
new/foo
test/foo
ver/foo

$ gitk --branches="*/foo"

Use slashes to separate parts

You may use most any delimiter you like in branch names, but I find slashes to be the most flexible. You might prefer to use dashes or dots. But slashes let you do some branch renaming when pushing or fetching to/from a remote.

$ git push origin 'refs/heads/feature/*:refs/heads/phord/feat/*'
$ git push origin 'refs/heads/bug/*:refs/heads/review/bugfix/*'

For me, slashes also work better for tab expansion (command completion) in my shell. The way I have it configured I can search for branches with different sub-parts by typing the first characters of the part and pressing the TAB key. Zsh then gives me a list of branches which match the part of the token I have typed. This works for preceding tokens as well as embedded ones.

$ git checkout new<TAB>
Menu:  new/frabnotz   new/foo   new/bar


$ git checkout foo<TAB>
Menu:  new/foo   test/foo   ver/foo

(Zshell is very configurable about command completion and I could also configure it to handle dashes, underscores or dots the same way. But I choose not to.)

It also lets you search for branches in many git commands, like this:

git branch --list "feature/*"
git log --graph --oneline --decorate --branches="feature/*" 
gitk --branches="feature/*" 

Caveat: As Slipp points out in the comments, slashes can cause problems. Because branches are implemented as paths, you cannot have a branch named "foo" and another branch named "foo/bar". This can be confusing for new users.

Do not use bare numbers

Do not use use bare numbers (or hex numbers) as part of your branch naming scheme. Inside tab-expansion of a reference name, git may decide that a number is part of a sha-1 instead of a branch name. For example, my issue tracker names bugs with decimal numbers. I name my related branches CRnnnnn rather than just nnnnn to avoid confusion.

$ git checkout CR15032<TAB>
Menu:   fix/CR15032    test/CR15032

If I tried to expand just 15032, git would be unsure whether I wanted to search SHA-1's or branch names, and my choices would be somewhat limited.

Avoid long descriptive names

Long branch names can be very helpful when you are looking at a list of branches. But it can get in the way when looking at decorated one-line logs as the branch names can eat up most of the single line and abbreviate the visible part of the log.

On the other hand long branch names can be more helpful in "merge commits" if you do not habitually rewrite them by hand. The default merge commit message is Merge branch 'branch-name'. You may find it more helpful to have merge messages show up as Merge branch 'fix/CR15032/crash-when-unformatted-disk-inserted' instead of just Merge branch 'fix/CR15032'.

ValueError: max() arg is an empty sequence

I realized that I was iterating over a list of lists where some of them were empty. I fixed this by adding this preprocessing step:

tfidfLsNew = [x for x in tfidfLs if x != []]

the len() of the original was 3105, and the len() of the latter was 3101, implying that four of my lists were completely empty. After this preprocess my max() min() etc. were functioning again.

Apache Tomcat Not Showing in Eclipse Server Runtime Environments

In my case I needed to install "JST Server Adapters". I am running Eclipse 3.6 Helios RCP Edition.

Here are the steps I followed:

  1. Help -> Install New Software
  2. Choose "Helios - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/helios" site or kepler - http://download.ecliplse.org/releases/kepler
  3. Expand "Web, XML, and Java EE Development"
  4. Check JST Server Adapters (version 3.2.2)

After that I could define new Server Runtime Environments.

EDIT: With Eclipse 3.7 Indigo Classic, Eclipse Kepler and Luna, the steps are the same (with appropriate update site) but you need both JST Server Adapters and JST Server Adapters Extentions to get the Server Runtime Environment options.

Namespace not recognized (even though it is there)

Perhaps the project's type table is in an incorrect state. I would try to remove/add the reference and if that didn't work, create another project, import my code, and see if that works.

I ran into this while using VS 2005, one would expect MS to have fixed that particular problem by now though..

How to send password using sftp batch file

I advise you to run sftp with -v option. It becomes much easier to fathom what is happening.

The manual clearly states:

The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the -b option. In such cases, it is necessary to configure non-interactive authentication to obviate the need to enter a password at connection time (see sshd(8) and ssh-keygen(1) for details).

In other words you have to establish a publickey authentication. Then you'll be able to run a batch script.

P.S. It is wrong to put your password in your batch file.

Ansible: How to delete files and folders inside a directory?

try the below command, it should work

- shell: ls -1 /some/dir
  register: contents

- file: path=/some/dir/{{ item }} state=absent
  with_items: {{ contents.stdout_lines }}

React: how to update state.item[1] in state using setState?

 handleChanges = (value, key) => {
     // clone the current State object
    let cloneObject = _.extend({}, this.state.currentAttribute);
    // key as user.name and value= "ABC" then current attributes have current properties as we changes
    currentAttribute[key] = value;
    // then set the state "currentAttribute" is key and "cloneObject" is changed object.  
    this.setState({currentAttribute: cloneObject});

and Change from Text box add onChange event

onChange = {
   (event) => {                                                
      this.handleChanges(event.target.value, "title");
   }
}

How can I dynamically set the position of view in Android?

Set the left position of this view relative to its parent:

view.setLeft(int leftPosition);

Set the right position of this view relative to its parent:

view.setRight(int rightPosition);

Set the top position of this view relative to its parent:

view.setTop(int topPosition);

Set the bottom position of this view relative to its parent:

view.setBottom(int bottomPositon);

The above methods are used to set the position the view related to its parent.

Python loop that also accesses previous and next values

Using a list comprehension, return a 3-tuple with current, previous and next elements:

three_tuple = [(current, 
                my_list[idx - 1] if idx >= 1 else None, 
                my_list[idx + 1] if idx < len(my_list) - 1 else None) for idx, current in enumerate(my_list)]

Android file chooser

I used AndExplorer for this purpose and my solution is popup a dialog and then redirect on the market to install the misssing application:

My startCreation is trying to call external file/directory picker. If it is missing call show installResultMessage function.

private void startCreation(){
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
    Uri startDir = Uri.fromFile(new File("/sdcard"));

    intent.setDataAndType(startDir,
            "vnd.android.cursor.dir/lysesoft.andexplorer.file");
    intent.putExtra("browser_filter_extension_whitelist", "*.csv");
    intent.putExtra("explorer_title", getText(R.string.andex_file_selection_title));
    intent.putExtra("browser_title_background_color",
            getText(R.string.browser_title_background_color));
    intent.putExtra("browser_title_foreground_color",
            getText(R.string.browser_title_foreground_color));
    intent.putExtra("browser_list_background_color",
            getText(R.string.browser_list_background_color));
    intent.putExtra("browser_list_fontscale", "120%");
    intent.putExtra("browser_list_layout", "2");

    try{
         ApplicationInfo info = getPackageManager()
                                 .getApplicationInfo("lysesoft.andexplorer", 0 );

            startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_REQUEST_CODE);
    } catch( PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e ){
        showInstallResultMessage(R.string.error_install_andexplorer);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.w(TAG, e.getMessage());
    }
}

This methos is just pick up a dialog and if user wants install the external application from market

private void showInstallResultMessage(int msg_id) {
    AlertDialog dialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(this).create();
    dialog.setMessage(getText(msg_id));
    dialog.setButton(getText(R.string.button_ok),
            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    finish();
                }
            });
    dialog.setButton2(getText(R.string.button_install),
            new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {

                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
                    intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=lysesoft.andexplorer"));
                    startActivity(intent);
                    finish();
                }
            });
    dialog.show();
}

What's the difference between the Window.Loaded and Window.ContentRendered events

If you visit this link https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ms748948%28v=vs.100%29.aspx#Window_Lifetime_Events and scroll down to Window Lifetime Events it will show you the event order.

Open:

  1. SourceInitiated
  2. Activated
  3. Loaded
  4. ContentRendered

Close:

  1. Closing
  2. Deactivated
  3. Closed

Passing multiple values to a single PowerShell script parameter

Parameters take input before arguments. What you should do instead is add a parameter that accepts an array, and make it the first position parameter. ex:

param(
    [Parameter(Position = 0)]
    [string[]]$Hosts,
    [string]$VLAN
    )

foreach ($i in $Hosts)  
{ 
    Do-Stuff $i
}

Then call it like:

.\script.ps1 host1, host2, host3 -VLAN 2

Notice the comma between the values. This collects them in an array

How do I check (at runtime) if one class is a subclass of another?

issubclass(class, classinfo)

Excerpt:

Return true if class is a subclass (direct, indirect or virtual) of classinfo.

Hibernate: Automatically creating/updating the db tables based on entity classes

You might try changing this line in your persistence.xml from

<property name="hbm2ddl.auto" value="create"/>

to:

<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="update"/>

This is supposed to maintain the schema to follow any changes you make to the Model each time you run the app.

Got this from JavaRanch

Regex: Remove lines containing "help", etc

Search with a regular expression:

^.*(help).*$

Return list using select new in LINQ

Your method's return value has to be a List<Project>.

Using select new you are creating an instance of an anonymous type, instead of a Project.

How to add Class in <li> using wp_nav_menu() in Wordpress?

You can add a filter for the nav_menu_css_class action in your functions.php file.

Example:

function atg_menu_classes($classes, $item, $args) {
  if($args->theme_location == 'secondary') {
    $classes[] = 'list-inline-item';
  }
  return $classes;
}
add_filter('nav_menu_css_class', 'atg_menu_classes', 1, 3);

Docs: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/nav_menu_css_class/

Getting started with Haskell

Graham Hutton's Programming in Haskell is concise, reasonably thorough, and his years of teaching Haskell really show. It's almost always what I recommend people start with, regardless of where you go from there.

In particular, Chapter 8 ("Functional Parsers") provides the real groundwork you need to start dealing with monads, and I think is by far the best place to start, followed by All About Monads. (With regard to that chapter, though, do note the errata from the web site, however: you can't use the do form without some special help. You might want to learn about typeclasses first and solve that problem on your own.)

This is rarely emphasized to Haskell beginners, but it's worth learning fairly early on not just about using monads, but about constructing your own. It's not hard, and customized ones can make a number of tasks rather more simple.

SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column - Laravel

You have configured the auth.php and used members table for authentication but there is no user_email field in the members table so, Laravel says

SQLSTATE[42S22]: Column not found: 1054 Unknown column 'user_email' in 'where clause' (SQL: select * from members where user_email = ? limit 1) (Bindings: array ( 0 => '[email protected]', ))

Because, it tries to match the user_email in the members table and it's not there. According to your auth configuration, laravel is using members table for authentication not users table.

adding onclick event to dynamically added button?

Remove the () from your expressions that are not working will get the desired results you need.

but.setAttribute("onclick",callJavascriptFunction);
but.onclick= callJavascriptFunction;
document.getElementById("but").onclick=callJavascriptFunction;

MacOSX homebrew mysql root password

In case you have inadvertently set and forgot the root password, and you don't want to wipe all your databases and start over because you are lazy and forgot to have a back up solution in place, and you are using a fairly recent Homebrew install (Winter 2013), here are steps to reset your password for MySQL.

Stop the currently running MySQL instance

launchctl unload -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

Now start mysql by hand skipping the grant tables and networking

$(brew --prefix mysql)/bin/mysqld_safe --skip-grant-tables --skip-networking

Note that if when you run echo $(brew --prefix mysql) and it does not respond as "/usr/local/opt/mysql" in bash, you will need to adjust the path accordingly.

Once you have done this, you now should have a running, unprotected MySQL instance up.

Log in and set the password

mysql -u root

At the prompt, enter the following MySQL command to set a new password for the effected user.

mysql> update mysql.user set password=PASSWORD('new_password_here') WHERE user='root';

If all went to plan it should say:

Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)
Rows matched: 4  Changed: 1  Warnings: 0

Exit out of the MySQL prompt.

mysql> exit
Bye

Stop server:

mysqladmin -u root shutdown

Now, lets put back the launch daemon so we have our MySQL at the ready again:

launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mysql.plist

Congratulations. You've just reset your mysql root password. Pour yourself a coffee and get a backup solution in place!

How can I make a JUnit test wait?

You can use java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit library which internally uses Thread.sleep. The syntax should look like this :

@Test
public void testExipres(){
    SomeCacheObject sco = new SomeCacheObject();
    sco.putWithExipration("foo", 1000);

    TimeUnit.MINUTES.sleep(2);

    assertNull(sco.getIfNotExipred("foo"));
}

This library provides more clear interpretation for time unit. You can use 'HOURS'/'MINUTES'/'SECONDS'.

What's the difference between a 302 and a 307 redirect?

Flowchart

  • 301: permanent redirect: the URL is old and should be replaced. Browsers will cache this.
    Example usage: URL moved from /register-form.html to signup-form.html.
    The method will change to GET, as per RFC 7231: "For historical reasons, a user agent MAY change the request method from POST to GET for the subsequent request."
  • 302: temporary redirect. Only use for HTTP/1.0 clients. This status code should not change the method, but browsers did it anyway. The RFC says: "Many pre-HTTP/1.1 user agents do not understand [303]. When interoperability with such clients is a concern, the 302 status code may be used instead, since most user agents react to a 302 response as described here for 303." Of course, some clients may implement it according to the spec, so if interoperability with such ancient clients is not a real concern, 303 is better for consistent results.
  • 303: temporary redirect, changing the method to GET.
    Example usage: if the browser sent POST to /register.php, then now load (GET) /success.html.
  • 307: temporary redirect, repeating the request identically.
    Example usage: if the browser sent a POST to /register.php, then this tells it to redo the POST at /signup.php.
  • 308: permanent redirect, repeating the request identically. Where 307 is the "no method change" counterpart of 303, this 308 status is the "no method change" counterpart of 301.

RFC 7231 (from 2014) is very readable and not overly verbose. If you want to know the exact answer, it's a recommended read. Some other answers use RFC 2616 from 1999, but nothing changed.

RFC 7238 specifies the 308 status. It is considered experimental, but it was already supported by all major browsers in 2016.

Simple Popup by using Angular JS

If you are using bootstrap.js then the below code might be useful. This is very simple. Dont have to write anything in js to invoke the pop-up.

Source :http://www.w3schools.com/bootstrap/tryit.asp?filename=trybs_modal&stacked=h

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title>Bootstrap Example</title>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<div class="container">
  <h2>Modal Example</h2>
  <!-- Trigger the modal with a button -->
  <button type="button" class="btn btn-info btn-lg" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#myModal">Open Modal</button>

  <!-- Modal -->
  <div class="modal fade" id="myModal" role="dialog">
    <div class="modal-dialog">

      <!-- Modal content-->
      <div class="modal-content">
        <div class="modal-header">
          <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">&times;</button>
          <h4 class="modal-title">Modal Header</h4>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-body">
          <p>Some text in the modal.</p>
        </div>
        <div class="modal-footer">
          <button type="button" class="btn btn-default" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
        </div>
      </div>

    </div>
  </div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

Generate your own Error code in swift 3

You can create a protocol, conforming to the Swift LocalizedError protocol, with these values:

protocol OurErrorProtocol: LocalizedError {

    var title: String? { get }
    var code: Int { get }
}

This then enables us to create concrete errors like so:

struct CustomError: OurErrorProtocol {

    var title: String?
    var code: Int
    var errorDescription: String? { return _description }
    var failureReason: String? { return _description }

    private var _description: String

    init(title: String?, description: String, code: Int) {
        self.title = title ?? "Error"
        self._description = description
        self.code = code
    }
}

Why are there no ++ and --? operators in Python?

First, Python is only indirectly influenced by C; it is heavily influenced by ABC, which apparently does not have these operators, so it should not be any great surprise not to find them in Python either.

Secondly, as others have said, increment and decrement are supported by += and -= already.

Third, full support for a ++ and -- operator set usually includes supporting both the prefix and postfix versions of them. In C and C++, this can lead to all kinds of "lovely" constructs that seem (to me) to be against the spirit of simplicity and straight-forwardness that Python embraces.

For example, while the C statement while(*t++ = *s++); may seem simple and elegant to an experienced programmer, to someone learning it, it is anything but simple. Throw in a mixture of prefix and postfix increments and decrements, and even many pros will have to stop and think a bit.

How do I add FTP support to Eclipse?

Eclipse natively supports FTP and SSH. Aptana is not necessary.

Native FTP and SSH support in Eclipse is in the "Remote System Explorer End-User Runtime" Plugin.

Install it through Eclipse itself. These instructions may vary slightly with your version of Eclipse:

  1. Go to 'Help' -> 'Install New Software' (in older Eclipses, this is called something a bit different)
  2. In the 'Work with:' drop-down, select your version's plugin release site. Example: for Kepler, this is
    Kepler - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/kepler
  3. In the filter field, type 'remote'.
  4. Check the box next to 'Remote System Explorer End-User Runtime'
  5. Click 'Next', and accept the terms. It should now download and install.
  6. After install, Eclipse may want to restart.

Using it, in Eclipse:

  1. Window -> Open Perspective -> (perhaps select 'Other') -> Remote System Explorer
  2. File -> New -> Other -> Remote System Explorer (folder) -> Connection (or type Connection into the filter field)
  3. Choose FTP from the 'Select Remote System Type' panel.
  4. Fill in your FTP host info in the next panel (username and password come later).
  5. In the Remote Systems panel, right-click the hostname and click 'connect'.
  6. Enter username + password and you're good!
  7. Well, not exactly 'good'. The RSE system is fairly unusual, but you're connected.
  8. And you're one smart cookie! You'll figure out the rest.

Edit: To change the default port, follow the instructions on this page: http://ikool.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/tips-to-access-ftpssh-on-different-ports-using-eclipse-rse/

IIS error, Unable to start debugging on the webserver

If you can check your logs you should be able to get an error status and substatus.

Logs are usually located at %SystemDrive%\inetpub\logs\LogFiles

I just had to face a similar problem, looking at the log i've found:

2018-11-12 10:09:22 ::1 DEBUG /PPD/debugattach.aspx - 80 - ::1 - - 403 4 5 0

Here the status is 403 and substatus is 4, this table https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/943891/the-http-status-code-in-iis-7-0-iis-7-5-and-iis-8-0 provided the knowledge to fix the problem! 403.4 is in fact SSL Required, once i've changed the project URL in Visual Studio from http to https (Project properties -> Web -> Server -> Project URL) the problem disappeared.

I've described my fix only to clarify the steps involved in fixing the issue, read all the answer and not just from "once i've changed the project URL..." and follow your logs!

Good luck!

Return array in a function

template<typename T, size_t N>
using ARR_REF = T (&)[N];

template <typename T, size_t N>
ARR_REF<T,N> ArraySizeHelper(ARR_REF<T,N> arr);

#define arraysize(arr) sizeof(ArraySizeHelper(arr))

How to use paths in tsconfig.json?

You can use combination of baseUrl and paths docs.

Assuming root is on the topmost src dir(and I read your image properly) use

// tsconfig.json
{
  "compilerOptions": {
    ...
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "paths": {
      "lib/*": [
        "src/org/global/lib/*"
      ]
    }
  }
}

For webpack you might also need to add module resolution. For webpack2 this could look like

// webpack.config.js
module.exports = {
    resolve: {
        ...
        modules: [
            ...
            './src/org/global'
        ]
    }
}

In Spring MVC, how can I set the mime type header when using @ResponseBody

I would consider to refactor the service to return your domain object rather than JSON strings and let Spring handle the serialization (via the MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter as you write). As of Spring 3.1, the implementation looks quite neat:

@RequestMapping(produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, 
    method = RequestMethod.GET
    value = "/foo/bar")
@ResponseBody
public Bar fooBar(){
    return myService.getBar();
}

Comments:

First, the <mvc:annotation-driven /> or the @EnableWebMvc must be added to your application config.

Next, the produces attribute of the @RequestMapping annotation is used to specify the content type of the response. Consequently, it should be set to MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE (or "application/json").

Lastly, Jackson must be added so that any serialization and de-serialization between Java and JSON will be handled automatically by Spring (the Jackson dependency is detected by Spring and the MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter will be under the hood).

How do I start my app on startup?

Another approach is to use android.intent.action.USER_PRESENT instead of android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED to avoid slow downs during the boot process. But this is only true if the user has enabled the lock Screen - otherwise this intent is never broadcasted.

Reference blog - The Problem With Android’s ACTION_USER_PRESENT Intent

How to Decrease Image Brightness in CSS

In short, place black behind the image, and lower the opactiy. You can do this by wrapping the image within a div, and then lowering the opacity of the image.

For example:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<style>
    .img-wrap {
        background: black;
        display: inline-block;
        line-height: 0;
    }
        .img-wrap > img {
            opacity: 0.8;
        }
</style>

<div class="img-wrap">
    <img src="http://mikecane.files.wordpress.com/2007/03/kitten.jpg" />
</div>

Here is a JSFiddle.

How can I change the remote/target repository URL on Windows?

The easiest way to tweak this in my opinion (imho) is to edit the .git/config file in your repository. Look for the entry you messed up and just tweak the URL.

On my machine in a repo I regularly use it looks like this:

KidA% cat .git/config 
[core]
    repositoryformatversion = 0
    filemode = true
    bare = false
    logallrefupdates = true
    ignorecase = true
    autocflg = true
[remote "origin"]
    url = ssh://localhost:8888/opt/local/var/git/project.git
    #url = ssh://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80/opt/local/var/git/project.git
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*

The line you see commented out is an alternative address for the repository that I sometimes switch to simply by changing which line is commented out.

This is the file that is getting manipulated under-the-hood when you run something like git remote rm or git remote add but in this case since its only a typo you made it might make sense to correct it this way.

How to convert a currency string to a double with jQuery or Javascript?

// "10.000.500,61 TL" price_to_number => 10000500.61

// "10000500.62" number_to_price => 10.000.500,62

JS FIDDLE: https://jsfiddle.net/Limitlessisa/oxhgd32c/

var price="10.000.500,61 TL";
document.getElementById("demo1").innerHTML = price_to_number(price);

var numberPrice="10000500.62";
document.getElementById("demo2").innerHTML = number_to_price(numberPrice);

function price_to_number(v){
    if(!v){return 0;}
    v=v.split('.').join('');
    v=v.split(',').join('.');
    return Number(v.replace(/[^0-9.]/g, ""));
}

function number_to_price(v){
    if(v==0){return '0,00';}
    v=parseFloat(v);
    v=v.toFixed(2).replace(/(\d)(?=(\d\d\d)+(?!\d))/g, "$1,");
    v=v.split('.').join('*').split(',').join('.').split('*').join(',');
    return v;
}

Pure css close button

I spent more time on this than I should have, and haven't tested in IE for obvious reasons. That being said, it's pretty much identical.

http://jsfiddle.net/adzFe/14/

a.boxclose{
    float:right;
    margin-top:-30px;
    margin-right:-30px;
    cursor:pointer;
    color: #fff;
    border: 1px solid #AEAEAE;
    border-radius: 30px;
    background: #605F61;
    font-size: 31px;
    font-weight: bold;
    display: inline-block;
    line-height: 0px;
    padding: 11px 3px;       
}

.boxclose:before {
    content: "×";
}

how to check for null with a ng-if values in a view with angularjs?

See the correct way with your example:

<div ng-if="!test.view">1</div>
<div ng-if="!!test.view">2</div>

Regards, Nicholls

How do I find the version of Apache running without access to the command line?

In the default installation, call a page that doesn't exist and you get an error with the version at the end:

Object not found!

The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
10/03/08 14:41:45
Apache/2.2.8 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.8 OpenSSL/0.9.8g mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.5

REACT - toggle class onclick

The above answers will work, but just in case you want a different approach, try classname: https://github.com/JedWatson/classnames

Materialize CSS - Select Doesn't Seem to Render

Only this worked for me:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('select').not('.disabled').formSelect();
});

What is the strict aliasing rule?

A typical situation where you encounter strict aliasing problems is when overlaying a struct (like a device/network msg) onto a buffer of the word size of your system (like a pointer to uint32_ts or uint16_ts). When you overlay a struct onto such a buffer, or a buffer onto such a struct through pointer casting you can easily violate strict aliasing rules.

So in this kind of setup, if I want to send a message to something I'd have to have two incompatible pointers pointing to the same chunk of memory. I might then naively code something like this:

typedef struct Msg
{
    unsigned int a;
    unsigned int b;
} Msg;

void SendWord(uint32_t);

int main(void)
{
    // Get a 32-bit buffer from the system
    uint32_t* buff = malloc(sizeof(Msg));
    
    // Alias that buffer through message
    Msg* msg = (Msg*)(buff);
    
    // Send a bunch of messages    
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
    {
        msg->a = i;
        msg->b = i+1;
        SendWord(buff[0]);
        SendWord(buff[1]);   
    }
}

The strict aliasing rule makes this setup illegal: dereferencing a pointer that aliases an object that is not of a compatible type or one of the other types allowed by C 2011 6.5 paragraph 71 is undefined behavior. Unfortunately, you can still code this way, maybe get some warnings, have it compile fine, only to have weird unexpected behavior when you run the code.

(GCC appears somewhat inconsistent in its ability to give aliasing warnings, sometimes giving us a friendly warning and sometimes not.)

To see why this behavior is undefined, we have to think about what the strict aliasing rule buys the compiler. Basically, with this rule, it doesn't have to think about inserting instructions to refresh the contents of buff every run of the loop. Instead, when optimizing, with some annoyingly unenforced assumptions about aliasing, it can omit those instructions, load buff[0] and buff[1] into CPU registers once before the loop is run, and speed up the body of the loop. Before strict aliasing was introduced, the compiler had to live in a state of paranoia that the contents of buff could change by any preceding memory stores. So to get an extra performance edge, and assuming most people don't type-pun pointers, the strict aliasing rule was introduced.

Keep in mind, if you think the example is contrived, this might even happen if you're passing a buffer to another function doing the sending for you, if instead you have.

void SendMessage(uint32_t* buff, size_t size32)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < size32; ++i) 
    {
        SendWord(buff[i]);
    }
}

And rewrote our earlier loop to take advantage of this convenient function

for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
{
    msg->a = i;
    msg->b = i+1;
    SendMessage(buff, 2);
}

The compiler may or may not be able to or smart enough to try to inline SendMessage and it may or may not decide to load or not load buff again. If SendMessage is part of another API that's compiled separately, it probably has instructions to load buff's contents. Then again, maybe you're in C++ and this is some templated header only implementation that the compiler thinks it can inline. Or maybe it's just something you wrote in your .c file for your own convenience. Anyway undefined behavior might still ensue. Even when we know some of what's happening under the hood, it's still a violation of the rule so no well defined behavior is guaranteed. So just by wrapping in a function that takes our word delimited buffer doesn't necessarily help.

So how do I get around this?

  • Use a union. Most compilers support this without complaining about strict aliasing. This is allowed in C99 and explicitly allowed in C11.

      union {
          Msg msg;
          unsigned int asBuffer[sizeof(Msg)/sizeof(unsigned int)];
      };
    
  • You can disable strict aliasing in your compiler (f[no-]strict-aliasing in gcc))

  • You can use char* for aliasing instead of your system's word. The rules allow an exception for char* (including signed char and unsigned char). It's always assumed that char* aliases other types. However this won't work the other way: there's no assumption that your struct aliases a buffer of chars.

Beginner beware

This is only one potential minefield when overlaying two types onto each other. You should also learn about endianness, word alignment, and how to deal with alignment issues through packing structs correctly.

Footnote

1 The types that C 2011 6.5 7 allows an lvalue to access are:

  • a type compatible with the effective type of the object,
  • a qualified version of a type compatible with the effective type of the object,
  • a type that is the signed or unsigned type corresponding to the effective type of the object,
  • a type that is the signed or unsigned type corresponding to a qualified version of the effective type of the object,
  • an aggregate or union type that includes one of the aforementioned types among its members (including, recursively, a member of a subaggregate or contained union), or
  • a character type.

Using a different font with twitter bootstrap

First of all you have to include your font in your website (or your CSS, to be more specific) using an appropriate @font-face rule.
From here on there are multiple ways to proceed. One thing I would not do is to edit the bootstrap.css directly - since once you get a newer version your changes will be lost. You do however have the possibility to customize your bootstrap files (there's a customize page on their website). Just enter the name of your font with all the fallback names into the corresponding typography textbox. Of course you will have to do this whenever you get a new or updated version of your bootstrap files.
Another chance you have is to overwrite the bootstrap rules within a different stylesheet. If you do this you just have to use selectors that are as specific as (or more specific than) the bootstrap selectors.
Side note: If you care about browser support a single EOT version of your font might not be sufficient. See http://caniuse.com/eot for a support table.

Angular.js directive dynamic templateURL

You can use ng-include directive.

Try something like this:

emanuel.directive('hymn', function() {
   return {
       restrict: 'E',
       link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
           scope.getContentUrl = function() {
                return 'content/excerpts/hymn-' + attrs.ver + '.html';
           }
       },
       template: '<div ng-include="getContentUrl()"></div>'
   }
});

UPD. for watching ver attribute

emanuel.directive('hymn', function() {
   return {
       restrict: 'E',
       link: function(scope, element, attrs) {
           scope.contentUrl = 'content/excerpts/hymn-' + attrs.ver + '.html';
           attrs.$observe("ver",function(v){
               scope.contentUrl = 'content/excerpts/hymn-' + v + '.html';
           });
       },
       template: '<div ng-include="contentUrl"></div>'
   }
});

How to make div background color transparent in CSS

    /*Fully Opaque*/
    .class-name {
      opacity:1.0;
    }

    /*Translucent*/
    .class-name {
      opacity:0.5;
    }

    /*Transparent*/
    .class-name {
      opacity:0;
    }

    /*or you can use a transparent rgba value like this*/
    .class-name{
      background-color: rgba(255, 242, 0, 0.7);
      }

    /*Note - Opacity value can be anything between 0 to 1;
    Eg(0.1,0.8)etc */

Get the ID of a drawable in ImageView

As of today, there is no support on this function. However, I found a little hack on this one.

 imageView.setImageResource(R.drawable.ic_star_black_48dp);
 imageView.setTag(R.drawable.ic_star_black_48dp);

So if you want to get the ID of the view, just get it's tag.

if (imageView.getTag() != null) {
   int resourceID = (int) imageView.getTag();

   //
   // drawable id.
   //   
}

show and hide divs based on radio button click

Here you can find exactly what you are looking for.

<div align="center">
  <input type="radio" name="name_radio1" id="id_radio1" value="value_radio1">Radio1
  <input type="radio" name="name_radio1" id="id_radio2" value="value_radio2">Radio2
</div>
 <br />
<div align="center" id="id_data" style="border:5">
  <div>this is div 1</div>
  <div>this is div 2</div>
  <div>this is div 3</div>
  <div>this is div 4</div>
</div>
<script src="jquery.js"></script>
<script>
 $(document).ready(function() {
 // show the table as soon as the DOM is ready
 $("#id_data").show();
 // shows the table on clicking the noted link
  $("#id_radio1").click(function() {
   $("#id_data").show("slow");
  });
 // hides the table on clicking the noted link
   $("#id_radio2").click(function() {
   $("#id_data").hide("fast");
   });
 });

  $(document).ready(function(){} – When document load.
  $("#id_data").show(); – shows div which contain id #id_data.
  $("#id_radio1").click(function() – Checks  radio button is clicked containing id #id_radio1.
  $("#id_data").show("slow"); – shows div containing id #id_data.
  $("#id_data").hide("fast"); -hides div when click on radio button containing id #id_data.

Thats it..

http://patelmilap.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/show-hide-div-on-click-using-jquery/

How to iterate through two lists in parallel?

Python 3:

import itertools as it

for foo, bar in list(it.izip_longest(list1, list2)):
    print(foo, bar)

In Typescript, what is the ! (exclamation mark / bang) operator when dereferencing a member?

non-null assertion operator

With the non-null assertion operator we can tell the compiler explicitly that an expression has value other than null or undefined. This is can be useful when the compiler cannot infer the type with certainty but we more information than the compiler.

Example

TS code

function simpleExample(nullableArg: number | undefined | null) {
   const normal: number = nullableArg; 
    //   Compile err: 
    //   Type 'number | null | undefined' is not assignable to type 'number'.
    //   Type 'undefined' is not assignable to type 'number'.(2322)

   const operatorApplied: number = nullableArg!; 
    // compiles fine because we tell compiler that null | undefined are excluded 
}

Compiled JS code

Note that the JS does not know the concept of the Non-null assertion operator since this is a TS feature

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"use strict";
function simpleExample(nullableArg) {
    const normal = nullableArg;
    const operatorApplied = nullableArg;
 }
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HTTP Error 401.2 - Unauthorized You are not authorized to view this page due to invalid authentication headers

Open Project properties by selecting project then go to

View>Properties Windows

and make sure Anonymous Authentication is Enabled

enter image description here

How do I check if a Socket is currently connected in Java?

  • socket.isConnected() returns always true once the client connects (and even after the disconnect) weird !!
  • socket.getInputStream().read()
    • makes the thread wait for input as long as the client is connected and therefore makes your program not do anything - except if you get some input
    • returns -1 if the client disconnected
  • socket.getInetAddress().isReachable(int timeout): From isReachable(int timeout)

    Test whether that address is reachable. Best effort is made by the implementation to try to reach the host, but firewalls and server configuration may block requests resulting in a unreachable status while some specific ports may be accessible. A typical implementation will use ICMP ECHO REQUESTs if the privilege can be obtained, otherwise it will try to establish a TCP connection on port 7 (Echo) of the destination host.

Not able to install Python packages [SSL: TLSV1_ALERT_PROTOCOL_VERSION]

To upgrade the local version I used a slight variant:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python - --user

This problem arises if you keep your pip and packages under your home directory as described in this gist.

Why doesn't "System.out.println" work in Android?

System.out.println("...") is displayed on the Android Monitor in Android Studio

Adding/removing items from a JavaScript object with jQuery

Try

data.items.pop();
data.items.push({id: "7", name: "Matrix", type: "adult"});

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var data = {items: [_x000D_
    {id: "1", name: "Snatch", type: "crime"},_x000D_
    {id: "2", name: "Witches of Eastwick", type: "comedy"},_x000D_
    {id: "3", name: "X-Men", type: "action"},_x000D_
    {id: "4", name: "Ordinary People", type: "drama"},_x000D_
    {id: "5", name: "Billy Elliot", type: "drama"},_x000D_
    {id: "6", name: "Toy Story", type: "children"}_x000D_
]};_x000D_
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data.items.pop();_x000D_
data.items.push({id: "7", name: "Matrix", type: "adult"});_x000D_
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console.log(data);
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jQuery get input value after keypress

please use this code for input text

$('#search').on("input",function (e) {});

if you use .on("change",function (e) {}); then you need to blur input

if you use .on("keyup",function (e) {}); then you get value before the last character you typed

What is the difference between iterator and iterable and how to use them?

I will answer the question especially about ArrayList as an example in order to help you understand better..

  1. Iterable interface forces its subclasses to implement abstract method 'iterator()'.
public interface Iterable {
  ...
  abstract Iterator<T> iterator(); //Returns an 'Iterator'(not iterator) over elements of type T.
  ...
}
  1. Iterator interface forces its subclasses to implement abstract method 'hasNext()' and 'next()'.
public interface Iterator {
  ...
  abstract boolean hasNext(); //Returns true if the iteration has more elements.
  abstract E next();          //Returns the next element in the iteration.
  ...
}
  1. ArrayList implements List, List extends Collection and Collection extends Iterable.. That is, you could see the relationship like

    'Iterable <- Collection <- List <- ArrayList'

. And Iterable, Collection and List just declare abstract method 'iterator()' and ArrayList alone implements it.

  1. I am going to show ArrayList source code with 'iterator()' method as follows for more detailed information.

'iterator()' method returns an object of class 'Itr' which implements 'Iterator'.

public class ArrayList<E> ... implements List<E>, ...
{
  ...
  public Iterator<E> iterator() {
              return new Itr();
  }


  private class Itr implements Iterator<E> {
          ...

          public boolean hasNext() {
              return cursor != size;
          }
          @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
          public E next() {
              checkForComodification();
              int i = cursor;
              if (i >= size)
                  throw new NoSuchElementException();
              Object[] elementData = ArrayList.this.elementData;
              if (i >= elementData.length)
                  throw new ConcurrentModificationException();
              cursor = i + 1;
              return (E) elementData[lastRet = i];
          }
          ...
  }
}
  1. Some other methods or classes will iterate elements of collections like ArrayList through making use of Iterator (Itr).

Here is a simple example.

public static void main(String[] args) {

    List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
    list.add("a");
    list.add("b");
    list.add("c");
    list.add("d");
    list.add("e");
    list.add("f");

    Iterator<String> iterator = list.iterator();
    while (iterator.hasNext()) {
        String string = iterator.next();
        System.out.println(string);
    }
}

Now, is it clear? :)

Reset MySQL root password using ALTER USER statement after install on Mac

Had the problem after I installed mysql workbench and mysql community server. Got generated password during the server installation. Double clicking on the exisiting local instance in workbench triggered a dialog where I could set the new password.

How to create strings containing double quotes in Excel formulas?

I use a function for this (if the workbook already has VBA).

Function Quote(inputText As String) As String
  Quote = Chr(34) & inputText & Chr(34)
End Function

This is from Sue Mosher's book "Microsoft Outlook Programming". Then your formula would be:

="Maurice "&Quote("Rocket")&" Richard"

This is similar to what Dave DuPlantis posted.

How to set maximum fullscreen in vmware?

From you main machine, start -> search -> "remote desktop connection" -> click on "remote desktop connection" -> Click "Options" Beside to "Connect Button" -> Display Tab - > Then increase Display Configuriton Size. If this will not work, try the same thing by closing remote desktop. But this will give you solution.

How to start a stopped Docker container with a different command?

Edit this file (corresponding to your stopped container):

vi /var/lib/docker/containers/923...4f6/config.json

Change the "Path" parameter to point at your new command, e.g. /bin/bash. You may also set the "Args" parameter to pass arguments to the command.

Restart the docker service (note this will stop all running containers):

service docker restart

List your containers and make sure the command has changed:

docker ps -a

Start the container and attach to it, you should now be in your shell!

docker start -ai mad_brattain

Worked on Fedora 22 using Docker 1.7.1.

NOTE: If your shell is not interactive (e.g. you did not create the original container with -it option), you can instead change the command to "/bin/sleep 600" or "/bin/tail -f /dev/null" to give you enough time to do "docker exec -it CONTID /bin/bash" as another way of getting a shell.

NOTE2: Newer versions of docker have config.v2.json, where you will need to change either Entrypoint or Cmd (thanks user60561).

Convert string to datetime in vb.net

You can try with ParseExact method

Sample

Dim format As String  
format = "d" 
Dim provider As CultureInfo = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
result = Date.ParseExact(DateString, format, provider)

Python : List of dict, if exists increment a dict value, if not append a new dict

Using the default works, but so does:

urls[url] = urls.get(url, 0) + 1

using .get, you can get a default return if it doesn't exist. By default it's None, but in the case I sent you, it would be 0.

Set Canvas size using javascript

You can also use this script , just change the height and width

<canvas id="Canvas01" width="500" height="400" style="border:2px solid #FF9933; margin-left:10px; margin-top:10px;"></canvas>

   <script>
      var canvas = document.getElementById("Canvas01");
      var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

Start thread with member function

Some users have already given their answer and explained it very well.

I would like to add few more things related to thread.

  1. How to work with functor and thread. Please refer to below example.

  2. The thread will make its own copy of the object while passing the object.

    #include<thread>
    #include<Windows.h>
    #include<iostream>
    
    using namespace std;
    
    class CB
    {
    
    public:
        CB()
        {
            cout << "this=" << this << endl;
        }
        void operator()();
    };
    
    void CB::operator()()
    {
        cout << "this=" << this << endl;
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
        {
            cout << "CB()=" << i << endl;
            Sleep(1000);
        }
    }
    
    void main()
    {
        CB obj;     // please note the address of obj.
    
        thread t(obj); // here obj will be passed by value 
                       //i.e. thread will make it own local copy of it.
                        // we can confirm it by matching the address of
                        //object printed in the constructor
                        // and address of the obj printed in the function
    
        t.join();
    }
    

Another way of achieving the same thing is like:

void main()
{
    thread t((CB()));

    t.join();
}

But if you want to pass the object by reference then use the below syntax:

void main()
{
    CB obj;
    //thread t(obj);
    thread t(std::ref(obj));
    t.join();
}

Casting to string in JavaScript

According to this JSPerf test, they differ in speed. But unless you're going to use them in huge amounts, any of them should perform fine.

For completeness: As asawyer already mentioned, you can also use the .toString() method.

postgresql port confusion 5433 or 5432?

The default port of Postgres is commonly configured in:

sudo vi /<path to your installation>/data/postgresql.conf

On Ubuntu this might be:

sudo vi /<path to your installation>/main/postgresql.conf

Search for port in this file.

How to write super-fast file-streaming code in C#?

How large is length? You may do better to re-use a fixed sized (moderately large, but not obscene) buffer, and forget BinaryReader... just use Stream.Read and Stream.Write.

(edit) something like:

private static void copy(string srcFile, string dstFile, int offset,
     int length, byte[] buffer)
{
    using(Stream inStream = File.OpenRead(srcFile))
    using (Stream outStream = File.OpenWrite(dstFile))
    {
        inStream.Seek(offset, SeekOrigin.Begin);
        int bufferLength = buffer.Length, bytesRead;
        while (length > bufferLength &&
            (bytesRead = inStream.Read(buffer, 0, bufferLength)) > 0)
        {
            outStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
            length -= bytesRead;
        }
        while (length > 0 &&
            (bytesRead = inStream.Read(buffer, 0, length)) > 0)
        {
            outStream.Write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
            length -= bytesRead;
        }
    }        
}

How can I trigger an onchange event manually?

For those using jQuery there's a convenient method: http://api.jquery.com/change/

Copy files from one directory into an existing directory

cp dir1/* dir2

Or if you have directories inside dir1 that you'd want to copy as well

cp -r dir1/* dir2

Android adding simple animations while setvisibility(view.Gone)

The easiest way to animate Visibility changes is use Transition API which available in support (androidx) package. Just call TransitionManager.beginDelayedTransition method then change visibility of the view. There are several default transitions like Fade, Slide.

import androidx.transition.TransitionManager;
import androidx.transition.Transition;
import androidx.transition.Fade;

private void toggle() {
    Transition transition = new Fade();
    transition.setDuration(600);
    transition.addTarget(R.id.image);

    TransitionManager.beginDelayedTransition(parent, transition);
    image.setVisibility(show ? View.VISIBLE : View.GONE);
}

Where parent is parent ViewGroup of animated view. Result:

enter image description here

Here is result with Slide transition:

import androidx.transition.Slide;

Transition transition = new Slide(Gravity.BOTTOM);

enter image description here

It is easy to write custom transition if you need something different. Here is example with CircularRevealTransition which I wrote in another answer. It shows and hide view with CircularReveal animation.

Transition transition = new CircularRevealTransition();

enter image description here

android:animateLayoutChanges="true" option does same thing, it just uses AutoTransition as transition.

How do you add an action to a button programmatically in xcode

CGRect buttonFrame = CGRectMake( 10, 80, 100, 30 );
        UIButton *button = [[UIButton alloc] initWithFrame: buttonFrame];
        [button setTitle: @"My Button" forState: UIControlStateNormal];
        [button addTarget:self action:@selector(btnSelected:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
        [button setTitleColor: [UIColor redColor] forState: UIControlStateNormal];
[view addSubview:button];

select from one table, insert into another table oracle sql query

You will get useful information from here.

SELECT ticker
INTO quotedb
FROM tickerdb;

Jquery get form field value

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      var firstfield_value  = event.currentTarget[0].value;_x000D_
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      var secondfield_value = event.currentTarget[1].value; _x000D_
     _x000D_
      alert(firstfield_value);_x000D_
      alert(secondfield_value);_x000D_
      event.preventDefault(); _x000D_
     });
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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>_x000D_
<form action="" method="post" >_x000D_
<input type="text" name="field1" value="value1">_x000D_
<input type="text" name="field2" value="value2">_x000D_
</form>
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Javascript/DOM: How to remove all events of a DOM object?

One method is to add a new event listener that calls e.stopImmediatePropagation().

How do I view the SSIS packages in SQL Server Management Studio?

If you have SQL Server installed there is also a menu option for finding local SSIS packages.

In the Start menu > All Programs > 'Microsoft Sql Server' there should be a menu option for 'Integration Services' > 'Execute Package Utility' (this is available if SSIS was included in your SQLserver installation).

When you open the Execute Package Utility, type your local sql server name in the 'Server Name' textbox and click on the Package button, you will see your saved package in the popup window. From here you can run your previously saved package

ConcurrentHashMap vs Synchronized HashMap

Methods on SynchronizedMap hold the lock on the object, whereas in ConcurrentHashMap there's a concept of "lock striping" where locks are held on buckets of the contents instead. Thus improved scalability and performance.

How to set a transparent background of JPanel?

To set transparent you can set opaque of panel to false like

   JPanel panel = new JPanel();
   panel.setOpaque(false);

But to make it transculent use alpha property of color attribute like

   JPanel panel = new JPanel();
   panel.setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,125));

where last parameter of Color is for alpha and alpha value ranges between 0 and 255 where 0 is full transparent and 255 is fully opaque

Defining TypeScript callback type

If you want a generic function you can use the following. Although it doesn't seem to be documented anywhere.

class CallbackTest {
  myCallback: Function;
}   

Flask SQLAlchemy query, specify column names

You can use Query.values, Query.values

session.query(SomeModel).values('id', 'user')

Add days Oracle SQL

It's Simple.You can use

select (sysdate+2) as new_date from dual;

This will add two days from current date.

LDAP server which is my base dn

Either you set LDAP_DOMAIN variable or you misconfigured it. Jump inside of ldap machine/container and run:

slapcat > backup.ldif

If it fails, check punctuation, quotes etc while you assigned variable "LDAP_DOMAIN" Otherwise you will find answer inside on backup.ldif file.

Read line by line in bash script

If you want to use each of the lines of the file as command-line params for your application you can use the xargs command.

xargs -a <params_file> <command>

A params file with:

a
b
c
d

and the file tr.py:

import sys
print sys.argv

The execution of

xargs -a params ./tr.py

gives the result:

['./tr.py', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

Comparing two dictionaries and checking how many (key, value) pairs are equal

I'm new to python but I ended up doing something similar to @mouad

unmatched_item = set(dict_1.items()) ^ set(dict_2.items())
len(unmatched_item) # should be 0

The XOR operator (^) should eliminate all elements of the dict when they are the same in both dicts.

Port 443 in use by "Unable to open process" with PID 4

I ran task manager and looked for httpd.exe in process. Their were two of them running. I stopped one of them gone back to xampp control pannel and started apache. It worked.

Is there an embeddable Webkit component for Windows / C# development?

Berkelium is a C++ tool for making chrome embeddable.

AwesomiumDotNet is a wrapper around both Berkelium and Awesomium

BTW, the link here to Awesomium appears to be more current.

Batch - If, ElseIf, Else

@echo off
title Test

echo Select a language. (de/en)
set /p language=

IF /i "%language%"=="de" goto languageDE
IF /i "%language%"=="en" goto languageEN

echo Not found.
goto commonexit

:languageDE
echo German
goto commonexit

:languageEN
echo English
goto commonexit

:commonexit
pause

The point is that batch simply continues through instructions, line by line until it reaches a goto, exit or end-of-file. It has no concept of sections to control flow.

Hence, entering de would jump to :languagede then simply continue executing instructions until the file ends, showing de then en then not found.

Error in Swift class: Property not initialized at super.init call

Sorry for ugly formatting. Just put a question character after declaration and everything will be ok. A question tells the compiler that the value is optional.

class Square: Shape {
    var sideLength: Double?   // <=== like this ..

    init(sideLength:Double, name:String) {
        super.init(name:name) // Error here
        self.sideLength = sideLength
        numberOfSides = 4
    }
    func area () -> Double {
        return sideLength * sideLength
    }
}

Edit1:

There is a better way to skip this error. According to jmaschad's comment there is no reason to use optional in your case cause optionals are not comfortable in use and You always have to check if optional is not nil before accessing it. So all you have to do is to initialize member after declaration:

class Square: Shape {
    var sideLength: Double=Double()   

    init(sideLength:Double, name:String) {
        super.init(name:name)
        self.sideLength = sideLength
        numberOfSides = 4
    }
    func area () -> Double {
        return sideLength * sideLength
    }
}

Edit2:

After two minuses got on this answer I found even better way. If you want class member to be initialized in your constructor you must assign initial value to it inside contructor and before super.init() call. Like this:

class Square: Shape {
    var sideLength: Double  

    init(sideLength:Double, name:String) {
        self.sideLength = sideLength   // <= before super.init call..
        super.init(name:name)
        numberOfSides = 4
    }
    func area () -> Double {
        return sideLength * sideLength
    }
}

Good luck in learning Swift.

Default Values to Stored Procedure in Oracle

Default values are only used if the arguments are not specified. In your case you did specify the arguments - both were supplied, with a value of NULL. (Yes, in this case NULL is considered a real value :-). Try:

EXEC TEST()

Share and enjoy.

Addendum: The default values for procedure parameters are certainly buried in a system table somewhere (see the SYS.ALL_ARGUMENTS view), but getting the default value out of the view involves extracting text from a LONG field, and is probably going to prove to be more painful than it's worth. The easy way is to add some code to the procedure:

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE TEST(X IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT 'P',
                                 Y IN NUMBER DEFAULT 1)
AS
  varX VARCHAR2(32767) := NVL(X, 'P');
  varY NUMBER          := NVL(Y, 1);
BEGIN
  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('X=' || varX || ' -- ' || 'Y=' || varY);
END TEST;

How to hide underbar in EditText

To retain both the margins and background color use:

background.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<shape xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:shape="rectangle">

    <padding
        android:bottom="10dp"
        android:left="4dp"
        android:right="8dp"
        android:top="10dp" />

    <solid android:color="@android:color/transparent" />

</shape>

Edit Text:

<androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatEditText
    android:id="@+id/none_content"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:background="@drawable/background"
    android:inputType="text"
    android:text="First Name And Last Name"
    android:textSize="18sp" />

Best practice to run Linux service as a different user

After looking at all the suggestions here, I've discovered a few things which I hope will be useful to others in my position:

  1. hop is right to point me back at /etc/init.d/functions: the daemon function already allows you to set an alternate user:

    daemon --user=my_user my_cmd &>/dev/null &
    

    This is implemented by wrapping the process invocation with runuser - more on this later.

  2. Jonathan Leffler is right: there is setuid in Python:

    import os
    os.setuid(501) # UID of my_user is 501
    

    I still don't think you can setuid from inside a JVM, however.

  3. Neither su nor runuser gracefully handle the case where you ask to run a command as the user you already are. E.g.:

    [my_user@my_host]$ id
    uid=500(my_user) gid=500(my_user) groups=500(my_user)
    [my_user@my_host]$ su my_user -c "id"
    Password: # don't want to be prompted!
    uid=500(my_user) gid=500(my_user) groups=500(my_user)
    

To workaround that behaviour of su and runuser, I've changed my init script to something like:

if [[ "$USER" == "my_user" ]]
then
    daemon my_cmd &>/dev/null &
else
    daemon --user=my_user my_cmd &>/dev/null &
fi

Thanks all for your help!

Matplotlib connect scatterplot points with line - Python

I think @Evert has the right answer:

plt.scatter(dates,values)
plt.plot(dates, values)
plt.show()

Which is pretty much the same as

plt.plot(dates, values, '-o')
plt.show()

or whatever linestyle you prefer.

Python MYSQL update statement

Here is the correct way:

import MySQLdb

if __name__ == '__main__':
    connect = MySQLdb.connect(host="localhost", port=3306,
                              user="xxx", passwd="xxx", db='xxx', charset='utf8')

    cursor = connect.cursor()

    cursor.execute("""
       UPDATE tblTableName
       SET Year=%s, Month=%s, Day=%s, Hour=%s, Minute=%s
       WHERE Server=%s
    """, (Year, Month, Day, Hour, Minute, ServerID))

    connect.commit()
    connect.close()

P.S. Don't forget connect.commit(), or it won't work

PHP: Get key from array?


$array = array(0 => 100, "color" => "red");
print_r(array_keys($array));

No log4j2 configuration file found. Using default configuration: logging only errors to the console

I am getting this error because log4j2 file got deleted from my src folder

Simply add xml file under src folder

<Appenders>
    <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
        <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%t] %-5p %c{1}:%L - %msg%n" />
    </Console>

    <RollingFile name="RollingFile" filename="logs/B2CATA-hybrid.log"
        filepattern="${logPath}/%d{yyyyMMddHHmmss}-fargo.log">
        <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} [%t] %-5p %c{1}:%L - %msg%n" />
        <Policies>
            <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="100 MB" />
        </Policies>
        <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="20" />
    </RollingFile>

</Appenders>
<Loggers>
   <Logger name="com.pragiti." level="trace" />
    <Root level="info">
        <AppenderRef ref="Console" />
        <AppenderRef ref="RollingFile" />
    </Root>
</Loggers>

Query an XDocument for elements by name at any depth

This my variant of the solution based on LINQ and the Descendants method of the XDocument class

using System;
using System.Linq;
using System.Xml.Linq;

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        XDocument xml = XDocument.Parse(@"
        <root>
          <child id='1'/>
          <child id='2'>
            <subChild id='3'>
                <extChild id='5' />
                <extChild id='6' />
            </subChild>
            <subChild id='4'>
                <extChild id='7' />
            </subChild>
          </child>
        </root>");

        xml.Descendants().Where(p => p.Name.LocalName == "extChild")
                         .ToList()
                         .ForEach(e => Console.WriteLine(e));

        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

Results:

For more details on the Desendants method take a look here.

Set focus on <input> element

Modify the show search method like this

showSearch(){
  this.show = !this.show;  
  setTimeout(()=>{ // this will make the execution after the above boolean has changed
    this.searchElement.nativeElement.focus();
  },0);  
}

How to add headers to a multicolumn listbox in an Excel userform using VBA

You can give this a try. I am quite new to the forum but wanted to offer something that worked for me since I've gotten so much help from this site in the past. This is essentially a variation of the above, but I found it simpler.

Just paste this into the Userform_Initialize section of your userform code. Note you must already have a listbox on the userform or have it created dynamically above this code. Also please note the Array is a list of headings (below as "Header1", "Header2" etc. Replace these with your own headings. This code will then set up a heading bar at the top based on the column widths of the list box. Sorry it doesn't scroll - it's fixed labels.

More senior coders - please feel free to comment or improve this.

    Dim Mywidths As String
    Dim Arrwidths, Arrheaders As Variant
    Dim ColCounter, Labelleft As Long
    Dim theLabel As Object                

    [Other code here that you would already have in the Userform_Initialize section]

    Set theLabel = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1", "Test" & ColCounter, True)
            With theLabel
                    .Left = ListBox1.Left
                    .Top = ListBox1.Top - 10
                    .Width = ListBox1.Width - 1
                    .Height = 10
                    .BackColor = RGB(200, 200, 200)
            End With
            Arrheaders = Array("Header1", "Header2", "Header3", "Header4")

            Mywidths = Me.ListBox1.ColumnWidths
            Mywidths = Replace(Mywidths, " pt", "")
            Arrwidths = Split(Mywidths, ";")
            Labelleft = ListBox1.Left + 18
            For ColCounter = LBound(Arrwidths) To UBound(Arrwidths)
                        If Arrwidths(ColCounter) > 0 Then
                                Header = Header + 1
                                Set theLabel = Me.Controls.Add("Forms.Label.1", "Test" & ColCounter, True)

                                With theLabel
                                    .Caption = Arrheaders(Header - 1)
                                    .Left = Labelleft
                                    .Width = Arrwidths(ColCounter)
                                    .Height = 10
                                    .Top = ListBox1.Top - 10
                                    .BackColor = RGB(200, 200, 200)
                                    .Font.Bold = True
                                End With
                                 Labelleft = Labelleft + Arrwidths(ColCounter)

                        End If
             Next

Convert objective-c typedef to its string equivalent

I had a large enumerated type I wanted to convert it into an NSDictionary lookup. I ended up using sed from OSX terminal as:

$ sed -E 's/^[[:space:]]{1,}([[:alnum:]]{1,}).*$/  @(\1) : @"\1",/g' ObservationType.h

which can be read as: 'capture the first word on the line and output @(word) : @"word",'

This regex converts the enum in a header file named 'ObservationType.h' which contains:

typedef enum : int { 
    ObservationTypePulse = 1,
    ObservationTypeRespRate = 2,
    ObservationTypeTemperature = 3,
    .
    .
}

into something like:

    @(ObservationTypePulse) : @"ObservationTypePulse",
    @(ObservationTypeRespRate) : @"ObservationTypeRespRate",
    @(ObservationTypeTemperature) : @"ObservationTypeTemperature",
    .
    .

which can then be wrapped in a method using modern objective-c syntax @{ } (as explained by @yar1vn above) to create a NSDictionary lookup :

-(NSDictionary *)observationDictionary
{
    static NSDictionary *observationDictionary;
    static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
    dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
        observationDictionary = [[NSDictionary alloc] initWithDictionary:@{
                                 @(ObservationTypePulse) : @"ObservationTypePulse",
                                 @(ObservationTypeRespRate) : @"ObservationTypeRespRate",
                                 .
                                 .
                                 }];
    });
    return observationDictionary;
}

The dispatch_once boiler-plate is just to ensure that the static variable is initialised in a thread-safe manner.

Note: I found the sed regex expression on OSX odd - when I tried to use + to match 'one or more' it didn't work and had to resort to using {1,} as a replacement

Remove empty space before cells in UITableView

In 2017, what is working for me is simply this one line

navigationController?.navigationBar.isTranslucent = false

I have no idea why that would even affect it. Perhaps someone could explain. But I'm pretty sure this is the answer most people would look for.

How to detect when cancel is clicked on file input?

Shiboe's solution would be a good one if it worked on mobile webkit, but it doesn't. What I can come up with is to add a mousemove event listener to some dom object at the time that the file input window is opened, like so:

 $('.upload-progress').mousemove(function() {
        checkForFiles(this);
      });
      checkForFiles = function(me) {
        var filefield = $('#myfileinput');
        var files = filefield.get(0).files;
        if (files == undefined || files[0] == undefined) $(me).remove(); // user cancelled the upload
      };

The mousemove event is blocked from the page while the file dialog is open, and when its closed one checks to see if there are any files in the file input. In my case I want an activity indicator blocking things till the file is uploaded, so I only want to remove my indicator on cancel.

However this doesn't solve for mobile, since there is no mouse to move. My solution there is less than perfect, but I think its good enough.

       $('.upload-progress').bind('touchstart', function() {
        checkForFiles(this);
      });

Now we're listening for a touch on the screen to do the same files check. I'm pretty confident that the user's finger will be put on the screen pretty quickly after cancel and dismiss this activity indicator.

One could also just add the activity indicator on the file input change event, but on mobile there is often a few seconds lag between selecting the image and the change event firing, so its just much better UX for the activity indicator to be displayed at the start of the process.

What are the differences between the urllib, urllib2, urllib3 and requests module?

I like the urllib.urlencode function, and it doesn't appear to exist in urllib2.

>>> urllib.urlencode({'abc':'d f', 'def': '-!2'})
'abc=d+f&def=-%212'

How to call servlet through a JSP page

You can either post HTML form to URL, which is mapped to servlet or insert your data in HttpServletRequest object you pass to jsp page.

Simple (I think) Horizontal Line in WPF?

How about add this to your xaml:

<Separator/>

How to read PDF files using Java?

PDFBox is the best library I've found for this purpose, it's comprehensive and really quite easy to use if you're just doing basic text extraction. Examples can be found here.

It explains it on the page, but one thing to watch out for is that the start and end indexes when using setStartPage() and setEndPage() are both inclusive. I skipped over that explanation first time round and then it took me a while to realise why I was getting more than one page back with each call!

Itext is another alternative that also works with C#, though I've personally never used it. It's more low level than PDFBox, so less suited to the job if all you need is basic text extraction.

What does the question mark operator mean in Ruby?

It's also used in regular expressions, meaning "at most one repetition of the preceding character"

for example the regular expression /hey?/ matches with the strings "he" and "hey".

Include php files when they are in different folders

None of the above answers fixed this issue for me. I did it as following (Laravel with Ubuntu server):

<?php
     $footerFile = '/var/www/website/main/resources/views/emails/elements/emailfooter.blade.php';
     include($footerFile);
?>

How to make a phone call using intent in Android?

use this code in Kotlin

fun makeCall(context: Context, mob: String) {
        try {
            val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL)

            intent.data = Uri.parse("tel:$mob")
            context.startActivity(intent)
        } catch (e: java.lang.Exception) {
            Toast.makeText(context,
                "Unable to call at this time", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
        }
    }

regular expression for finding 'href' value of a <a> link

Try this :

 public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var res = Find(html);
        }

        public static List<LinkItem> Find(string file)
        {
            List<LinkItem> list = new List<LinkItem>();

            // 1.
            // Find all matches in file.
            MatchCollection m1 = Regex.Matches(file, @"(<a.*?>.*?</a>)",
                RegexOptions.Singleline);

            // 2.
            // Loop over each match.
            foreach (Match m in m1)
            {
                string value = m.Groups[1].Value;
                LinkItem i = new LinkItem();

                // 3.
                // Get href attribute.
                Match m2 = Regex.Match(value, @"href=\""(.*?)\""",
                RegexOptions.Singleline);
                if (m2.Success)
                {
                    i.Href = m2.Groups[1].Value;
                }

                // 4.
                // Remove inner tags from text.
                string t = Regex.Replace(value, @"\s*<.*?>\s*", "",
                RegexOptions.Singleline);
                i.Text = t;

                list.Add(i);
            }
            return list;
        }

        public struct LinkItem
        {
            public string Href;
            public string Text;

            public override string ToString()
            {
                return Href + "\n\t" + Text;
            }
        }

    }  

Input:

  string html = "<a href=\"www.aaa.xx/xx.zz?id=xxxx&name=xxxx\" ....></a> 2.<a href=\"http://www.aaa.xx/xx.zz?id=xxxx&name=xxxx\" ....></a> "; 

Result:

[0] = {www.aaa.xx/xx.zz?id=xxxx&name=xxxx}
[1] = {http://www.aaa.xx/xx.zz?id=xxxx&name=xxxx}

C# Scraping HTML Links

Scraping HTML extracts important page elements. It has many legal uses for webmasters and ASP.NET developers. With the Regex type and WebClient, we implement screen scraping for HTML.

Edited

Another easy way:you can use a web browser control for getting href from tag a,like this:(see my example)

 public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            webBrowser1.DocumentCompleted += new WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventHandler(webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted);
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            webBrowser1.DocumentText = "<a href=\"www.aaa.xx/xx.zz?id=xxxx&name=xxxx\" ....></a><a href=\"http://www.aaa.xx/xx.zz?id=xxxx&name=xxxx\" ....></a><a href=\"https://www.aaa.xx/xx.zz?id=xxxx&name=xxxx\" ....></a><a href=\"www.aaa.xx/xx.zz/xxx\" ....></a>";
        }

        void webBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(object sender, WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs e)
        {
            List<string> href = new List<string>();
            foreach (HtmlElement el in webBrowser1.Document.GetElementsByTagName("a"))
            {
                href.Add(el.GetAttribute("href"));
            }
        }

Deserializing JSON data to C# using JSON.NET

Use

var rootObject =  JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<RootObject>(string json);

Create your classes on JSON 2 C#


Json.NET documentation: Serializing and Deserializing JSON with Json.NET

numpy get index where value is true

You can use nonzero function. it returns the nonzero indices of the given input.

Easy Way

>>> (e > 15).nonzero()

(array([1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2]), array([6, 7, 8, 9, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]))

to see the indices more cleaner, use transpose method:

>>> numpy.transpose((e>15).nonzero())

[[1 6]
 [1 7]
 [1 8]
 [1 9]
 [2 0]
 ...

Not Bad Way

>>> numpy.nonzero(e > 15)

(array([1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2]), array([6, 7, 8, 9, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]))

or the clean way:

>>> numpy.transpose(numpy.nonzero(e > 15))

[[1 6]
 [1 7]
 [1 8]
 [1 9]
 [2 0]
 ...

How to create a popup windows in javafx

Have you looked into ControlsFx Popover control.


import org.controlsfx.control.PopOver;
import org.controlsfx.control.PopOver.ArrowLocation;

private PopOver item;

final Scene scene = addItemButton.getScene();

final Point2D windowCoord = new Point2D(scene.getWindow()
        .getX(), scene.getWindow().getY());

final Point2D sceneCoord = new Point2D(scene.getX(), scene.
                getY());

final Point2D nodeCoord = addItemButton.localToScene(0.0,
                        0.0);
final double clickX = Math.round(windowCoord.getX()
    + sceneCoord.getY() + nodeCoord.getX());

final double clickY = Math.round(windowCoord.getY()
        + sceneCoord.getY() + nodeCoord.getY());
item.setContentNode(addItemScreen);
item.setArrowLocation(ArrowLocation.BOTTOM_LEFT);
item.setCornerRadius(4);                            
item.setDetachedTitle("Add New Item");
item.show(addItemButton.getParent(), clickX, clickY);

This is only an example but a PopOver sounds like it could accomplish what you want. Check out the documentation for more info.

Important note: ControlsFX will only work on JavaFX 8.0 b118 or later.

Given an array of numbers, return array of products of all other numbers (no division)

Here is the ptyhon version

  # This solution use O(n) time and O(n) space
  def productExceptSelf(self, nums):
    """
    :type nums: List[int]
    :rtype: List[int]
    """
    N = len(nums)
    if N == 0: return

    # Initialzie list of 1, size N
    l_prods, r_prods = [1]*N, [1]*N

    for i in range(1, N):
      l_prods[i] = l_prods[i-1] * nums[i-1]

    for i in reversed(range(N-1)):
      r_prods[i] = r_prods[i+1] * nums[i+1]

    result = [x*y for x,y in zip(l_prods,r_prods)]
    return result

  # This solution use O(n) time and O(1) space
  def productExceptSelfSpaceOptimized(self, nums):
    """
    :type nums: List[int]
    :rtype: List[int]
    """
    N = len(nums)
    if N == 0: return

    # Initialzie list of 1, size N
    result = [1]*N

    for i in range(1, N):
      result[i] = result[i-1] * nums[i-1]

    r_prod = 1
    for i in reversed(range(N)):
      result[i] *= r_prod
      r_prod *= nums[i]

    return result

Find files and tar them (with spaces)

Would add a comment to @Steve Kehlet post but need 50 rep (RIP).

For anyone that has found this post through numerous googling, I found a way to not only find specific files given a time range, but also NOT include the relative paths OR whitespaces that would cause tarring errors. (THANK YOU SO MUCH STEVE.)

find . -name "*.pdf" -type f -mtime 0 -printf "%f\0" | tar -czvf /dir/zip.tar.gz --null -T -
  1. . relative directory

  2. -name "*.pdf" look for pdfs (or any file type)

  3. -type f type to look for is a file

  4. -mtime 0 look for files created in last 24 hours

  5. -printf "%f\0" Regular -print0 OR -printf "%f" did NOT work for me. From man pages:

This quoting is performed in the same way as for GNU ls. This is not the same quoting mechanism as the one used for -ls and -fls. If you are able to decide what format to use for the output of find then it is normally better to use '\0' as a terminator than to use newline, as file names can contain white space and newline characters.

  1. -czvf create archive, filter the archive through gzip , verbosely list files processed, archive name

Edit 2019-08-14: I would like to add, that I was also able to use essentially use the same command in my comment, just using tar itself:

tar -czvf /archiveDir/test.tar.gz --newer-mtime=0 --ignore-failed-read *.pdf

Needed --ignore-failed-read in-case there were no new PDFs for today.

How can I open a link in a new window?

You can also use the jquery prop() method for this.

$(function(){
  $('yourselector').prop('target', '_blank');
}); 

What's causing my java.net.SocketException: Connection reset?

This is an old thread, but I ran into java.net.SocketException: Connection reset yesterday.

The server-side application had its throttling settings changed to allow only 1 connection at a time! Thus, sometimes calls went through and sometimes not. I solved the problem by changing the throttling settings.

android: stretch image in imageview to fit screen

just change your ImageView height and width to wrap_content and use

exampleImage.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.FIT_XY);

in your code.

START_STICKY and START_NOT_STICKY

  • START_STICKY: It will restart the service in case if it terminated and the Intent data which is passed to the onStartCommand() method is NULL. This is suitable for the service which are not executing commands but running independently and waiting for the job.
  • START_NOT_STICKY: It will not restart the service and it is useful for the services which will run periodically. The service will restart only when there are a pending startService() calls. It’s the best option to avoid running a service in case if it is not necessary.
  • START_REDELIVER_INTENT: It’s same as STAR_STICKY and it recreates the service, call onStartCommand() with last intent that was delivered to the service.

Direct download from Google Drive using Google Drive API

This seems to be updated again as of May 19, 2015:

How I got it to work:

As in jmbertucci's recently updated answer, make your folder public to everyone. This is a bit more complicated than before, you have to click Advanced to change the folder to "On - Public on the web."

Find your folder UUID as before--just go into the folder and find your UUID in the address bar:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/<folder UUID>

Then head to

https://googledrive.com/host/<folder UUID>

It will redirect you to an index type page with a giant subdomain, but you should be able to see the files in your folder. Then you can right click to save the link to the file you want (I noticed that this direct link also has this big subdomain for googledrive.com). Worked great for me with wget.

This also seems to work with others' shared folders.

e.g.,

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7l10Bj_LprhQnpSRkpGMGV2eE0&usp=sharing

maps to

https://googledrive.com/host/0B7l10Bj_LprhQnpSRkpGMGV2eE0

And a right click can save a direct link to any of those files.

Auto refresh page every 30 seconds

Just a simple line of code in the head section can refresh the page

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="30">

although its not a javascript function, its the simplest way to accomplish the above task hopefully.

Chaining multiple filter() in Django, is this a bug?

As you can see in the generated SQL statements the difference is not the "OR" as some may suspect. It is how the WHERE and JOIN is placed.

Example1 (same joined table) :

(example from https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#spanning-multi-valued-relationships)

Blog.objects.filter(entry__headline__contains='Lennon', entry__pub_date__year=2008)

This will give you all the Blogs that have one entry with both (entry_headline_contains='Lennon') AND (entry__pub_date__year=2008), which is what you would expect from this query. Result: Book with {entry.headline: 'Life of Lennon', entry.pub_date: '2008'}

Example 2 (chained)

Blog.objects.filter(entry__headline__contains='Lennon').filter(entry__pub_date__year=2008)

This will cover all the results from Example 1, but it will generate slightly more result. Because it first filters all the blogs with (entry_headline_contains='Lennon') and then from the result filters (entry__pub_date__year=2008).

The difference is that it will also give you results like: Book with {entry.headline: 'Lennon', entry.pub_date: 2000}, {entry.headline: 'Bill', entry.pub_date: 2008}

In your case

I think it is this one you need:

Book.objects.filter(inventory__user__profile__vacation=False, inventory__user__profile__country='BR')

And if you want to use OR please read: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#complex-lookups-with-q-objects

Best way to simulate "group by" from bash?

Solution ( group by like mysql)

grep -ioh "facebook\|xing\|linkedin\|googleplus" access-log.txt | sort | uniq -c | sort -n

Result

3249  googleplus
4211 linkedin
5212 xing
7928 facebook

UIImageView aspect fit and center

For people looking for UIImage resizing,

@implementation UIImage (Resize)

- (UIImage *)scaledToSize:(CGSize)size
{
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, NO, 0.0f);
    [self drawInRect:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, size.width, size.height)];
    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return image;
}

- (UIImage *)aspectFitToSize:(CGSize)size
{
    CGFloat aspect = self.size.width / self.size.height;
    if (size.width / aspect <= size.height)
    {
        return [self scaledToSize:CGSizeMake(size.width, size.width / aspect)];
    } else {
        return [self scaledToSize:CGSizeMake(size.height * aspect, size.height)];
    }
}

- (UIImage *)aspectFillToSize:(CGSize)size
{
    CGFloat imgAspect = self.size.width / self.size.height;
    CGFloat sizeAspect = size.width/size.height;

    CGSize scaledSize;

        if (sizeAspect > imgAspect) { // increase width, crop height
            scaledSize = CGSizeMake(size.width, size.width / imgAspect);
        } else { // increase height, crop width
            scaledSize = CGSizeMake(size.height * imgAspect, size.height);
        }
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, NO, 0.0f);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextClipToRect(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, size.width, size.height));
    [self drawInRect:CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, scaledSize.width, scaledSize.height)];
    UIImage *image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return image;
}

@end

How to populate a sub-document in mongoose after creating it?

This might have changed since the original answer was written, but it looks like you can now use the Models populate function to do this without having to execute an extra findOne. See: http://mongoosejs.com/docs/api.html#model_Model.populate. You'd want to use this inside the save handler just like the findOne is.

Storing WPF Image Resources

If you're using Blend, to make it extra easy and not have any trouble getting the correct path for the Source attribute, just drag and drop the image from the Project panel onto the designer.

How to load external webpage in WebView

You can do like this.

webView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView1);
webView.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
webView.loadUrl("Your URL goes here");

sorting integers in order lowest to highest java

Well, if you want to do it using an algorithm. There are a plethora of sorting algorithms out there. If you aren't concerned too much about efficiency and more about readability and understandability. I recommend Insertion Sort. Here is the psudo code, it is trivial to translate this into java.

begin
    for i := 1 to length(A)-1 do
    begin
        value := A[i];
        j := i - 1;
        done := false;
        repeat
            { To sort in descending order simply reverse
              the operator i.e. A[j] < value }
            if A[j] > value then
            begin
                A[j + 1] := A[j];
                j := j - 1;
                if j < 0 then
                    done := true;
            end
            else
                done := true;
        until done;
        A[j + 1] := value;
    end;
end;

concatenate char array in C

You can concatenate strings by using the sprintf() function. In your case, for example:

char file[80];
sprintf(file,"%s%s",name,extension);

And you'll end having the concatenated string in "file".

What is the better API to Reading Excel sheets in java - JXL or Apache POI

For reading "plain" CSV files in Java, there is a library called OpenCSV, available here: http://opencsv.sourceforge.net/

Is there a way to specify which pytest tests to run from a file?

Specifying tests / selecting tests

Pytest supports several ways to run and select tests from the command-line.

Run tests in a module

pytest test_mod.py

Run tests in a directory

pytest testing/

Run tests by keyword expressions

pytest -k "MyClass and not method"

This will run tests which contain names that match the given string expression, which can include Python operators that use filenames, class names and function names as variables. The example above will run TestMyClass.test_something but not TestMyClass.test_method_simple.

Run tests by node ids

Each collected test is assigned a unique nodeid which consist of the module filename followed by specifiers like class names, function names and parameters from parametrization, separated by :: characters.

To run a specific test within a module:

pytest test_mod.py::test_func

Another example specifying a test method in the command line:

pytest test_mod.py::TestClass::test_method

Run tests by marker expressions

pytest -m slow

Will run all tests which are decorated with the @pytest.mark.slow decorator.

For more information see marks.

Run tests from packages

pytest --pyargs pkg.testing

This will import pkg.testing and use its filesystem location to find and run tests from.

Source: https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/usage.html#specifying-tests-selecting-tests