Programs & Examples On #Fpdf

A PHP class which allows developers to generate PDF files with pure PHP instead of the PDFlib library.

Inserting an image with PHP and FPDF

I figured it out, and it's actually pretty straight forward.

Set your variable:

$image1 = "img/products/image1.jpg";

Then ceate a cell, position it, then rather than setting where the image is, use the variable you created above with the following:

$this->Cell( 40, 40, $pdf->Image($image1, $pdf->GetX(), $pdf->GetY(), 33.78), 0, 0, 'L', false );

Now the cell will move up and down with content if other cells around it move.

Hope this helps others in the same boat.

FPDF error: Some data has already been output, can't send PDF

For fpdf to work properly, there cannot be any output at all beside what fpdf generates. For example, this will work:

<?php
$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
$pdf->Cell(40,10,'Hello World!');
$pdf->Output();
?>

While this will not (note the leading space before the opening <? tag)

 <?php
$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
$pdf->Cell(40,10,'Hello World!');
$pdf->Output();
?>

Also, this will not work either (the echo will break it):

<?php
echo "About to create pdf";
$pdf = new FPDF();
$pdf->AddPage();
$pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
$pdf->Cell(40,10,'Hello World!');
$pdf->Output();
?>

I'm not sure about the drupal side of things, but I know that absolutely zero non-fpdf output is a requirement for fpdf to work.


add ob_start (); at the top and at the end add ob_end_flush();

<?php
    ob_start();
    require('fpdf.php');
    $pdf = new FPDF();
    $pdf->AddPage();
    $pdf->SetFont('Arial','B',16);
    $pdf->Cell(40,10,'Hello World!');
    $pdf->Output();
    ob_end_flush(); 
?>

give me an error as below:
FPDF error: Some data has already been output, can't send PDF

to over come this error: go to fpdf.php in that,goto line number 996

function Output($name='', $dest='')

after that make changes like this:

function Output($name='', $dest='') {   
    ob_clean();     //Output PDF to so

Hi do you have a session header on the top of your page. or any includes If you have then try to add this codes on top pf your page it should works fine.

<?

while (ob_get_level())
ob_end_clean();
header("Content-Encoding: None", true);

?>

cheers :-)


In my case i had set:

ini_set('display_errors', 'on');
error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT);

When i made the request to generate the report, some warnings were displayed in the browser (like the usage of deprecated functions).
Turning off the display_errors option, the report was generated successfully.

Inserting line breaks into PDF

You state that

2 is the height of the multi-line text box

No it's not. 2 is the distance between lines of text.

I don't think there is a real way for calculating the height of the actual resulting text box, unless you use GetY() and then subtract the original Y value used in your SetXY() statement for placing the Multicell in the first place.

FPDF utf-8 encoding (HOW-TO)

I wanted to answer this for anyone who hasn't switched over to TFPDF for whatever reason (framework integration, etc.)

Go to: http://www.fpdf.org/makefont/index.php

Use a .ttf compatible font for the language you want to use. Make sure to choose the encoding number that is correct for your language. Download the files and paste them in your current FPDF font directory.

Use this to activate the new font: $pdf->AddFont($font_name,'','Your_Font_Here.php');

Then you can use $pdf->SetFont normally.

On the font itself, use iconv to convert to UTF-8. So if for example you're using Hebrew, you would do iconv('UTF-8', 'windows-1255', $first_name).

Substitute the windows encoding number for your language encoding.

For right to left, a quick fix is doing something like strrev(iconv('UTF-8', 'windows-1255', $first_name)).

Setting paper size in FPDF

/*$mpdf = new mPDF('',    // mode - default ''
 '',    // format - A4, for example, default ''
 0,     // font size - default 0
 '',    // default font family
 15,    // margin_left
 15,    // margin right
 16,     // margin top
 16,    // margin bottom
 9,     // margin header
 9,     // margin footer
 'L');  // L - landscape, P - portrait*/

Make text wrap in a cell with FPDF?

Text Wrap:

The MultiCell is used for print text with multiple lines. It has the same atributes of Cell except for ln and link.

$pdf->MultiCell( 200, 40, $reportSubtitle, 1);

Line Height:

What multiCell does is to spread the given text into multiple cells, this means that the second parameter defines the height of each line (individual cell) and not the height of all cells (collectively).

MultiCell(float w, float h, string txt [, mixed border [, string align [, boolean fill]]])

You can read the full documentation here.

Java, List only subdirectories from a directory, not files

Here is solution for my code. I just did a litlle change from first answer. This will list all folders only in desired directory line by line:

try {
            File file = new File("D:\\admir\\MyBookLibrary");
            String[] directories = file.list(new FilenameFilter() {
              @Override
              public boolean accept(File current, String name) {
                return new File(current, name).isDirectory();
              }
            });
            for(int i = 0;i < directories.length;i++) {
                if(directories[i] != null) {
                    System.out.println(Arrays.asList(directories[i]));

                }
            }
        }catch(Exception e) {
            System.err.println("Error!");
        }

ASP.NET jQuery Ajax Calling Code-Behind Method

This hasn't solved my problem too, so I changed the parameters slightly.
This code worked for me:

var dataValue = "{ name: 'person', isGoing: 'true', returnAddress: 'returnEmail' }";

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "Default.aspx/OnSubmit",
    data: dataValue,
    contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
    dataType: 'json',
    error: function (XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
        alert("Request: " + XMLHttpRequest.toString() + "\n\nStatus: " + textStatus + "\n\nError: " + errorThrown);
    },
    success: function (result) {
        alert("We returned: " + result.d);
    }
});

Concatenating bits in VHDL

Here is an example of concatenation operator:

architecture EXAMPLE of CONCATENATION is
   signal Z_BUS : bit_vector (3 downto 0);
   signal A_BIT, B_BIT, C_BIT, D_BIT : bit;
begin
   Z_BUS <= A_BIT & B_BIT & C_BIT & D_BIT;
end EXAMPLE;

Center-align a HTML table

table
{ 
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}

This will definitely work. Cheers

How to manipulate arrays. Find the average. Beginner Java

-while(int i=0; i < data.length; i++) 
+for(int i=0; i < data.length; i++) 

Eclipse comment/uncomment shortcut?


Comments In Java class


  1. Toggle/Single line Comment ( Ctrl+/ ) - Add/remove line comments (//…) from the current line.
  2. Add Block Comment ( Ctrl+Shift+\ ) - Wrap the selected lines in a block comment (/*… */).
  3. Remove Block Comment ( Ctrl+Shift+/ ) - Remove a block comment (/*… */) surrounding the selected lines.
  4. Add Javadoc Comment ( Alt+Shift+J ) - Add a Javadoc comment to the active field/method/class.

Comments In HTML/XML/Config file


  1. Add Block Comment ( Ctrl+Shift+/ ) - Wrap the selected lines in a block comment (< !-- -->).
  2. Remove Block Comment (Ctrl+Shift+\) - Remove a block comment (< !-- -->) surrounding the selected lines.

How to make JQuery-AJAX request synchronous

The below is a working example. Add async:false.

const response = $.ajax({
                    type:"POST",
                    dataType:"json",
                    async:false, 
                    url:"your-url",
                    data:{"data":"data"}                        
                });                   
 console.log("response: ", response);

Example of waitpid() in use?

The syntax is

pid_t waitpid(pid_t pid, int *statusPtr, int options);

1.where pid is the process of the child it should wait.

2.statusPtr is a pointer to the location where status information for the terminating process is to be stored.

3.specifies optional actions for the waitpid function. Either of the following option flags may be specified, or they can be combined with a bitwise inclusive OR operator:

WNOHANG WUNTRACED WCONTINUED

If successful, waitpid returns the process ID of the terminated process whose status was reported. If unsuccessful, a -1 is returned.

benifits over wait

1.Waitpid can used when you have more than one child for the process and you want to wait for particular child to get its execution done before parent resumes

2.waitpid supports job control

3.it supports non blocking of the parent process

Count the cells with same color in google spreadsheet

The previous functions didn't work for me, so I've made another function that use the same logic of one of the answers above: parse the formula in the cell to find the referenced range of cells to examine and than look for the coloured cells. You can find a detailed description here: Google Script count coloured with reference, but the code is below:

function countColoured(reference) {
  var sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
  var formula = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveRange().getFormula();
  var args = formula.match(/=\w+\((.*)\)/i)[1].split('!');
  try {
    if (args.length == 1) {
      var range = sheet.getRange(args[0]);
    }
    else {
      sheet = ss.getSheetByName(args[0].replace(/'/g, ''));
      range = sheet.getRange(args[1]);
    }
  }
  catch(e) {
    throw new Error(args.join('!') + ' is not a valid range');
  }
  var c = 0;
  var numRows = range.getNumRows();
  var numCols = range.getNumColumns();
  for (var i = 1; i <= numRows; i++) {
    for (var j = 1; j <= numCols; j++) {
      c = c + ( range.getCell(i,j).getBackground() == "#ffffff" ? 0 : 1 );
    }
  }
  return c > 0 ? c : "" ;
}

JavaScript: replace last occurrence of text in a string

If speed is important, use this:

/**
 * Replace last occurrence of a string with another string
 * x - the initial string
 * y - string to replace
 * z - string that will replace
 */
function replaceLast(x, y, z){
    var a = x.split("");
    var length = y.length;
    if(x.lastIndexOf(y) != -1) {
        for(var i = x.lastIndexOf(y); i < x.lastIndexOf(y) + length; i++) {
            if(i == x.lastIndexOf(y)) {
                a[i] = z;
            }
            else {
                delete a[i];
            }
        }
    }

    return a.join("");
}

It's faster than using RegExp.

How to post JSON to a server using C#?

WARNING! I have a very strong view on this subject.

.NET’s existing web clients are not developer friendly! WebRequest & WebClient are prime examples of "how to frustrate a developer". They are verbose & complicated to work with; when all you want to do is a simple Post request in C#. HttpClient goes some way in addressing these issues, but it still falls short. On top of that Microsoft’s documentation is bad … really bad; unless you want to sift through pages and pages of technical blurb.

Open-source to the rescue. There are three excellent open-source, free NuGet libraries as alternatives. Thank goodness! These are all well supported, documented and yes, easy - correction…super easy - to work with.

There is not much between them, but I would give ServiceStack.Text the slight edge …

  • Github stars are roughly the same.
  • Open Issues & importantly how quickly any issues closed down? ServiceStack takes the award here for the fastest issue resolution & no open issues.
  • Documentation? All have great documentation; however, ServiceStack takes it to the next level & is known for its ‘Golden standard’ for documentation.

Ok - so what does a Post Request in JSON look like within ServiceStack.Text?

var response = "http://example.org/login"
    .PostJsonToUrl(new Login { Username="admin", Password="mypassword" });

That is one line of code. Concise & easy! Compare the above to .NET’s Http libraries.

Drop unused factor levels in a subsetted data frame

This is obnoxious. This is how I usually do it, to avoid loading other packages:

levels(subdf$letters)<-c("a","b","c",NA,NA)

which gets you:

> subdf$letters
[1] a b c
Levels: a b c

Note that the new levels will replace whatever occupies their index in the old levels(subdf$letters), so something like:

levels(subdf$letters)<-c(NA,"a","c",NA,"b")

won't work.

This is obviously not ideal when you have lots of levels, but for a few, it's quick and easy.

multiple conditions for JavaScript .includes() method

You can use the .some method referenced here.

The some() method tests whether at least one element in the array passes the test implemented by the provided function.

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// test cases
var str1 = 'hi, how do you do?';
var str2 = 'regular string';

// do the test strings contain these terms?
var conditions = ["hello", "hi", "howdy"];

// run the tests against every element in the array
var test1 = conditions.some(el => str1.includes(el));
var test2 = conditions.some(el => str2.includes(el));

// display results
console.log(str1, ' ===> ', test1);
console.log(str2, ' ===> ', test2);
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Print the address or pointer for value in C

To print address in pointer to pointer:

printf("%p",emp1)

to dereference once and print the second address:

printf("%p",*emp1)

You can always verify with debugger, if you are on linux use ddd and display memory, or just plain gdb, you will see the memory address so you can compare with the values in your pointers.

What exactly is the meaning of an API?

It is a set of software components that interact with one another. It provides a set of functions, variables, and object classes for the creation of an application, operating system or any other thing.

Generate your own Error code in swift 3

Implement LocalizedError:

struct StringError : LocalizedError
{
    var errorDescription: String? { return mMsg }
    var failureReason: String? { return mMsg }
    var recoverySuggestion: String? { return "" }
    var helpAnchor: String? { return "" }

    private var mMsg : String

    init(_ description: String)
    {
        mMsg = description
    }
}

Note that simply implementing Error, for instance, as described in one of the answers, will fail (at least in Swift 3), and calling localizedDescription will result in the string "The operation could not be completed. (.StringError error 1.)"

Change value of input placeholder via model?

Since AngularJS does not have directive DOM manipulations as jQuery does, a proper way to modify attributes of one element will be using directive. Through link function of a directive, you have access to both element and its attributes.

Wrapping you whole input inside one directive, you can still introduce ng-model's methods through controller property.

This method will help to decouple the logic of ngmodel with placeholder from controller. If there is no logic between them, you can definitely go as Wagner Francisco said.

How do I restrict a float value to only two places after the decimal point in C?

Using %.2f in printf. It only print 2 decimal points.

Example:

printf("%.2f", 37.777779);

Output:

37.77

Fit cell width to content

Simple :

    <div style='overflow-x:scroll;overflow-y:scroll;width:100%;height:100%'>

selectOneMenu ajax events

I'd rather use more convenient itemSelect event. With this event you can use org.primefaces.event.SelectEvent objects in your listener.

<p:selectOneMenu ...>
    <p:ajax event="itemSelect" 
        update="messages"
        listener="#{beanMB.onItemSelectedListener}"/>
</p:selectOneMenu>

With such listener:

public void onItemSelectedListener(SelectEvent event){
    MyItem selectedItem = (MyItem) event.getObject();
    //do something with selected value
}

What is the first character in the sort order used by Windows Explorer?

From my testing, there are three criteria for sorting characters as described below. Aside from this, shorter strings are sorted above longer strings that start with the same characters.

Note: This testing only looked at the first character sorting and did not look into edge cases described by this answer, which found that, for all characters after the first character, numbers take precedence over symbols (i.e. the order is 1. Symbols 2. Numbers 3. Letters for first character, 1. Numbers 2. Symbols 3. Letters after). This answer also indicated that the Unicode/ASCII layer of sorting might not be entirely consistent. I'll update this answer if I get time to look into these edge cases.

Note: It's important to note that sorting order might be subject to change as described by this answer. It is not clear to me though the extent to which this actually ever changes. I've done this testing and found it to be valid on both Windows 7 and Windows 10.


Symbols
Latin (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Greek (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Cyrillic (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Hebrew (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Arabic (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))

Numbers
Latin (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Greek (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Cyrillic (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Hebrew (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Arabic (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))

Letters
Latin (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Greek (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Cyrillic (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Hebrew (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))
Arabic (ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx))

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Sorting Rule Sequence vs Observed Order

It's worth noting that there are really two ways of looking at this. Ultimately, what you have are sorting rules that are applied in a certain order, in turn, this produces an observed order. The ordering of older rules becomes nested under the ordering of newer rules. This means that the first rule applied is the last rule observed, while the last rule applied is the first or topmost rule observed.

Sorting Rule Sequence

1.) Sort on Unicode Value (U+xxxx)
2.) Sort on culture/language
3.) Sort on Type (Symbol, Number, Letter)

Observed Order

  • The highest level of grouping is by type in the following order...

    1.) Symbols
    2.) Numbers
    3.) Letters

    Therefore, any symbol from any language comes before any number from any language, while any letter from any language appears after all symbols and numbers.

  • The second level of grouping is by culture/language. The following order seems to apply for this:

    Latin
    Greek
    Cyrillic
    Hebrew
    Arabic

  • The lowest rule observed is Unicode order, so items within a type-language group are ordered by Unicode value (U+xxxx).


Adapted from here: https://superuser.com/a/971721/496260

How to copy a directory structure but only include certain files (using windows batch files)

XCOPY /S folder1\data.zip copy_of_folder1  
XCOPY /S folder1\info.txt copy_of_folder1

EDIT: If you want to preserve the empty folders (which, on rereading your post, you seem to) use /E instead of /S.

TypeError: unhashable type: 'numpy.ndarray'

numpy.ndarray can contain any type of element, e.g. int, float, string etc. Check the type an do a conversion if neccessary.

How to clear a notification in Android

Actually as answered before starting with API Level 18 you can cancel Notifications posted by other apps differet than your own using NotificationListenerService but that approach will no longer work on Lollipop, here is the way to remove notifications covering also Lillipop API.

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21) {
    cancelNotification(sbn.getPackageName(), sbn.getTag(), sbn.getId());
}
else {
    cancelNotification(sbn.getKey());
}

Getting values from query string in an url using AngularJS $location

Very late answer :( but for someone who is in need, this works Angular js works too :) URLSearchParams Let's have a look at how we can use this new API to get values from the location!

// Assuming "?post=1234&action=edit"

var urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
console.log(urlParams.has('post')); // true
console.log(urlParams.get('action')); // "edit"
console.log(urlParams.getAll('action')); // ["edit"]
console.log(urlParams.toString()); // "?post=1234&action=edit"
console.log(urlParams.append('active', '1')); // "?

post=1234&action=edit&active=1"

FYI: IE is not supported

use this function from instead of URLSearchParams

urlParam = function (name) {
    var results = new RegExp('[\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)')
                      .exec(window.location.search);

    return (results !== null) ? results[1] || 0 : false;
}

console.log(urlParam('action')); //edit

How to access form methods and controls from a class in C#?

You need to make the members in the for the form class either public or, if the service class is in the same assembly, internal. Windows controls' visibility can be controlled through their Modifiers properties.

Note that it's generally considered a bad practice to explicitly tie a service class to a UI class. Rather you should create good interfaces between the service class and the form class. That said, for learning or just generally messing around, the earth won't spin off its axis if you expose form members for service classes.

rp

How to do a LIKE query with linq?

2019 is here:

Requires EF6

using System.Data.Entity;
string searchStr ="bla bla bla";
var result = _dbContext.SomeTable.Where(x=> DbFunctions.Like(x.NameAr, string.Format("%{0}%", searchStr ))).FirstOrDefault();

Should we pass a shared_ptr by reference or by value?

It's known issue that passing shared_ptr by value has a cost and should be avoided if possible.

The cost of passing by shared_ptr

Most of the time passing shared_ptr by reference, and even better by const reference, would do.

The cpp core guideline has a specific rule for passing shared_ptr

R.34: Take a shared_ptr parameter to express that a function is part owner

void share(shared_ptr<widget>);            // share -- "will" retain refcount

An example of when passing shared_ptr by value is really necessary is when the caller passes a shared object to an asynchronous callee - ie the caller goes out of scope before the callee completes its job. The callee must "extend" the lifetime of the shared object by taking a share_ptr by value. In this case, passing a reference to shared_ptr won't do.

The same goes for passing a shared object to a work thread.

Set a cookie to never expire

My privilege prevents me making my comment on the first post so it will have to go here.

Consideration should be taken into account of 2038 unix bug when setting 20 years in advance from the current date which is suggest as the correct answer above.

Your cookie on January 19, 2018 + (20 years) could well hit 2038 problem depending on the browser and or versions you end up running on.

ALTER TABLE to add a composite primary key

ALTER TABLE table_name DROP PRIMARY KEY,ADD PRIMARY KEY (col_name1, col_name2);

Correct way to handle conditional styling in React

First, I agree with you as a matter of style - I would also (and do also) conditionally apply classes rather than inline styles. But you can use the same technique:

<div className={{completed ? "completed" : ""}}></div>

For more complex sets of state, accumulate an array of classes and apply them:

var classes = [];

if (completed) classes.push("completed");
if (foo) classes.push("foo");
if (someComplicatedCondition) classes.push("bar");

return <div className={{classes.join(" ")}}></div>;

How do you completely remove Ionic and Cordova installation from mac?

These commands worked for me:

npm uninstall -g cordova
npm uninstall -g ionic

How do you push a Git tag to a branch using a refspec?

I create the tag like this and then I push it to GitHub:

git tag -a v1.1 -m "Version 1.1 is waiting for review"
git push --tags

Counting objects: 1, done.
Writing objects: 100% (1/1), 180 bytes, done.
Total 1 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
To [email protected]:neoneye/triangle_draw.git
 * [new tag]         v1.1 -> v1.1

How to turn a string formula into a "real" formula

Say, let we have column E filled by formulas that returns string, like:

= " = " & D7

where D7 cell consist more complicated formula, that composes final desired result, say:

= 3.02 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024

And so in all huge qty of rows that are.

When rows are a little - it just enough to copy desired cells as values (by RMB)
to nearest column, say G, and press F2 with following Enter in each of rows.
However, in case of huge qty of rows it's impossible ...

So, No VBA. No extra formulas. No F&R

No mistakes, no typo, but stupid mechanical actions instead only,

Like on a Ford conveyor. And in just a few seconds only:

  1. [Assume, all of involved columns are in "General" format.]
  2. Open Notepad++
  3. Select entire column D
  4. Ctrl+C
  5. Ctrl+V in NPP
  6. Ctrl+A in NPP
  7. Select cell in the first row of desired column G1
  8. Ctrl+V
  9. Enjoy :) .

Install mysql-python (Windows)

For folks using Python 3.0+ (which should be everyone now):

Unfortunately, MySQL-Python 1.2.5 does not support Python 3.0+ yet (which is kinda unreasonable IMHO, Python 3+ has been out for a while). Reference : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/MySQL-python/1.2.5

So, my workaround is to use Oracle's MySQL connector. In settings.py, change DATABASE's 'ENGINE' field to: 'ENGINE': 'mysql.connector.django',

More info could be found in the last paragraph of the first answer to this question: Setting Django up to use MySQL

Hope this helps!!

How can I run a function from a script in command line?

Solved post but I'd like to mention my preferred solution. Namely, define a generic one-liner script eval_func.sh:

#!/bin/bash
source $1 && shift && "@a"

Then call any function within any script via:

./eval_func.sh <any script> <any function> <any args>...

An issue I ran into with the accepted solution is that when sourcing my function-containing script within another script, the arguments of the latter would be evaluated by the former, causing an error.

How to go to a specific element on page?

here is a simple javascript for that

call this when you need to scroll the screen to an element which has id="yourSpecificElementId"

window.scroll(0,findPos(document.getElementById("yourSpecificElementId")));

and you need this function for the working:

//Finds y value of given object
function findPos(obj) {
    var curtop = 0;
    if (obj.offsetParent) {
        do {
            curtop += obj.offsetTop;
        } while (obj = obj.offsetParent);
    return [curtop];
    }
}

the screen will be scrolled to your specific element.

List rows after specific date

Simply put:

SELECT * 
FROM TABLE_NAME
WHERE
dob > '1/21/2012'

Where 1/21/2012 is the date and you want all data, including that date.

SELECT * 
FROM TABLE_NAME
WHERE
dob BETWEEN '1/21/2012' AND '2/22/2012'

Use a between if you're selecting time between two dates

Insert images to XML file

The most common way of doing this is to include the binary as base-64 in an element. However, this is a workaround, and adds a bit of volume to the file.

For example, this is the bytes 00 to 09 (note we needed 16 bytes to encode 10 bytes worth of data):

<xml><image>AAECAwQFBgcICQ==</image></xml>

how you do this encoding varies per architecture. For example, with .NET you might use Convert.ToBase64String, or XmlWriter.WriteBase64.

Merge 2 arrays of objects

I was facing the same problem and based on guya answer I have extended the underscore library and also added a bit more of functionality that I was requiring. Here's the Gist.

/**
 * Merges two object-like arrays based on a key property and also merges its array-like attributes specified in objectPropertiesToMerge.
 * It also removes falsy values after merging object properties.
 *
 * @param firstArray The original object-like array.
 * @param secondArray An object-like array to add to the firstArray.
 * @param keyProperty The object property that will be used to check if objects from different arrays are the same or not.
 * @param objectPropertiesToMerge The list of object properties that you want to merge. It all must be arrays.
 * @returns The updated original array.
 */
function merge(firstArray, secondArray, keyProperty, objectPropertiesToMerge) {

    function mergeObjectProperties(object, otherObject, objectPropertiesToMerge) {
        _.each(objectPropertiesToMerge, function (eachProperty) {
            object[eachProperty] = _.chain(object[eachProperty]).union(otherObject[eachProperty]).compact().value();
        });
    }

    if (firstArray.length === 0) {
        _.each(secondArray, function (each) {
            firstArray.push(each);
        });
    } else {
        _.each(secondArray, function (itemFromSecond) {
            var itemFromFirst = _.find(firstArray, function (item) {
                return item[keyProperty] === itemFromSecond[keyProperty];
            });

            if (itemFromFirst) {
                mergeObjectProperties(itemFromFirst, itemFromSecond, objectPropertiesToMerge);
            } else {
                firstArray.push(itemFromSecond);
            }
    });
    }

    return firstArray;
}

_.mixin({
            merge: merge
        });

Hope it to be useful! Regards!

How can I obfuscate (protect) JavaScript?

This one minifies but doesn't obfuscate. If you don't want to use command line Java you can paste your javascript into a webform.

PHP removing a character in a string

$splitPos = strpos($url, "?/");
if ($splitPos !== false) {
    $url = substr($url, 0, $splitPos) . "?" . substr($url, $splitPos + 2);
}

How to retrieve field names from temporary table (SQL Server 2008)

select * 
from tempdb.INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS 
where TABLE_NAME=OBJECT_NAME(OBJECT_ID('#table'))

How to set label size in Bootstrap

if you have

<span class="label label-default">New</span>

just add the style="font-size:XXpx;", ej.

<span class="label label-default" style="font-size:15px;">New</span>

How to copy in bash all directory and files recursive?

code for a simple copy.

cp -r ./SourceFolder ./DestFolder

code for a copy with success result

cp -rv ./SourceFolder ./DestFolder

code for Forcefully if source contains any readonly file it will also copy

cp -rf ./SourceFolder ./DestFolder

for details help

cp --help

Excel - Using COUNTIF/COUNTIFS across multiple sheets/same column

My first post... UDF I managed quickly to compile. Usage: Select 3D range as normal and enclose is into quotation marks like below...

=CountIf3D("'StartSheet:EndSheet'!G16:G878";"Criteria")

Advisably sheets to be adjacent to avoid unanticipated results.

Public Function CountIf3D(SheetstoCount As String, CriteriaToUse As Variant)

     Dim sStarSheet As String, sEndSheet As String, sAddress As String
     Dim lColonPos As Long, lExclaPos As Long, cnt As Long

    lColonPos = InStr(SheetstoCount, ":") 'Finding ':' separating sheets
    lExclaPos = InStr(SheetstoCount, "!") 'Finding '!' separating address from the sheets

    sStarSheet = Mid(SheetstoCount, 2, lColonPos - 2) 'Getting first sheet's name
    sEndSheet = Mid(SheetstoCount, lColonPos + 1, lExclaPos - lColonPos - 2) 'Getting last sheet's name

    sAddress = Mid(SheetstoCount, lExclaPos + 1, Len(SheetstoCount) - lExclaPos) 'Getting address

        cnt = 0
   For i = Sheets(sStarSheet).Index To Sheets(sEndSheet).Index
        cnt = cnt + Application.CountIf(Sheets(i).Range(sAddress), CriteriaToUse)
   Next

   CountIf3D = cnt

End Function

Turning multiple lines into one comma separated line

xargs -a your_file | sed 's/ /,/g'

This is a shorter way.

Float a div above page content

Use

position: absolute;
top: ...px;
left: ...px;

To position the div. Make sure it doesn't have a parent tag with position: relative;

How to call any method asynchronously in c#

public partial class MainForm : Form
{
    Image img;
    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        LoadImageAsynchronously("http://media1.santabanta.com/full5/Indian%20%20Celebrities(F)/Jacqueline%20Fernandez/jacqueline-fernandez-18a.jpg");
    }

    private void LoadImageAsynchronously(string url)
    {
        /*
        This is a classic example of how make a synchronous code snippet work asynchronously.
        A class implements a method synchronously like the WebClient's DownloadData(…) function for example
            (1) First wrap the method call in an Anonymous delegate.
            (2) Use BeginInvoke(…) and send the wrapped anonymous delegate object as the last parameter along with a callback function name as the first parameter.
            (3) In the callback method retrieve the ar's AsyncState as a Type (typecast) of the anonymous delegate. Along with this object comes EndInvoke(…) as free Gift
            (4) Use EndInvoke(…) to retrieve the synchronous call’s return value in our case it will be the WebClient's DownloadData(…)’s return value.
        */
        try
        {
            Func<Image> load_image_Async = delegate()
            {
                WebClient wc = new WebClient();
                Bitmap bmpLocal = new Bitmap(new MemoryStream(wc.DownloadData(url)));
                wc.Dispose();
                return bmpLocal;
            };

            Action<IAsyncResult> load_Image_call_back = delegate(IAsyncResult ar)
            {
                Func<Image> ss = (Func<Image>)ar.AsyncState;
                Bitmap myBmp = (Bitmap)ss.EndInvoke(ar);

                if (img != null) img.Dispose();
                if (myBmp != null)
                    img = myBmp;
                Invalidate();
                //timer.Enabled = true;
            };
            //load_image_Async.BeginInvoke(callback_load_Image, load_image_Async);             
            load_image_Async.BeginInvoke(new AsyncCallback(load_Image_call_back), load_image_Async);             
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {

        }
    }
    protected override void OnPaint(PaintEventArgs e)
    {
        if (img != null)
        {
            Graphics grfx = e.Graphics;
            grfx.DrawImage(img,new Point(0,0));
        }
    }

How can I pass variable to ansible playbook in the command line?

ansible-playbook release.yml --extra-vars "username=hello password=bye"

#you can now use the above command anywhere in the playbook as an example below:
tasks:
- name: Create a new user in Linux
shell: useradd -m -p {{username}} {{password}}"

Get size of all tables in database

SELECT 
    t.NAME AS TableName,
    s.Name AS SchemaName,
    p.rows,
    SUM(a.total_pages) * 8 AS TotalSpaceKB, 
    CAST(ROUND(((SUM(a.total_pages) * 8) / 1024.00), 2) AS NUMERIC(36, 2)) AS TotalSpaceMB,
    SUM(a.used_pages) * 8 AS UsedSpaceKB, 
    CAST(ROUND(((SUM(a.used_pages) * 8) / 1024.00), 2) AS NUMERIC(36, 2)) AS UsedSpaceMB, 
    (SUM(a.total_pages) - SUM(a.used_pages)) * 8 AS UnusedSpaceKB,
    CAST(ROUND(((SUM(a.total_pages) - SUM(a.used_pages)) * 8) / 1024.00, 2) AS NUMERIC(36, 2)) AS UnusedSpaceMB
FROM 
    sys.tables t
INNER JOIN      
    sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id
INNER JOIN 
    sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.OBJECT_ID AND i.index_id = p.index_id
INNER JOIN 
    sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.container_id
LEFT OUTER JOIN 
    sys.schemas s ON t.schema_id = s.schema_id
WHERE 
    t.NAME NOT LIKE 'dt%' 
    AND t.is_ms_shipped = 0
    AND i.OBJECT_ID > 255 
GROUP BY 
    t.Name, s.Name, p.Rows
ORDER BY 
    TotalSpaceMB DESC, t.Name

How to style the <option> with only CSS?

I've played around with select items before and without overriding the functionality with JavaScript, I don't think it's possible in Chrome. Whether you use a plugin or write your own code, CSS only is a no go for Chrome/Safari and as you said, Firefox is better at dealing with it.

Capture the screen shot using .NET

It's certainly possible to grab a screenshot using the .NET Framework. The simplest way is to create a new Bitmap object and draw into that using the Graphics.CopyFromScreen method.

Sample code:

using (Bitmap bmpScreenCapture = new Bitmap(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width, 
                                            Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height))
using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(bmpScreenCapture))
{
    g.CopyFromScreen(Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.X,
                     Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Y,
                     0, 0,
                     bmpScreenCapture.Size,
                     CopyPixelOperation.SourceCopy);
}

Caveat: This method doesn't work properly for layered windows. Hans Passant's answer here explains the more complicated method required to get those in your screen shots.

Generate a random double in a range

import java.util.Random;

public class MyClass {
     public static void main(String args[]) {
          Double min = 0.0;  // Set To Your Desired Min Value
          Double max = 10.0; // Set To Your Desired Max Value
          double x = (Math.random() * ((max - min) + 1)) + min;   // This Will Create A Random Number Inbetween Your Min And Max.
          double xrounded = Math.round(x * 100.0) / 100.0;   // Creates Answer To The Nearest 100 th, You Can Modify This To Change How It Rounds.
          System.out.println(xrounded);    // This Will Now Print Out The Rounded, Random Number.
     }
}

How to customize the background color of a UITableViewCell?

Simply put this in you UITableView delegate class file (.m):

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell  forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath 
{
    UIColor *color = ((indexPath.row % 2) == 0) ? [UIColor colorWithRed:255.0/255 green:255.0/255 blue:145.0/255 alpha:1] : [UIColor clearColor];
    cell.backgroundColor = color;
}

Java: Check if command line arguments are null

To expand upon this point:

It is possible that the args variable itself will be null, but not via normal execution. Normal execution will use java.exe as the entry point from the command line. However, I have seen some programs that use compiled C++ code with JNI to use the jvm.dll, bypassing the java.exe entirely. In this case, it is possible to pass NULL to the main method, in which case args will be null.

I recommend always checking if ((args == null) || (args.length == 0)), or if ((args != null) && (args.length > 0)) depending on your need.

How to modify WooCommerce cart, checkout pages (main theme portion)

Another way to totally override the cart.php is to copy:

woocommerce/templates/cart/cart.php to   
yourtheme/woocommerce/cart/cart.php

Then do whatever you need at the yourtheme/woocommerce/cart/cart.php

Xcode 4: How do you view the console?

If you just want to have the log output display when you run your app then you can go into XCode4 preferences -> Alerts and click on 'Run starts' on the left hand column.

Then select 'Show Debugger' and when you run the app the NSLog output will be displayed below the editor pane.

This way you don't have to select on the 'up arrow' button at the bottom bar.

Can't access 127.0.0.1

Just one command did the work

netsh http add iplisten 127.0.0.1

Finding a branch point with Git?

Here's an improved version of my previous answer previous answer. It relies on the commit messages from merges to find where the branch was first created.

It works on all the repositories mentioned here, and I've even addressed some tricky ones that spawned on the mailing list. I also wrote tests for this.

find_merge ()
{
    local selection extra
    test "$2" && extra=" into $2"
    git rev-list --min-parents=2 --grep="Merge branch '$1'$extra" --topo-order ${3:---all} | tail -1
}

branch_point ()
{
    local first_merge second_merge merge
    first_merge=$(find_merge $1 "" "$1 $2")
    second_merge=$(find_merge $2 $1 $first_merge)
    merge=${second_merge:-$first_merge}

    if [ "$merge" ]; then
        git merge-base $merge^1 $merge^2
    else
        git merge-base $1 $2
    fi
}

Unable to call the built in mb_internal_encoding method?

If someone is having trouble with installing php-mbstring package in ubuntu do following sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

Read a variable in bash with a default value

#Script for calculating various values in MB
echo "Please enter some input: "
read input_variable
echo $input_variable | awk '{ foo = $1 / 1024 / 1024 ; print foo "MB" }'

right align an image using CSS HTML

There are a few different ways to do this but following is a quick sample of one way.

<img src="yourimage.jpg" style="float:right" /><div style="clear:both">Your text here.</div>

I used inline styles for this sample but you can easily place these in a stylesheet and reference the class or id.

How to redirect to the same page in PHP

There are a number of different $_SERVER (docs) properties that return information about the current page, but my preferred method is to use $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']:

header("Location: " . "http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $location);

where $location is the path after the domain, starting with /.

Excel VBA - select a dynamic cell range

I like to used this method the most, it will auto select the first column to the last column being used. However, if the last cell in the first row or the last cell in the first column are empty, this code will not calculate properly. Check the link for other methods to dynamically select cell range.

Sub DynamicRange()
'Best used when first column has value on last row and first row has a value in the last column

Dim sht As Worksheet
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim LastColumn As Long
Dim StartCell As Range

Set sht = Worksheets("Sheet1")
Set StartCell = Range("A1")

'Find Last Row and Column
  LastRow = sht.Cells(sht.Rows.Count, StartCell.Column).End(xlUp).Row
  LastColumn = sht.Cells(StartCell.Row, sht.Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column

'Select Range
  sht.Range(StartCell, sht.Cells(LastRow, LastColumn)).Select

End Sub

Angular window resize event

Assuming that < 600px means mobile to you, you can use this observable and subscribe to it:

First we need the current window size. So we create an observable which only emits a single value: the current window size.

initial$ = Observable.of(window.innerWidth > 599 ? false : true);

Then we need to create another observable, so that we know when the window size was changed. For this we can use the "fromEvent" operator. To learn more about rxjs`s operators please visit: rxjs

resize$ = Observable.fromEvent(window, 'resize').map((event: any) => {
  return event.target.innerWidth > 599 ? false : true;
 });

Merg these two streams to receive our observable:

mobile$ = Observable.merge(this.resize$, this.initial$).distinctUntilChanged();

Now you can subscribe to it like this:

mobile$.subscribe((event) => { console.log(event); });

Remember to unsubscribe :)

Auto Scale TextView Text to Fit within Bounds

As a mobile developer, I was sad to find nothing native that supports auto resizing. My searches did not turn up anything that worked for me and in the end, I spent the better half of my weekend and created my own auto resize text view. I will post the code here and hopefully it will be useful for someone else.

This class uses a static layout with the text paint of the original text view to measure the height. From there, I step down by 2 font pixels and remeasure until I have a size that fits. At the end, if the text still does not fit, I append an ellipsis. I had requirements to animate the text and reuse views and this seems to work well on the devices I have and seems to run fast enough for me.

/**
 *               DO WHAT YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
 *                    Version 2, December 2004
 * 
 * Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <[email protected]>
 * 
 * Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
 * copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
 * as the name is changed.
 * 
 *            DO WHAT YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
 *   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
 * 
 *  0. You just DO WHAT YOU WANT TO.
 */

import android.content.Context;
import android.text.Layout.Alignment;
import android.text.StaticLayout;
import android.text.TextPaint;
import android.util.AttributeSet;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.widget.TextView;

/**
 * Text view that auto adjusts text size to fit within the view.
 * If the text size equals the minimum text size and still does not
 * fit, append with an ellipsis.
 * 
 * @author Chase Colburn
 * @since Apr 4, 2011
 */
public class AutoResizeTextView extends TextView {

    // Minimum text size for this text view
    public static final float MIN_TEXT_SIZE = 20;

    // Interface for resize notifications
    public interface OnTextResizeListener {
        public void onTextResize(TextView textView, float oldSize, float newSize);
    }

    // Our ellipse string
    private static final String mEllipsis = "...";

    // Registered resize listener
    private OnTextResizeListener mTextResizeListener;

    // Flag for text and/or size changes to force a resize
    private boolean mNeedsResize = false;

    // Text size that is set from code. This acts as a starting point for resizing
    private float mTextSize;

    // Temporary upper bounds on the starting text size
    private float mMaxTextSize = 0;

    // Lower bounds for text size
    private float mMinTextSize = MIN_TEXT_SIZE;

    // Text view line spacing multiplier
    private float mSpacingMult = 1.0f;

    // Text view additional line spacing
    private float mSpacingAdd = 0.0f;

    // Add ellipsis to text that overflows at the smallest text size
    private boolean mAddEllipsis = true;

    // Default constructor override
    public AutoResizeTextView(Context context) {
        this(context, null);
    }

    // Default constructor when inflating from XML file
    public AutoResizeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
        this(context, attrs, 0);
    }

    // Default constructor override
    public AutoResizeTextView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs, int defStyle) {
        super(context, attrs, defStyle);
        mTextSize = getTextSize();
    }

    /**
     * When text changes, set the force resize flag to true and reset the text size.
     */
    @Override
    protected void onTextChanged(final CharSequence text, final int start, final int before, final int after) {
        mNeedsResize = true;
        // Since this view may be reused, it is good to reset the text size
        resetTextSize();
    }

    /**
     * If the text view size changed, set the force resize flag to true
     */
    @Override
    protected void onSizeChanged(int w, int h, int oldw, int oldh) {
        if (w != oldw || h != oldh) {
            mNeedsResize = true;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Register listener to receive resize notifications
     * @param listener
     */
    public void setOnResizeListener(OnTextResizeListener listener) {
        mTextResizeListener = listener;
    }

    /**
     * Override the set text size to update our internal reference values
     */
    @Override
    public void setTextSize(float size) {
        super.setTextSize(size);
        mTextSize = getTextSize();
    }

    /**
     * Override the set text size to update our internal reference values
     */
    @Override
    public void setTextSize(int unit, float size) {
        super.setTextSize(unit, size);
        mTextSize = getTextSize();
    }

    /**
     * Override the set line spacing to update our internal reference values
     */
    @Override
    public void setLineSpacing(float add, float mult) {
        super.setLineSpacing(add, mult);
        mSpacingMult = mult;
        mSpacingAdd = add;
    }

    /**
     * Set the upper text size limit and invalidate the view
     * @param maxTextSize
     */
    public void setMaxTextSize(float maxTextSize) {
        mMaxTextSize = maxTextSize;
        requestLayout();
        invalidate();
    }

    /**
     * Return upper text size limit
     * @return
     */
    public float getMaxTextSize() {
        return mMaxTextSize;
    }

    /**
     * Set the lower text size limit and invalidate the view
     * @param minTextSize
     */
    public void setMinTextSize(float minTextSize) {
        mMinTextSize = minTextSize;
        requestLayout();
        invalidate();
    }

    /**
     * Return lower text size limit
     * @return
     */
    public float getMinTextSize() {
        return mMinTextSize;
    }

    /**
     * Set flag to add ellipsis to text that overflows at the smallest text size
     * @param addEllipsis
     */
    public void setAddEllipsis(boolean addEllipsis) {
        mAddEllipsis = addEllipsis;
    }

    /**
     * Return flag to add ellipsis to text that overflows at the smallest text size
     * @return
     */
    public boolean getAddEllipsis() {
        return mAddEllipsis;
    }

    /**
     * Reset the text to the original size
     */
    public void resetTextSize() {
        if (mTextSize > 0) {
            super.setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, mTextSize);
            mMaxTextSize = mTextSize;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Resize text after measuring
     */
    @Override
    protected void onLayout(boolean changed, int left, int top, int right, int bottom) {
        if (changed || mNeedsResize) {
            int widthLimit = (right - left) - getCompoundPaddingLeft() - getCompoundPaddingRight();
            int heightLimit = (bottom - top) - getCompoundPaddingBottom() - getCompoundPaddingTop();
            resizeText(widthLimit, heightLimit);
        }
        super.onLayout(changed, left, top, right, bottom);
    }

    /**
     * Resize the text size with default width and height
     */
    public void resizeText() {

        int heightLimit = getHeight() - getPaddingBottom() - getPaddingTop();
        int widthLimit = getWidth() - getPaddingLeft() - getPaddingRight();
        resizeText(widthLimit, heightLimit);
    }

    /**
     * Resize the text size with specified width and height
     * @param width
     * @param height
     */
    public void resizeText(int width, int height) {
        CharSequence text = getText();
        // Do not resize if the view does not have dimensions or there is no text
        if (text == null || text.length() == 0 || height <= 0 || width <= 0 || mTextSize == 0) {
            return;
        }

        if (getTransformationMethod() != null) {
            text = getTransformationMethod().getTransformation(text, this);
        }

        // Get the text view's paint object
        TextPaint textPaint = getPaint();

        // Store the current text size
        float oldTextSize = textPaint.getTextSize();
        // If there is a max text size set, use the lesser of that and the default text size
        float targetTextSize = mMaxTextSize > 0 ? Math.min(mTextSize, mMaxTextSize) : mTextSize;

        // Get the required text height
        int textHeight = getTextHeight(text, textPaint, width, targetTextSize);

        // Until we either fit within our text view or we had reached our min text size, incrementally try smaller sizes
        while (textHeight > height && targetTextSize > mMinTextSize) {
            targetTextSize = Math.max(targetTextSize - 2, mMinTextSize);
            textHeight = getTextHeight(text, textPaint, width, targetTextSize);
        }

        // If we had reached our minimum text size and still don't fit, append an ellipsis
        if (mAddEllipsis && targetTextSize == mMinTextSize && textHeight > height) {
            // Draw using a static layout
            // modified: use a copy of TextPaint for measuring
            TextPaint paint = new TextPaint(textPaint);
            // Draw using a static layout
            StaticLayout layout = new StaticLayout(text, paint, width, Alignment.ALIGN_NORMAL, mSpacingMult, mSpacingAdd, false);
            // Check that we have a least one line of rendered text
            if (layout.getLineCount() > 0) {
                // Since the line at the specific vertical position would be cut off,
                // we must trim up to the previous line
                int lastLine = layout.getLineForVertical(height) - 1;
                // If the text would not even fit on a single line, clear it
                if (lastLine < 0) {
                    setText("");
                }
                // Otherwise, trim to the previous line and add an ellipsis
                else {
                    int start = layout.getLineStart(lastLine);
                    int end = layout.getLineEnd(lastLine);
                    float lineWidth = layout.getLineWidth(lastLine);
                    float ellipseWidth = textPaint.measureText(mEllipsis);

                    // Trim characters off until we have enough room to draw the ellipsis
                    while (width < lineWidth + ellipseWidth) {
                        lineWidth = textPaint.measureText(text.subSequence(start, --end + 1).toString());
                    }
                    setText(text.subSequence(0, end) + mEllipsis);
                }
            }
        }

        // Some devices try to auto adjust line spacing, so force default line spacing
        // and invalidate the layout as a side effect
        setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX, targetTextSize);
        setLineSpacing(mSpacingAdd, mSpacingMult);

        // Notify the listener if registered
        if (mTextResizeListener != null) {
            mTextResizeListener.onTextResize(this, oldTextSize, targetTextSize);
        }

        // Reset force resize flag
        mNeedsResize = false;
    }

    // Set the text size of the text paint object and use a static layout to render text off screen before measuring
    private int getTextHeight(CharSequence source, TextPaint paint, int width, float textSize) {
        // modified: make a copy of the original TextPaint object for measuring
        // (apparently the object gets modified while measuring, see also the
        // docs for TextView.getPaint() (which states to access it read-only)
        TextPaint paintCopy = new TextPaint(paint);
        // Update the text paint object
        paintCopy.setTextSize(textSize);
        // Measure using a static layout
        StaticLayout layout = new StaticLayout(source, paintCopy, width, Alignment.ALIGN_NORMAL, mSpacingMult, mSpacingAdd, true);
        return layout.getHeight();
    }

}

Warning. There is an important fixed bug affecting Android 3.1 - 4.04 causing all AutoResizingTextView widgets not to work. Please read: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21851157/2075875

How to automatically convert strongly typed enum into int?

As others have said, you can't have an implicit conversion, and that's by-design.

If you want you can avoid the need to specify the underlying type in the cast.

template <typename E>
constexpr typename std::underlying_type<E>::type to_underlying(E e) noexcept {
    return static_cast<typename std::underlying_type<E>::type>(e);
}

std::cout << foo(to_underlying(b::B2)) << std::endl;

Explicitly select items from a list or tuple

It isn't built-in, but you can make a subclass of list that takes tuples as "indexes" if you'd like:

class MyList(list):

    def __getitem__(self, index):
        if isinstance(index, tuple):
            return [self[i] for i in index]
        return super(MyList, self).__getitem__(index)


seq = MyList("foo bar baaz quux mumble".split())
print seq[0]
print seq[2,4]
print seq[1::2]

printing

foo
['baaz', 'mumble']
['bar', 'quux']

jQuery - Detect value change on hidden input field

So this is way late, but I've discovered an answer, in case it becomes useful to anyone who comes across this thread.

Changes in value to hidden elements don't automatically fire the .change() event. So, wherever it is that you're setting that value, you also have to tell jQuery to trigger it.

function setUserID(myValue) {
     $('#userid').val(myValue)
                 .trigger('change');
}

Once that's the case,

$('#userid').change(function(){
      //fire your ajax call  
})

should work as expected.

C++ error : terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'

The problem in your code is that you can't store the memory address of a local variable (local to a function, for example) in a globlar variable:

RectInvoice rect(vect,im,x, y, w ,h);
this->rectInvoiceVector.push_back(&rect);

There, &rect is a temporary address (stored in the function's activation registry) and will be destroyed when that function end.

The code should create a dynamic variable:

RectInvoice *rect =  new RectInvoice(vect,im,x, y, w ,h);
this->rectInvoiceVector.push_back(rect);

There you are using a heap address that will not be destroyed in the end of the function's execution. Tell me if it worked for you.

Cheers

How to call shell commands from Ruby

Here's the best article in my opinion about running shell scripts in Ruby: "6 Ways to Run Shell Commands in Ruby".

If you only need to get the output use backticks.

I needed more advanced stuff like STDOUT and STDERR so I used the Open4 gem. You have all the methods explained there.

post ajax data to PHP and return data

 $.ajax({
            type: "POST",
            data: {data:the_id},
            url: "http://localhost/test/index.php/data/count_votes",
            success: function(data){
               //data will contain the vote count echoed by the controller i.e.  
                 "yourVoteCount"
              //then append the result where ever you want like
              $("span#votes_number").html(data); //data will be containing the vote count which you have echoed from the controller

                }
            });

in the controller

$data = $_POST['data'];  //$data will contain the_id
//do some processing
echo "yourVoteCount";

Clarification

i think you are confusing

{data:the_id}

with

success:function(data){

both the data are different for your own clarity sake you can modify it as

success:function(vote_count){
$(span#someId).html(vote_count);

React js change child component's state from parent component

You can use the createRef to change the state of the child component from the parent component. Here are all the steps.

  1. Create a method to change the state in the child component.

    2 - Create a reference for the child component in parent component using React.createRef().

    3 - Attach reference with the child component using ref={}.

    4 - Call the child component method using this.yor-reference.current.method.

Parent component


class ParentComponent extends Component {
constructor()
{
this.changeChild=React.createRef()
}
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <button onClick={this.changeChild.current.toggleMenu()}>
          Toggle Menu from Parent
        </button>
        <ChildComponent ref={this.changeChild} />
      </div>
    );
  }
}

Child Component


class ChildComponent extends Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      open: false;
    }
  }

  toggleMenu=() => {
    this.setState({
      open: !this.state.open
    });
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <Drawer open={this.state.open}/>
    );
  }
}



How to remove spaces from a string using JavaScript?

_x000D_
_x000D_
var str = '/var/www/site/Brand new document.docx';

document.write( str.replace(/\s\/g, '') );


----------
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

How to perform keystroke inside powershell?

Also the $wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell; helped a script that was running in the background, it worked fine with just but adding $wshell. fixed it from running as background! [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::AppActivate("App Name")

ORA-00054: resource busy and acquire with NOWAIT specified or timeout expired

I also face the similar Issue. Nothing programmer has to do to resolve this error. I informed to my oracle DBA team. They kill the session and worked like a charm.

How do you run a crontab in Cygwin on Windows?

Just wanted to add that the options to cron seem to have changed. Need to pass -n rather than -D.

cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -n

How to upgrade Python version to 3.7?

Try this if you are on ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential libpq-dev libssl-dev openssl libffi-dev zlib1g-dev
sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3.7-dev
sudo apt-get install python3.7

In case you don't have the repository and so it fires a not-found package you first have to install this:

sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
sudo apt-get update

more info here: http://devopspy.com/python/install-python-3-6-ubuntu-lts/

Android List View Drag and Drop sort

The DragListView lib does this really neat with very nice support for custom animations such as elevation animations. It is also still maintained and updated on a regular basis.

Here is how you use it:

1: Add the lib to gradle first

dependencies {
    compile 'com.github.woxthebox:draglistview:1.2.1'
}

2: Add list from xml

<com.woxthebox.draglistview.DragListView
    android:id="@+id/draglistview"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"/>

3: Set the drag listener

mDragListView.setDragListListener(new DragListView.DragListListener() {
    @Override
    public void onItemDragStarted(int position) {
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemDragEnded(int fromPosition, int toPosition) {
    }
});

4: Create an adapter overridden from DragItemAdapter

public class ItemAdapter extends DragItemAdapter<Pair<Long, String>, ItemAdapter.ViewHolder>
    public ItemAdapter(ArrayList<Pair<Long, String>> list, int layoutId, int grabHandleId, boolean dragOnLongPress) {
        super(dragOnLongPress);
        mLayoutId = layoutId;
        mGrabHandleId = grabHandleId;
        setHasStableIds(true);
        setItemList(list);
}

5: Implement a viewholder that extends from DragItemAdapter.ViewHolder

public class ViewHolder extends DragItemAdapter.ViewHolder {
    public TextView mText;

    public ViewHolder(final View itemView) {
        super(itemView, mGrabHandleId);
        mText = (TextView) itemView.findViewById(R.id.text);
    }

    @Override
    public void onItemClicked(View view) {
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onItemLongClicked(View view) {
        return true;
    }
}

For more detailed info go to https://github.com/woxblom/DragListView

How to export the Html Tables data into PDF using Jspdf

Try to put

doc.fromHTML($('#target').get(0), 15, 15, {
    'width': 170,'elementHandlers': specialElementHandlers
});

instead of

doc.fromHTML($('#target').html(), 15, 15, {
    'width': 170,'elementHandlers': specialElementHandlers
});

How to split a string to 2 strings in C

char *line = strdup("user name"); // don't do char *line = "user name"; see Note

char *first_part = strtok(line, " "); //first_part points to "user"
char *sec_part = strtok(NULL, " ");   //sec_part points to "name"

Note: strtok modifies the string, so don't hand it a pointer to string literal.

jquery input select all on focus

The problem with most of these solutions is that they do not work correctly when changing the cursor position within the input field.

The onmouseup event changes the cursor position within the field, which is fired after onfocus (at least within Chrome and FF). If you unconditionally discard the mouseup then the user cannot change the cursor position with the mouse.

function selectOnFocus(input) {
    input.each(function (index, elem) {
        var jelem = $(elem);
        var ignoreNextMouseUp = false;

        jelem.mousedown(function () {
            if (document.activeElement !== elem) {
                ignoreNextMouseUp = true;
            }
        });
        jelem.mouseup(function (ev) {
            if (ignoreNextMouseUp) {
                ev.preventDefault();
                ignoreNextMouseUp = false;
            }
        });
        jelem.focus(function () {
            jelem.select();
        });
    });
}
selectOnFocus($("#myInputElement"));

The code will conditionally prevent the mouseup default behaviour if the field does not currently have focus. It works for these cases:

  • clicking when field is not focused
  • clicking when field has focus
  • tabbing into the field

I have tested this within Chrome 31, FF 26 and IE 11.

Append values to a set in Python

Use update like this:

keep.update(newvalues)

phpmyadmin logs out after 1440 secs

change in php.in file from wampicon/php/php

session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440

to

session.gc_maxlifetime = 43200

Create normal zip file programmatically

This can be done with just one line of code using just Dot Net. Below is sample code copied from MSDN

Step 1: Add a reference to System.IO.Compression.FileSystem

Step 2: Follow the code below

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            string startPath = @"c:\example\start";
            string zipPath = @"c:\example\result.zip";
            string extractPath = @"c:\example\extract";

            ZipFile.CreateFromDirectory(startPath, zipPath);

            ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(zipPath, extractPath);
        }

How do I center text horizontally and vertically in a TextView?

You can do like this to get text centered

<TextView
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:gravity="center" />

What is the maximum length of data I can put in a BLOB column in MySQL?

A BLOB can be 65535 bytes maximum. If you need more consider using a MEDIUMBLOB for 16777215 bytes or a LONGBLOB for 4294967295 bytes.

Hope, it will help you.

Has Windows 7 Fixed the 255 Character File Path Limit?

You can get around that limit by using subst if you need to.

nginx: connect() failed (111: Connection refused) while connecting to upstream

I had the same problem when I wrote two upstreams in NGINX conf

upstream php_upstream {
    server unix:/var/run/php/my.site.sock;
    server 127.0.0.1:9000;
}

...

fastcgi_pass php_upstream;

but in /etc/php/7.3/fpm/pool.d/www.conf I listened the socket only

listen = /var/run/php/my.site.sock

So I need just socket, no any 127.0.0.1:9000, and I just removed IP+port upstream

upstream php_upstream {
    server unix:/var/run/php/my.site.sock;
}

This could be rewritten without an upstream

fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/my.site.sock;

How to run a stored procedure in oracle sql developer?

-- If no parameters need to be passed to a procedure, simply:

BEGIN
   MY_PACKAGE_NAME.MY_PROCEDURE_NAME
END;

How to use && in EL boolean expressions in Facelets?

Facelets is a XML based view technology. The & is a special character in XML representing the start of an entity like &amp; which ends with the ; character. You'd need to either escape it, which is ugly:

rendered="#{beanA.prompt == true &amp;&amp; beanB.currentBase != null}"

or to use the and keyword instead, which is preferred as to readability and maintainability:

rendered="#{beanA.prompt == true and beanB.currentBase != null}"

See also:


Unrelated to the concrete problem, comparing booleans with booleans makes little sense when the expression expects a boolean outcome already. I'd get rid of == true:

rendered="#{beanA.prompt and beanB.currentBase != null}"

Changing the git user inside Visual Studio Code

I resolved this issue by setting an email address in Git:

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

How to make sure docker's time syncs with that of the host?

Windows users:

The solution is very simple. Simply open a powershell prompt and enter:

docker run --privileged --rm alpine date -s "$(Get-Date ([datetime]::UtcNow) -UFormat "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"

To check that it works, run the command:

docker run --rm -it alpine date


My solution is inspired by something I found in docker forum thread. Anyways, it was the only solution that worked for me on docker desktop, except for restarting my machine (which also works). Here's a link to the original thread: https://forums.docker.com/t/syncing-clock-with-host/10432/23

The difference between the thread answer and mine is that mine converts the time to UTC time, which is necessary for e.g. AWS. Otherwise, the original answer from the forum looks like this:

docker run --privileged --rm alpine date -s "$(date -u "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")"

VBA Check if variable is empty

I had a similar issue with an integer that could be legitimately assigned 0 in Access VBA. None of the above solutions worked for me.

At first I just used a boolean var and IF statement:

Dim i as integer, bol as boolean
   If bol = false then
      i = ValueIWantToAssign
      bol = True
   End If

In my case, my integer variable assignment was within a for loop and another IF statement, so I ended up using "Exit For" instead as it was more concise.

Like so:

Dim i as integer
ForLoopStart
   If ConditionIsMet Then
      i = ValueIWantToAssign
   Exit For
   End If
ForLoopEnd

What does "\r" do in the following script?

Actually, this has nothing to do with the usual Windows / Unix \r\n vs \n issue. The TELNET procotol itself defines \r\n as the end-of-line sequence, independently of the operating system. See RFC854.

password-check directive in angularjs

This solution is similar to the one given by Dominic Watson, which uses $validators and is the one I like best. The only changes are that you can watch an expression.

$validators A collection of validators that are applied whenever the model value changes. The key value within the object refers to the name of the validator while the function refers to the validation operation. The validation operation is provided with the model value as an argument and must return a true or false value depending on the response of that validation

from https://code.angularjs.org/1.3.15/docs/api/ng/type/ngModel.NgModelController

I'm using angular 1.3. My directive looks something like this

angular.module('app').directive("passwordConfirm", function() {
    "use strict";
    return {
        require : "ngModel",
        restrict : "A",
        scope : {
            //We will be checking that our input is equals to this expression
            passwordConfirm : '&'
        },
        link : function(scope, element, attrs, ctrl) {
            //The actual validation
            function passwordConfirmValidator(modelValue, viewValue) {
                return modelValue == scope.passwordConfirm();
            }
            //Register the validaton when this input changes
            ctrl.$validators.passwordConfirm = passwordConfirmValidator;
            //Also validate when the expression changes
            scope.$watch(scope.passwordConfirm, ctrl.$validate);
        }
    };
});

To use it

<input type="password" ng-model="user.password"/>
<input type="password" ng-model="user.confirmPassword" 
                password-confirm="user.password" />

Dialog to pick image from gallery or from camera

You can implement this code to select image from gallery or camera :-

private ImageView imageview;
private Button btnSelectImage;
private Bitmap bitmap;
private File destination = null;
private InputStream inputStreamImg;
private String imgPath = null;
private final int PICK_IMAGE_CAMERA = 1, PICK_IMAGE_GALLERY = 2;

Now on button click event, you can able to call your method of select Image. This is inside activity's onCreate.

imageview = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.imageview);
btnSelectImage = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnSelectImage);

//OnbtnSelectImage click event...
btnSelectImage.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            selectImage();
        }
    });

Outside of your activity's oncreate.

// Select image from camera and gallery
private void selectImage() {
    try {
        PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
        int hasPerm = pm.checkPermission(Manifest.permission.CAMERA, getPackageName());
        if (hasPerm == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
            final CharSequence[] options = {"Take Photo", "Choose From Gallery","Cancel"};
            android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog.Builder builder = new android.support.v7.app.AlertDialog.Builder(activity);
            builder.setTitle("Select Option");
            builder.setItems(options, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                @Override
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item) {
                    if (options[item].equals("Take Photo")) {
                        dialog.dismiss();
                        Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE);
                        startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_IMAGE_CAMERA);
                    } else if (options[item].equals("Choose From Gallery")) {
                        dialog.dismiss();
                        Intent pickPhoto = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
                        startActivityForResult(pickPhoto, PICK_IMAGE_GALLERY);
                    } else if (options[item].equals("Cancel")) {
                        dialog.dismiss();
                    }
                }
            });
            builder.show();
        } else
            Toast.makeText(this, "Camera Permission error", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Toast.makeText(this, "Camera Permission error", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    inputStreamImg = null;
    if (requestCode == PICK_IMAGE_CAMERA) {
        try {
            Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
            bitmap = (Bitmap) data.getExtras().get("data");
            ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 50, bytes);

            Log.e("Activity", "Pick from Camera::>>> ");

            String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss", Locale.getDefault()).format(new Date());
            destination = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/" +
                    getString(R.string.app_name), "IMG_" + timeStamp + ".jpg");
            FileOutputStream fo;
            try {
                destination.createNewFile();
                fo = new FileOutputStream(destination);
                fo.write(bytes.toByteArray());
                fo.close();
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            } catch (IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            imgPath = destination.getAbsolutePath();
            imageview.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    } else if (requestCode == PICK_IMAGE_GALLERY) {
        Uri selectedImage = data.getData();
        try {
            bitmap = MediaStore.Images.Media.getBitmap(this.getContentResolver(), selectedImage);
            ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
            bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 50, bytes);
            Log.e("Activity", "Pick from Gallery::>>> ");

            imgPath = getRealPathFromURI(selectedImage);
            destination = new File(imgPath.toString());
            imageview.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

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

public String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
    String[] proj = {MediaStore.Audio.Media.DATA};
    Cursor cursor = managedQuery(contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
    int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Audio.Media.DATA);
    cursor.moveToFirst();
    return cursor.getString(column_index);
}

Atlast, finally add the camera and write external storage permission to AndroidManifest.xml

It works for me greatly, hope it will also works for you.

How can you strip non-ASCII characters from a string? (in C#)

If you want not to strip, but to actually convert latin accented to non-accented characters, take a look at this question: How do I translate 8bit characters into 7bit characters? (i.e. Ü to U)

"Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function" - Beginner Backbone.js Application

Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function example_app.js:7

This error message tells the whole story. On this line, you are trying to execute a function. However, whatever is being executed is not a function! Instead, it's undefined.

So what's on example_app.js line 7? Looks like this:

var tasks = new ExampleApp.Collections.Tasks(data.tasks);

There is only one function being run on that line. We found the problem! ExampleApp.Collections.Tasks is undefined.

So lets look at where that is declared:

var Tasks = Backbone.Collection.extend({
    model: Task,
    url: '/tasks'
});

If that's all the code for this collection, then the root cause is right here. You assign the constructor to global variable, called Tasks. But you never add it to the ExampleApp.Collections object, a place you later expect it to be.

Change that to this, and I bet you'd be good.

ExampleApp.Collections.Tasks = Backbone.Collection.extend({
    model: Task,
    url: '/tasks'
});

See how important the proper names and line numbers are in figuring this out? Never ever regard errors as binary (it works or it doesn't). Instead read the error, in most cases the error message itself gives you the critical clues you need to trace through to find the real issue.


In Javascript, when you execute a function, it's evaluated like:

expression.that('returns').aFunctionObject(); // js
execute -> expression.that('returns').aFunctionObject // what the JS engine does

That expression can be complex. So when you see undefined is not a function it means that expression did not return a function object. So you have to figure out why what you are trying to execute isn't a function.

And in this case, it was because you didn't put something where you thought you did.

Display calendar to pick a date in java

I wrote a DateTextField component.

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSpinner;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.SpinnerNumberModel;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;

public class DateTextField extends JTextField {

    private static String DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = "MM/dd/yyyy";
    private static final int DIALOG_WIDTH = 200;
    private static final int DIALOG_HEIGHT = 200;

    private SimpleDateFormat dateFormat;
    private DatePanel datePanel = null;
    private JDialog dateDialog = null;

    public DateTextField() {
        this(new Date());
    }

    public DateTextField(String dateFormatPattern, Date date) {
        this(date);
        DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT = dateFormatPattern;
    }

    public DateTextField(Date date) {
        setDate(date);
        setEditable(false);
        setCursor(new Cursor(Cursor.HAND_CURSOR));
        addListeners();
    }

    private void addListeners() {
        addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent paramMouseEvent) {
                if (datePanel == null) {
                    datePanel = new DatePanel();
                }
                Point point = getLocationOnScreen();
                point.y = point.y + 30;
                showDateDialog(datePanel, point);
            }
        });
    }

    private void showDateDialog(DatePanel dateChooser, Point position) {
        Frame owner = (Frame) SwingUtilities
                .getWindowAncestor(DateTextField.this);
        if (dateDialog == null || dateDialog.getOwner() != owner) {
            dateDialog = createDateDialog(owner, dateChooser);
        }
        dateDialog.setLocation(getAppropriateLocation(owner, position));
        dateDialog.setVisible(true);
    }

    private JDialog createDateDialog(Frame owner, JPanel contentPanel) {
        JDialog dialog = new JDialog(owner, "Date Selected", true);
        dialog.setUndecorated(true);
        dialog.getContentPane().add(contentPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
        dialog.pack();
        dialog.setSize(DIALOG_WIDTH, DIALOG_HEIGHT);
        return dialog;
    }

    private Point getAppropriateLocation(Frame owner, Point position) {
        Point result = new Point(position);
        Point p = owner.getLocation();
        int offsetX = (position.x + DIALOG_WIDTH) - (p.x + owner.getWidth());
        int offsetY = (position.y + DIALOG_HEIGHT) - (p.y + owner.getHeight());

        if (offsetX > 0) {
            result.x -= offsetX;
        }

        if (offsetY > 0) {
            result.y -= offsetY;
        }

        return result;
    }

    private SimpleDateFormat getDefaultDateFormat() {
        if (dateFormat == null) {
            dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT);
        }
        return dateFormat;
    }

    public void setText(Date date) {
        setDate(date);
    }

    public void setDate(Date date) {
        super.setText(getDefaultDateFormat().format(date));
    }

    public Date getDate() {
        try {
            return getDefaultDateFormat().parse(getText());
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return new Date();
        }
    }

    private class DatePanel extends JPanel implements ChangeListener {
        int startYear = 1980;
        int lastYear = 2050;

        Color backGroundColor = Color.gray;
        Color palletTableColor = Color.white;
        Color todayBackColor = Color.orange;
        Color weekFontColor = Color.blue;
        Color dateFontColor = Color.black;
        Color weekendFontColor = Color.red;

        Color controlLineColor = Color.pink;
        Color controlTextColor = Color.white;

        JSpinner yearSpin;
        JSpinner monthSpin;
        JButton[][] daysButton = new JButton[6][7];

        DatePanel() {
            setLayout(new BorderLayout());
            setBorder(new LineBorder(backGroundColor, 2));
            setBackground(backGroundColor);

            JPanel topYearAndMonth = createYearAndMonthPanal();
            add(topYearAndMonth, BorderLayout.NORTH);
            JPanel centerWeekAndDay = createWeekAndDayPanal();
            add(centerWeekAndDay, BorderLayout.CENTER);

            reflushWeekAndDay();
        }

        private JPanel createYearAndMonthPanal() {
            Calendar cal = getCalendar();
            int currentYear = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR);
            int currentMonth = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;

            JPanel panel = new JPanel();
            panel.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
            panel.setBackground(controlLineColor);

            yearSpin = new JSpinner(new SpinnerNumberModel(currentYear,
                    startYear, lastYear, 1));
            yearSpin.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(56, 20));
            yearSpin.setName("Year");
            yearSpin.setEditor(new JSpinner.NumberEditor(yearSpin, "####"));
            yearSpin.addChangeListener(this);
            panel.add(yearSpin);

            JLabel yearLabel = new JLabel("Year");
            yearLabel.setForeground(controlTextColor);
            panel.add(yearLabel);

            monthSpin = new JSpinner(new SpinnerNumberModel(currentMonth, 1,
                    12, 1));
            monthSpin.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(35, 20));
            monthSpin.setName("Month");
            monthSpin.addChangeListener(this);
            panel.add(monthSpin);

            JLabel monthLabel = new JLabel("Month");
            monthLabel.setForeground(controlTextColor);
            panel.add(monthLabel);

            return panel;
        }

        private JPanel createWeekAndDayPanal() {
            String colname[] = { "S", "M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S" };
            JPanel panel = new JPanel();
            panel.setFont(new Font("Arial", Font.PLAIN, 10));
            panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(7, 7));
            panel.setBackground(Color.white);

            for (int i = 0; i < 7; i++) {
                JLabel cell = new JLabel(colname[i]);
                cell.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT);
                if (i == 0 || i == 6) {
                    cell.setForeground(weekendFontColor);
                } else {
                    cell.setForeground(weekFontColor);
                }
                panel.add(cell);
            }

            int actionCommandId = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++)
                for (int j = 0; j < 7; j++) {
                    JButton numBtn = new JButton();
                    numBtn.setBorder(null);
                    numBtn.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.RIGHT);
                    numBtn.setActionCommand(String
                            .valueOf(actionCommandId));
                    numBtn.setBackground(palletTableColor);
                    numBtn.setForeground(dateFontColor);
                    numBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
                        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
                            JButton source = (JButton) event.getSource();
                            if (source.getText().length() == 0) {
                                return;
                            }
                            dayColorUpdate(true);
                            source.setForeground(todayBackColor);
                            int newDay = Integer.parseInt(source.getText());
                            Calendar cal = getCalendar();
                            cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, newDay);
                            setDate(cal.getTime());

                            dateDialog.setVisible(false);
                        }
                    });

                    if (j == 0 || j == 6)
                        numBtn.setForeground(weekendFontColor);
                    else
                        numBtn.setForeground(dateFontColor);
                    daysButton[i][j] = numBtn;
                    panel.add(numBtn);
                    actionCommandId++;
                }

            return panel;
        }

        private Calendar getCalendar() {
            Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
            calendar.setTime(getDate());
            return calendar;
        }

        private int getSelectedYear() {
            return ((Integer) yearSpin.getValue()).intValue();
        }

        private int getSelectedMonth() {
            return ((Integer) monthSpin.getValue()).intValue();
        }

        private void dayColorUpdate(boolean isOldDay) {
            Calendar cal = getCalendar();
            int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
            cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
            int actionCommandId = day - 2 + cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
            int i = actionCommandId / 7;
            int j = actionCommandId % 7;
            if (isOldDay) {
                daysButton[i][j].setForeground(dateFontColor);
            } else {
                daysButton[i][j].setForeground(todayBackColor);
            }
        }

        private void reflushWeekAndDay() {
            Calendar cal = getCalendar();
            cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
            int maxDayNo = cal.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
            int dayNo = 2 - cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
            for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
                for (int j = 0; j < 7; j++) {
                    String s = "";
                    if (dayNo >= 1 && dayNo <= maxDayNo) {
                        s = String.valueOf(dayNo);
                    }
                    daysButton[i][j].setText(s);
                    dayNo++;
                }
            }
            dayColorUpdate(false);
        }

        public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
            dayColorUpdate(true);

            JSpinner source = (JSpinner) e.getSource();
            Calendar cal = getCalendar();
            if (source.getName().equals("Year")) {
                cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, getSelectedYear());
            } else {
                cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, getSelectedMonth() - 1);
            }
            setDate(cal.getTime());
            reflushWeekAndDay();
        }
    }
}

Difference between Convert.ToString() and .ToString()

ToString() can not handle null values and convert.ToString() can handle values which are null, so when you want your system to handle null value use convert.ToString().

Problems with jQuery getJSON using local files in Chrome

This is a known issue with Chrome.

Here's the link in the bug tracker:

Issue 40787: Local files doesn't load with Ajax

HttpClient won't import in Android Studio

1- download Apache jar files (as of this answer) 4.5.zip file from:
https://hc.apache.org/downloads.cgi?Preferred=http%3A%2F%2Fapache.arvixe.com%2F

2- open the zip copy the jar files into your libs folder. You can find it if you go to the top of your project where it says "Android" you'll find a list when u click it. So,

Android -> Project -> app -> libs

,Then put jars there.

3- In build.gradle (Module: app) add

compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])

in

 dependency { 
   }

4- In the java class add these imports:

import org.apache.http.HttpResponse;

import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;

import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;

import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;

import org.apache.http.params.CoreProtocolPNames;

In SQL Server, how to create while loop in select

INSERT INTO Table2 SELECT DISTINCT ID,Data = STUFF((SELECT ', ' + AA.Data FROM Table1 AS AA WHERE AA.ID = BB.ID FOR XML PATH(''), TYPE).value('.','nvarchar(max)'), 1, 2, '') FROM Table1 AS BB 
GROUP BY ID,Data
ORDER BY ID;

How to check whether mod_rewrite is enable on server?

This works on CentOS:

$ sudo httpd -M |grep rewrite_module

Should output rewrite_module (shared)

How can the default node version be set using NVM?

This will set the default to be the most current version of node

nvm alias default node

and then you'll need to run

nvm use default

or exit and open a new tab

Compile a DLL in C/C++, then call it from another program

Here is how you do it:

In .h

#ifdef BUILD_DLL
#define EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define EXPORT __declspec(dllimport)
#endif

extern "C" // Only if you are using C++ rather than C
{    
  EXPORT int __stdcall add2(int num);
  EXPORT int __stdcall mult(int num1, int num2);
}

in .cpp

extern "C" // Only if you are using C++ rather than C
{    
EXPORT int __stdcall add2(int num)
{
  return num + 2;
}


EXPORT int __stdcall mult(int num1, int num2)
{
  int product;
  product = num1 * num2;
  return product;
}
}

The macro tells your module (i.e your .cpp files) that they are providing the dll stuff to the outside world. People who incude your .h file want to import the same functions, so they sell EXPORT as telling the linker to import. You need to add BUILD_DLL to the project compile options, and you might want to rename it to something obviously specific to your project (in case a dll uses your dll).

You might also need to create a .def file to rename the functions and de-obfuscate the names (C/C++ mangles those names). This blog entry might be an interesting launching off point about that.

Loading your own custom dlls is just like loading system dlls. Just ensure that the DLL is on your system path. C:\windows\ or the working dir of your application are an easy place to put your dll.

How do I load a file from resource folder?

Non spring project:

String filePath = Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("any.json")).getPath();

Stream<String> lines = Files.lines(Paths.get(filePath));

Or

String filePath = Objects.requireNonNull(getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("any.json")).getPath();

InputStream in = new FileInputStream(filePath);

For spring projects, you can also use one line code to get any file under resources folder:

File file = ResourceUtils.getFile(ResourceUtils.CLASSPATH_URL_PREFIX + "any.json");

String content = new String(Files.readAllBytes(file.toPath()));

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'top' of undefined

I ran through similar problem and found that I was trying to get the offset of footer but I was loading my script inside a div before the footer. It was something like this:

<div> I have some contents </div>
<script>
  $('footer').offset().top;
</script>
<footer>This is footer</footer>

So, the problem was, I was calling the footer element before the footer was loaded.

I pushed down my script below footer and it worked fine!

Android Emulator sdcard push error: Read-only file system

I increased the virtual memory of sdcard up to 512 MB for the emulator and that was enough

Error: 10 $digest() iterations reached. Aborting! with dynamic sortby predicate

I got this error in the context of angular tree control. In my case it was the tree options. I was returning treeOptions() from a function. It was always returning the same object. But Angular magically thinks that its a new object and then cause a digest cycle to kick off. Causing a recursion of digests. The solution was to bind the treeOptions to scope. And assign it just once.

How do I access Configuration in any class in ASP.NET Core?

I know this is old but given the IOptions patterns is relatively simple to implement:

  1. Class with public get/set properties that match the settings in the configuration

    public class ApplicationSettings
    {
        public string UrlBasePath { get; set; }
    }
    
  2. register your settings

    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
     ...
     services.Configure<ApplicationSettings>(Configuration.GetSection("ApplicationSettings"));
    ...
    }
    
  3. inject via IOptions

    public class HomeController
    {
       public HomeController(IOptions<ApplicationSettings> appSettings)
       { ...
        appSettings.Value.UrlBasePath
        ...
        // or better practice create a readonly private reference
        }
     }
    

I'm not sure why you wouldn't just do this.

How do I set session timeout of greater than 30 minutes

this will set your session to keep everything till the browser is closed

session.setMaxinactiveinterval(-1);

and this should set it for 1 day

session.setMaxInactiveInterval(60*60*24);

How to manually set an authenticated user in Spring Security / SpringMVC

The new filtering feature in Servlet 2.4 basically alleviates the restriction that filters can only operate in the request flow before and after the actual request processing by the application server. Instead, Servlet 2.4 filters can now interact with the request dispatcher at every dispatch point. This means that when a Web resource forwards a request to another resource (for instance, a servlet forwarding the request to a JSP page in the same application), a filter can be operating before the request is handled by the targeted resource. It also means that should a Web resource include the output or function from other Web resources (for instance, a JSP page including the output from multiple other JSP pages), Servlet 2.4 filters can work before and after each of the included resources. .

To turn on that feature you need:

web.xml

<filter>   
    <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>   
    <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class> 
</filter>  
<filter-mapping>   
    <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>   
    <url-pattern>/<strike>*</strike></url-pattern>
    <dispatcher>REQUEST</dispatcher>
    <dispatcher>FORWARD</dispatcher>
</filter-mapping>

RegistrationController

return "forward:/login?j_username=" + registrationModel.getUserEmail()
        + "&j_password=" + registrationModel.getPassword();

How can I give eclipse more memory than 512M?

You can copy this to your eclipse.ini file to have 1024M:

-clean -showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
-vmargs
-Xms512m
-Xmx1024m
-XX:PermSize=128m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m 

Run text file as commands in Bash

Execute

. example.txt

That does exactly what you ask for, without setting an executable flag on the file or running an extra bash instance.

For a detailed explanation see e.g. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/43882/what-is-the-difference-between-sourcing-or-source-and-executing-a-file-i

C# Listbox Item Double Click Event

WinForms

Add an event handler for the Control.DoubleClick event for your ListBox, and in that event handler open up a MessageBox displaying the selected item.

E.g.:

 private void ListBox1_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
     if (ListBox1.SelectedItem != null)
     {
         MessageBox.Show(ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString());
     }
 }

Where ListBox1 is the name of your ListBox.

Note that you would assign the event handler like this:

ListBox1.DoubleClick += new EventHandler(ListBox1_DoubleClick);

WPF
Pretty much the same as above, but you'd use the MouseDoubleClick event instead:

ListBox1.MouseDoubleClick += new RoutedEventHandler(ListBox1_MouseDoubleClick);

And the event handler:

 private void ListBox1_MouseDoubleClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
 {
     if (ListBox1.SelectedItem != null)
     {
         MessageBox.Show(ListBox1.SelectedItem.ToString());
     }
 }

Edit: Sisya's answer checks to see if the double-click occurred over an item, which would need to be incorporated into this code to fix the issue mentioned in the comments (MessageBox shown if ListBox is double-clicked while an item is selected, but not clicked over an item).

Hope this helps!

SQL query to get the deadlocks in SQL SERVER 2008

In order to capture deadlock graphs without using a trace (you don't need profiler necessarily), you can enable trace flag 1222. This will write deadlock information to the error log. However, the error log is textual, so you won't get nice deadlock graph pictures - you'll have to read the text of the deadlocks to figure it out.

I would set this as a startup trace flag (in which case you'll need to restart the service). However, you can run it only for the current running instance of the service (which won't require a restart, but which won't resume upon the next restart) using the following global trace flag command:

DBCC TRACEON(1222, -1);

A quick search yielded this tutorial:

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2130/finding-sql-server-deadlocks-using-trace-flag-1222/

Also note that if your system experiences a lot of deadlocks, this can really hammer your error log, and can become quite a lot of noise, drowning out other, important errors.

Have you considered third party monitoring tools? SQL Sentry Performance Advisor, for example, has a much nicer deadlock graph, showing you object / index names as well as the order in which the locks were taken. As a bonus, these are captured for you automatically on monitored servers without having to configure trace flags, run your own traces, etc.:

enter image description here

Disclaimer: I work for SQL Sentry.

Align a div to center

This worked for me.

I included an unordered list on my page twice. One div class="menu" id="vertical" the other to be centered was div class="menu" id="horizontal". Since the list was floated left, I needed an inner div to center it. See below.

<div class=menu id="horizontal">
<div class="fix">
  Centered stuff
</div>
</div>

.menu#horizontal { display: block;  float: left; margin: 0px; padding: 0 10px; position: relative; left: 50%; }
#fix { float: right; position: relative; left: -50%; margin: 0px auto; }

What are static factory methods?

I thought i will add some light to this post on what i know. We used this technique extensively in our recent android project. Instead of creating objects using new operator you can also use static method to instantiate a class. Code listing:

//instantiating a class using constructor
Vinoth vin = new Vinoth(); 

//instantiating the class using static method
Class Vinoth{
  private Vinoth(){
  }
  // factory method to instantiate the class
  public static Vinoth getInstance(){
    if(someCondition)
        return new Vinoth();
  }
}

Static methods support conditional object creation: Each time you invoke a constructor an object will get created but you might not want that. suppose you want to check some condition only then you want to create a new object.You would not be creating a new instance of Vinoth each time, unless your condition is satisfied.

Another example taken from Effective Java.

public static Boolean valueOf(boolean b) {
        return (b ? TRUE : FALSE);
}

This method translates a boolean primitive value into a Boolean object reference. The Boolean.valueOf(boolean) method illustrates us, it never creates an object. The ability of static factory methods to return the same object from repeated invocations allows classes to maintain strict control over what instances exist at any time.

Static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they can return an object of any subtype of their return type. One application of this flexibility is that an API can return objects without making their classes public. Hiding implementation classes in this fashion leads to a very compact API.

Calendar.getInstance() is a great example for the above, It creates depending on the locale a BuddhistCalendar, JapaneseImperialCalendar or by default one Georgian.

Another example which i could think is Singleton pattern, where you make your constructors private create an own getInstance method where you make sure, that there is always just one instance available.

public class Singleton{
    //initailzed during class loading
    private static final Singleton INSTANCE = new Singleton();

    //to prevent creating another instance of Singleton
    private Singleton(){}

    public static Singleton getSingleton(){
        return INSTANCE;
    }
}

angularjs: ng-src equivalent for background-image:url(...)

Since you mentioned ng-src and it seems as though you want the page to finish rendering before loading your image, you may modify jaime's answer to run the native directive after the browser finishes rendering.

This blog post explains this pretty well; essentially, you insert the $timeout wrapper for window.setTimeout before the callback function wherein you make those modifications to the CSS.

Sorting Python list based on the length of the string

I can do it using below two methods, using function

def lensort(x):
    list1 = []
    for i in x:
        list1.append([len(i),i])
    return sorted(list1)

lista = ['a', 'bb', 'ccc', 'dddd']
a=lensort(lista)
print([l[1] for l in a])

In one Liner using Lambda, as below, a already answered above.

 lista = ['a', 'bb', 'ccc', 'dddd']
 lista.sort(key = lambda x:len(x))
 print(lista)

Reactjs convert html string to jsx

You can also use Parser() from html-react-parser. I have used the same. Link shared.

Using GSON to parse a JSON array

Gson gson = new Gson();
Wrapper[] arr = gson.fromJson(str, Wrapper[].class);

class Wrapper{
    int number;
    String title;       
}

Seems to work fine. But there is an extra , Comma in your string.

[
    { 
        "number" : "3",
        "title" : "hello_world"
    },
    { 
        "number" : "2",
        "title" : "hello_world"
    }
]

Where is Ubuntu storing installed programs?

They are usually stored in the following folders:

/bin/
/usr/bin/
/sbin/
/usr/sbin/

If you're not sure, use the which command:

~$ which firefox
/usr/bin/firefox

How to remove the URL from the printing page?

@media print {
    #Header, #Footer { display: none !important; }
}

Check this link

Error reading JObject from JsonReader. Current JsonReader item is not an object: StartArray. Path

In this case that you know that you have all items in the first place on array you can parse the string to JArray and then parse the first item using JObject.Parse

var  jsonArrayString = @"
[
  {
    ""country"": ""India"",
    ""city"": ""Mall Road, Gurgaon"",
  },
  {
    ""country"": ""India"",
    ""city"": ""Mall Road, Kanpur"",
  }
]";
JArray jsonArray = JArray.Parse(jsonArrayString);
dynamic data = JObject.Parse(jsonArray[0].ToString());

java.io.FileNotFoundException: (Access is denied)

Also, in some cases is important to check the target folder permissions. To give write permission for the user might be the solution. That worked for me.

Iterating through populated rows

It looks like you just hard-coded the row and column; otherwise, a couple of small tweaks, and I think you're there:

Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim rw As Range
Dim RowCount As Integer

RowCount = 0

Set sh = ActiveSheet
For Each rw In sh.Rows

  If sh.Cells(rw.Row, 1).Value = "" Then
    Exit For
  End If

  RowCount = RowCount + 1

Next rw

MsgBox (RowCount)

How do you increase the max number of concurrent connections in Apache?

change the MaxClients directive. it is now on 256.

Lock, mutex, semaphore... what's the difference?

It is a general vision. Details are depended on real language realisation

lock - thread synchronization tool. When thread get a lock it becomes a single thread which is able to execute a block of code. All others thread are blocked. Only thread which owns by lock can unlock it

mutex - mutual exclusion lock. It is a kind of lock. On some languages it is inter-process mechanism, on some languages it is a synonym of lock. For example Java uses lock in synchronised and java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock

semaphore - allows a number of threads to access a shared resource. You can find that mutex also can be implemented by semaphore. It is a standalone object which manage an access to shared resource. You can find that any thread can signal and unblock. Also it is used for signalling

[iOS lock, mutex, semaphore]

What's the difference between next() and nextLine() methods from Scanner class?

The basic difference is next() is used for gettting the input till the delimiter is encountered(By default it is whitespace,but you can also change it) and return the token which you have entered.The cursor then remains on the Same line.Whereas in nextLine() it scans the input till we hit enter button and return the whole thing and places the cursor in the next line. **

        Scanner sc=new Scanner(System.in);
        String s[]=new String[2];
        for(int i=0;i<2;i++){
            s[i]=sc.next();
        }
        for(int j=0;j<2;j++)
        {
            System.out.println("The string at position "+j+ " is "+s[j]);
        }

**

Try running this code by giving Input as "Hello World".The scanner reads the input till 'o' and then a delimiter occurs.so s[0] will be "Hello" and cursor will be pointing to the next position after delimiter(that is 'W' in our case),and when s[1] is read it scans the "World" and return it to s[1] as the next complete token(by definition of Scanner).If we use nextLine() instead,it will read the "Hello World" fully and also more till we hit the enter button and store it in s[0]. We may give another string also by using nextLine(). I recommend you to try using this example and more and ask for any clarification.

How to convert nanoseconds to seconds using the TimeUnit enum?

TimeUnit is an enum, so you can't create a new one.

The following will convert 1000000000000ns to seconds.

TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toSeconds(1000000000000L);

MySQL SELECT x FROM a WHERE NOT IN ( SELECT x FROM b ) - Unexpected result

Here is some SQL that actually make sense:

SELECT m.id FROM match m LEFT JOIN email e ON e.id = m.id WHERE e.id IS NULL

Simple is always better.

jquery - return value using ajax result on success

With Help from here

function get_result(some_value) {
   var ret_val = {};
   $.ajax({
       url: '/some/url/to/fetch/from',
       type: 'GET',
       data: {'some_key': some_value},
       async: false,
       dataType: 'json'
   }).done(function (response) {
       ret_val = response;
   }).fail(function (jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown) {
           ret_val = null;
       });
   return ret_val;
}

Hope this helps someone somewhere a bit.

LINQ to Entities how to update a record

They both track your changes to the collection, just call the SaveChanges() method that should update the DB.

Foreach loop in java for a custom object list

for(Room room : rooms) {
  //room contains an element of rooms
}

What is __declspec and when do I need to use it?

This is a Microsoft specific extension to the C++ language which allows you to attribute a type or function with storage class information.

Documentation

__declspec (C++)

What is difference between Axios and Fetch?

Axios is a stand-alone 3rd party package that can be easily installed into a React project using NPM.

The other option you mentioned is the fetch function. Unlike Axios, fetch() is built into most modern browsers. With fetch you do not need to install a third party package.

So its up to you, you can go with fetch() and potentially mess up if you don't know what you are doing OR just use Axios which is more straightforward in my opinion.

How to round up a number to nearest 10?

floor() will go down.

ceil() will go up.

round() will go to nearest by default.

Divide by 10, do the ceil, then multiply by 10 to reduce the significant digits.

$number = ceil($input / 10) * 10;

Edit: I've been doing it this way for so long.. but TallGreenTree's answer is cleaner.

How to move Docker containers between different hosts?

Use this script: https://github.com/ricardobranco777/docker-volumes.sh

This does preserve data in volumes.

Example usage:

# Stop the container   
docker stop $CONTAINER

# Create a new image   
docker commit $CONTAINER $CONTAINER

# Save image
docker save -o $CONTAINER.tar $CONTAINER

# Save the volumes (use ".tar.gz" if you want compression)
docker-volumes.sh $CONTAINER save $CONTAINER-volumes.tar

# Copy image and volumes to another host
scp $CONTAINER.tar $CONTAINER-volumes.tar $USER@$HOST:

# On the other host:
docker load -i $CONTAINER.tar
docker create --name $CONTAINER [<PREVIOUS CONTAINER OPTIONS>] $CONTAINER

# Load the volumes
docker-volumes.sh $CONTAINER load $CONTAINER-volumes.tar

# Start container
docker start $CONTAINER

Does Python SciPy need BLAS?

Try using

sudo apt-get install python3-scipy

How to find the path of the local git repository when I am possibly in a subdirectory

git rev-parse --show-toplevel

could be enough if executed within a git repo.
From git rev-parse man page:

--show-toplevel

Show the absolute path of the top-level directory.

For older versions (before 1.7.x), the other options are listed in "Is there a way to get the git root directory in one command?":

git rev-parse --git-dir

That would give the path of the .git directory.


The OP mentions:

git rev-parse --show-prefix

which returns the local path under the git repo root. (empty if you are at the git repo root)


Note: for simply checking if one is in a git repo, I find the following command quite expressive:

git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree

And yes, if you need to check if you are in a .git git-dir folder:

git rev-parse --is-inside-git-dir

How to initialize a vector of vectors on a struct?

Like this:

#include <vector>

// ...

std::vector<std::vector<int>> A(dimension, std::vector<int>(dimension));

(Pre-C++11 you need to leave whitespace between the angled brackets.)

How to modify a CSS display property from JavaScript?

CSS properties should be set by cssText property or setAttribute method.

// Set multiple styles in a single statement
elt.style.cssText = "color: blue; border: 1px solid black"; 
// Or
elt.setAttribute("style", "color:red; border: 1px solid blue;");

Styles should not be set by assigning a string directly to the style property (as in elt.style = "color: blue;"), since it is considered read-only, as the style attribute returns a CSSStyleDeclaration object which is also read-only.

Run script with rc.local: script works, but not at boot

I am using CentOS 7.

$ cd  /etc/profile.d

$ vim yourstuffs.sh

Type the following into the yourstuffs.sh script.

type whatever you want here to execute

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/cuda-7.0/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Save and reboot the OS.

JBoss debugging in Eclipse

Here, if you want to directly debug the server then you can use:

1.)Windows ->

2.)Show View -> Server: Right click on server then run In debug mode.

How to get HttpContext.Current in ASP.NET Core?

As a general rule, converting a Web Forms or MVC5 application to ASP.NET Core will require a significant amount of refactoring.

HttpContext.Current was removed in ASP.NET Core. Accessing the current HTTP context from a separate class library is the type of messy architecture that ASP.NET Core tries to avoid. There are a few ways to re-architect this in ASP.NET Core.

HttpContext property

You can access the current HTTP context via the HttpContext property on any controller. The closest thing to your original code sample would be to pass HttpContext into the method you are calling:

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    public IActionResult Index()
    {
        MyMethod(HttpContext);

        // Other code
    }
}

public void MyMethod(Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.HttpContext context)
{
    var host = $"{context.Request.Scheme}://{context.Request.Host}";

    // Other code
}

HttpContext parameter in middleware

If you're writing custom middleware for the ASP.NET Core pipeline, the current request's HttpContext is passed into your Invoke method automatically:

public Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
{
    // Do something with the current HTTP context...
}

HTTP context accessor

Finally, you can use the IHttpContextAccessor helper service to get the HTTP context in any class that is managed by the ASP.NET Core dependency injection system. This is useful when you have a common service that is used by your controllers.

Request this interface in your constructor:

public MyMiddleware(IHttpContextAccessor httpContextAccessor)
{
    _httpContextAccessor = httpContextAccessor;
}

You can then access the current HTTP context in a safe way:

var context = _httpContextAccessor.HttpContext;
// Do something with the current HTTP context...

IHttpContextAccessor isn't always added to the service container by default, so register it in ConfigureServices just to be safe:

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddHttpContextAccessor();
    // if < .NET Core 2.2 use this
    //services.TryAddSingleton<IHttpContextAccessor, HttpContextAccessor>();

    // Other code...
}

Disable cross domain web security in Firefox

I have not been able to find a Firefox option equivalent of --disable-web-security or an addon that does that for me. I really needed it for some testing scenarios where modifying the web server was not possible. What did help was to use Fiddler to auto-modify web responses so that they have the correct headers and CORS is no longer an issue.

The steps are:

  1. Open fiddler.

  2. If on https go to menu Tools -> Options -> Https and tick the Capture & Decrypt https options

  3. Go to menu Rules -> Customize rules. Modify the OnBeforeResponseFunction so that it looks like the following, then save:

     static function OnBeforeResponse(oSession: Session) {
        //....
        oSession.oResponse.headers.Remove("Access-Control-Allow-Origin");
        oSession.oResponse.headers.Add("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
        //...
     }
    

    This will make every web response to have the Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * header.

  4. This still won't work as the OPTIONS preflight will pass through and cause the request to block before our above rule gets the chance to modify the headers. So to fix this, in the fiddler main window, on the right hand side there's an AutoResponder tab. Add a new rule and response: METHOD:OPTIONS https://yoursite.com/ with auto response: *CORSPreflightAllow and tick the boxes: "Enable Rules" and "Unmatched requests passthrough".

See picture below for reference:

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Check if two unordered lists are equal

If elements are always nearly sorted as in your example then builtin .sort() (timsort) should be fast:

>>> a = [1,1,2]
>>> b = [1,2,2]
>>> a.sort()
>>> b.sort()
>>> a == b
False

If you don't want to sort inplace you could use sorted().

In practice it might always be faster then collections.Counter() (despite asymptotically O(n) time being better then O(n*log(n)) for .sort()). Measure it; If it is important.

CertificateException: No name matching ssl.someUrl.de found

I created a method fixUntrustCertificate(), so when I am dealing with a domain that is not in trusted CAs you can invoke the method before the request. This code will gonna work after java1.4. This method applies for all hosts:

public void fixUntrustCertificate() throws KeyManagementException, NoSuchAlgorithmException{


        TrustManager[] trustAllCerts = new TrustManager[]{
            new X509TrustManager() {
                public java.security.cert.X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
                    return null;
                }

                public void checkClientTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
                }

                public void checkServerTrusted(X509Certificate[] certs, String authType) {
                }

            }
        };

        SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("SSL");
        sc.init(null, trustAllCerts, new java.security.SecureRandom());
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultSSLSocketFactory(sc.getSocketFactory());

        HostnameVerifier allHostsValid = new HostnameVerifier() {
            public boolean verify(String hostname, SSLSession session) {
                return true;
            }
        };

        // set the  allTrusting verifier
        HttpsURLConnection.setDefaultHostnameVerifier(allHostsValid);
}

HttpContext.Current.Session is null when routing requests

Nice job! I've been having the exact same problem. Adding and removing the Session module worked perfectly for me too. It didn't however bring back by HttpContext.Current.User so I tried your little trick with the FormsAuth module and sure enough, that did it.

<remove name="FormsAuthentication" />
<add name="FormsAuthentication" type="System.Web.Security.FormsAuthenticationModule"/>

SQL permissions for roles

USE DataBaseName; GO --------- CREATE ROLE --------- CREATE ROLE Doctors ; GO  ---- Assign Role To users -------  CREATE USER [Username] FOR LOGIN [Domain\Username] EXEC sp_addrolemember N'Doctors', N'Username'  ----- GRANT Permission to Users Assinged with this Role----- GRANT ALL ON Table1, Table2, Table3 TO Doctors; GO 

Automatic prune with Git fetch or pull

git config --global fetch.prune true

To always --prune for git fetch and git pull in all your Git repositories:

git config --global fetch.prune true

This above command appends in your global Git configuration (typically ~/.gitconfig) the following lines. Use git config -e --global to view your global configuration.

[fetch]
    prune = true

git config remote.origin.prune true

To always --prune but from one single repository:

git config remote.origin.prune true
                 #^^^^^^
                 #replace with your repo name

This above command adds in your local Git configuration (typically .git/config) the below last line. Use git config -e to view your local configuration.

[remote "origin"]
    url = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
    prune = true

You can also use --global within the second command or use instead --local within the first command.


git config --global gui.pruneDuringFetch true

If you use git gui you may also be interested by:

git config --global gui.pruneDuringFetch true

that appends:

[gui]
    pruneDuringFetch = true

References

The corresponding documentations from git help config:

--global

  For writing options: write to global ~/.gitconfig file rather than the repository .git/config, write to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/config file if this file exists and the ~/.gitconfig file doesn’t.

 

--local

  For writing options: write to the repository .git/config file. This is the default behavior.

 

fetch.prune

  If true, fetch will automatically behave as if the --prune option was given on the command line. See also remote.<name>.prune.

 

gui.pruneDuringFetch

  "true" if git-gui should prune remote-tracking branches when performing a fetch. The default value is "false".

 

remote.<name>.prune

  When set to true, fetching from this remote by default will also remove any remote-tracking references that no longer exist on the remote (as if the --prune option was given on the command line). Overrides fetch.prune settings, if any.

How to output messages to the Eclipse console when developing for Android

Rather than trying to output to the console, Log will output to LogCat which you can find in Eclipse by going to: Window->Show View->Other…->Android->LogCat

Have a look at the reference for Log.

The benefits of using LogCat are that you can print different colours depending on your log type, e.g.: Log.d prints blue, Log.e prints orange. Also you can filter by log tag, log message, process id and/or by application name. This is really useful when you just want to see your app's logs and keep the other system stuff separate.

Best way to iterate through a Perl array

In single line to print the element or array.

print $_ for (@array);

NOTE: remember that $_ is internally referring to the element of @array in loop. Any changes made in $_ will reflect in @array; ex.

my @array = qw( 1 2 3 );
for (@array) {
        $_ = $_ *2 ;
}
print "@array";

output: 2 4 6

Difference between Spring MVC and Spring Boot

Here is some main point which differentiate Spring, Spring MVC and Spring Boot :

Spring :

  1. Main Difference is "Test-ability".
  2. Spring come with the DI and IOC. Through which all hard-work done by system we don't need to do any kind of work(like, normally we define object of class manually but through Di we just annotate with @Service or @Component - matching class manage those).
  3. Through @Autowired annotation we easily mock() it at unit testing time.
  4. Duplication and Plumbing code. In JDBC we writing same code multiple time to perform any kind of database operation Spring solve that issue through Hibernate and ORM.
  5. Good Integration with other frameworks. Like Hibernate, ORM, Junit & Mockito.

Spring MVC

  1. Spring MVC framework is module of spring which provide facility HTTP oriented web application development.
  2. Spring MVC have clear code separation on input logic(controller), business logic(model), and UI logic(view).
  3. Spring MVC pattern help to develop flexible and loosely coupled web applications.
  4. Provide various hard coded way to customise your application based on your need.

Spring Boot :

  1. Create of Quick Application so that, instead of manage single big web application we divide them individually into different Microservices which have their own scope & capability.
  2. Auto Configuration using Web Jar : In normal Spring there is lot of configuration like DispatcherServlet, Component Scan, View Resolver, Web Jar, XMLs. (For example if I would like to configure datasource, Entity Manager Transaction Manager Factory). Configure automatically when it's not available using class-path.
  3. Comes with Default Spring Starters, which come with some default Spring configuration dependency (like Spring Core, Web-MVC, Jackson, Tomcat, Validation, Data Binding, Logging). Don't worry about versioning issue as well.

(Evolution like : Spring -> Spring MVC -> Spring Boot, So newer version have the compatibility of old version features.) Note : It doesn't contain all point.

Difference between declaring variables before or in loop?

The following is what I wrote and compiled in .NET.

double r0;
for (int i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
    r0 = i*i;
    Console.WriteLine(r0);
}

for (int j = 0; j < 1000; j++) {
    double r1 = j*j;
    Console.WriteLine(r1);
}

This is what I get from .NET Reflector when CIL is rendered back into code.

for (int i = 0; i < 0x3e8; i++)
{
    double r0 = i * i;
    Console.WriteLine(r0);
}
for (int j = 0; j < 0x3e8; j++)
{
    double r1 = j * j;
    Console.WriteLine(r1);
}

So both look exactly same after compilation. In managed languages code is converted into CL/byte code and at time of execution it's converted into machine language. So in machine language a double may not even be created on the stack. It may just be a register as code reflect that it is a temporary variable for WriteLine function. There are a whole set optimization rules just for loops. So the average guy shouldn't be worried about it, especially in managed languages. There are cases when you can optimize manage code, for example, if you have to concatenate a large number of strings using just string a; a+=anotherstring[i] vs using StringBuilder. There is very big difference in performance between both. There are a lot of such cases where the compiler cannot optimize your code, because it cannot figure out what is intended in a bigger scope. But it can pretty much optimize basic things for you.

Table overflowing outside of div

overflow-x: auto;
overflow-y : hidden;

Apply the styling above to the parent div.

WPF Label Foreground Color

The title "WPF Label Foreground Color" is very simple (exactly what I was looking for) but the OP's code is so cluttered it's easy to miss how simple it can be to set text foreground color on two different labels:

<StackPanel>
    <Label Foreground="Red">Red text</Label>
    <Label Foreground="Blue">Blue text</Label>
</StackPanel>

In summary, No, there was nothing wrong with your snippet.

Stop setInterval

Use a variable and call clearInterval to stop it.

var interval;

$(document).on('ready',function()
  interval = setInterval(updateDiv,3000);
  });

  function updateDiv(){
    $.ajax({
      url: 'getContent.php',
      success: function(data){
        $('.square').html(data);
      },
      error: function(){
        $.playSound('oneday.wav');
        $('.square').html('<span style="color:red">Connection problems</span>');
        // I want to stop it here
        clearInterval(interval);
      }
    });
  }

Create GUI using Eclipse (Java)

try http://code.google.com/p/swinghtmltemplate/

this will allow you to create gui with html-like syntax

Deserializing JSON Object Array with Json.net

You can create a new model to Deserialize your Json CustomerJson:

public class CustomerJson
{
    [JsonProperty("customer")]
    public Customer Customer { get; set; }
}

public class Customer
{
    [JsonProperty("first_name")]
    public string Firstname { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("last_name")]
    public string Lastname { get; set; }

    ...
}

And you can deserialize your json easily :

JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<CustomerJson>>(json);

Hope it helps !

Documentation: Serializing and Deserializing JSON

Selecting Multiple Values from a Dropdown List in Google Spreadsheet

To Add to AlexG's answer, a better and enhanced version of multi-select is found in this following link (which I tried and worked as expected):

https://gist.github.com/coinsandsteeldev/4c67dfa5411e8add913273fc5a30f5e7

For general guidance on setting up a script in Google Sheets, see this quickstart guide.

To use this script:

  1. In your Google Sheet, set up data validation for a cell (or cells), using data from a range. In cell validation, do not select 'Reject input'.
  2. Go to Tools > Script editor...
  3. In the script editor, go to File > New > Script file
  4. Name the file multi-select.gs and paste in the contents of multi-select.gs. File > Save.
  5. In the script editor, go to File > New > Html file Name the file dialog.html and paste in the contents of dialog.html. File > Save.
  6. Back in your spreadsheet, you should now have a new menu called 'Scripts'. Refresh the page if necessary.
  7. Select the cell you want to fill with multiple items from your validation range.
  8. Go to Scripts > Multi-select for this cell... and the sidebar should open, showing a checklist of valid items.
  9. Tick the items you want and click the 'Set' button to fill your cell with those selected items, comma separated.

You can leave the script sidebar open. When you select any cell that has validation, click 'Refresh validation' in the script sidebar to bring up that cell's checklist.

The above mentioned steps are taken from this link

Function Pointers in Java

You can substitue a function pointer with an interface. Lets say you want to run through a collection and do something with each element.

public interface IFunction {
  public void execute(Object o);
}

This is the interface we could pass to some say CollectionUtils2.doFunc(Collection c, IFunction f).

public static void doFunc(Collection c, IFunction f) {
   for (Object o : c) {
      f.execute(o);
   }
}

As an example say we have a collection of numbers and you would like to add 1 to every element.

CollectionUtils2.doFunc(List numbers, new IFunction() {
    public void execute(Object o) {
       Integer anInt = (Integer) o;
       anInt++;
    }
});

JMS Topic vs Queues

That means a topic is appropriate. A queue means a message goes to one and only one possible subscriber. A topic goes to each and every subscriber.

How to generate .json file with PHP?

Here is a sample code:

<?php 
$sql="select * from Posts limit 20"; 

$response = array();
$posts = array();
$result=mysql_query($sql);
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) { 
  $title=$row['title']; 
  $url=$row['url']; 

  $posts[] = array('title'=> $title, 'url'=> $url);
} 

$response['posts'] = $posts;

$fp = fopen('results.json', 'w');
fwrite($fp, json_encode($response));
fclose($fp);


?> 

Git, How to reset origin/master to a commit?

The solution found here helped us to update master to a previous commit that had already been pushed:

git checkout master
git reset --hard e3f1e37
git push --force origin e3f1e37:master

The key difference from the accepted answer is the commit hash "e3f1e37:" before master in the push command.

Media Player called in state 0, error (-38,0)

Some times file are encoded in a way that Android can't decode. Even some mp4 files can not be played. Please try a different file format (.3gp are played most of the time) and see..

Getting the WordPress Post ID of current post

You can get id through below Code...Its Simple and Fast

 <?php $post_id = get_the_ID();
   echo $post_id;
   ?>

angular 4: *ngIf with multiple conditions

Besides the redundant ) this expression will always be true because currentStatus will always match one of these two conditions:

currentStatus !== 'open' || currentStatus !== 'reopen'

perhaps you mean one of

!(currentStatus === 'open' || currentStatus === 'reopen')
(currentStatus !== 'open' && currentStatus !== 'reopen')

What's the difference between "2*2" and "2**2" in Python?

To specifically answer your question Why is the code1 used if we can use code2? I might suggest that the programmer was thinking in a mathematically broader sense. Specifically, perhaps the broader equation is a power equation, and the fact that both first numbers are "2" is more coincidence than mathematical reality. I'd want to make sure that the broader context of the code supports it being

var = x * x * y
in all cases, rather than in this specific case alone. This could get you in big trouble if x is anything but 2.

Show a leading zero if a number is less than 10

There's no built-in JavaScript function to do this, but you can write your own fairly easily:

function pad(n) {
    return (n < 10) ? ("0" + n) : n;
}

EDIT:

Meanwhile there is a native JS function that does that. See String#padStart

_x000D_
_x000D_
console.log(String(5).padStart(2, '0'));
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

Why are there two ways to unstage a file in Git?

git rm --cached is used to remove a file from the index. In the case where the file is already in the repo, git rm --cached will remove the file from the index, leaving it in the working directory and a commit will now remove it from the repo as well. Basically, after the commit, you would have unversioned the file and kept a local copy.

git reset HEAD file ( which by default is using the --mixed flag) is different in that in the case where the file is already in the repo, it replaces the index version of the file with the one from repo (HEAD), effectively unstaging the modifications to it.

In the case of unversioned file, it is going to unstage the entire file as the file was not there in the HEAD. In this aspect git reset HEAD file and git rm --cached are same, but they are not same ( as explained in the case of files already in the repo)

To the question of Why are there 2 ways to unstage a file in git? - there is never really only one way to do anything in git. that is the beauty of it :)

Enable IIS7 gzip

If you use YSlow with Firebug and analyse your page performance, YSlow will certainly tell you what artifacts on your page are not gzip'd!

What does $(function() {} ); do?

This is a shortcut for $(document).ready(), which is executed when the browser has finished loading the page (meaning here, "when the DOM is available"). See http://www.learningjquery.com/2006/09/introducing-document-ready. If you are trying to call example() before the browser has finished loading the page, it may not work.

WAMP shows error 'MSVCR100.dll' is missing when install

The MSVCR100.dll file is part of the Microsoft Visual C++, redistributables. You can install them and see if this solves your problem. After you install the above check if your wamp installation is correctly setup. Search for "my wamp icon stays orange" posts.

UPDATE 2019

Wampserver 3 requires Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 You can download it at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30679 There you can select the x86 or x64 version depending on your system

This article on the WampServer forums shows all the Microsoft Visual C++ runtime libraries you need to have installed on your system for each version of WampServer. To quote:

For Windows 32 : Be sure that you have installed the Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package x86 : VC10 SP1 vcredist_x86.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8328

For Windows 64 : Be sure that you have installed the Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package x64 : VC10 SP1 vcredist_x64.exe

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=13523

Apache will not run without this component

In fact if you are running the 64bit Windows it is a good idea to install all the 32bit libraries as well as the 64bit ones. After all 64bit windows runs 64 and 32 bit code. You will probably find you need at least one of the 32bit runtimes for some app/utility you will install at some point.

UPDATE

If you are running WAMPServer 2.5 you also need the VC11 redist. Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012

29.08.2014 with WAMP 2.5 I agree that VC11 is needed and it is not a bad idea to have previous distributions installed. It will be needed by other application. I am not sure if you need bit 32 version

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=30679

UPDATE Aug. 3rd 2016

As I was informed by Fred -ii- (many thanks by the way) the link for the post in the wamp forums doesn't work anymore. Since I could not find the original link you can try http://forum.wampserver.com/read.php?2,138295. It has lots of info and may help you.

How to check if a line is blank using regex

The pattern you want is something like this in multiline mode:

^\s*$

Explanation:

  • ^ is the beginning of string anchor.
  • $ is the end of string anchor.
  • \s is the whitespace character class.
  • * is zero-or-more repetition of.

In multiline mode, ^ and $ also match the beginning and end of the line.

References:


A non-regex alternative:

You can also check if a given string line is "blank" (i.e. containing only whitespaces) by trim()-ing it, then checking if the resulting string isEmpty().

In Java, this would be something like this:

if (line.trim().isEmpty()) {
    // line is "blank"
}

The regex solution can also be simplified without anchors (because of how matches is defined in Java) as follows:

if (line.matches("\\s*")) {
    // line is "blank"
}

API references

Excel Formula which places date/time in cell when data is entered in another cell in the same row

You can use If function Write in the cell where you want to input the date the following formula: =IF(MODIFIED-CELLNUMBER<>"",IF(CELLNUMBER-WHERE-TO-INPUT-DATE="",NOW(),CELLNUMBER-WHERE-TO-INPUT-DATE),"")

Error: Unexpected value 'undefined' imported by the module

My problem was having an export twice in index.ts

Removing one of them solved the problem.

How do I find the current machine's full hostname in C (hostname and domain information)?

To get a fully qualified name for a machine, we must first get the local hostname, and then lookup the canonical name.

The easiest way to do this is by first getting the local hostname using uname() or gethostname() and then performing a lookup with gethostbyname() and looking at the h_name member of the struct it returns. If you are using ANSI c, you must use uname() instead of gethostname().

Example:

char hostname[1024];
hostname[1023] = '\0';
gethostname(hostname, 1023);
printf("Hostname: %s\n", hostname);
struct hostent* h;
h = gethostbyname(hostname);
printf("h_name: %s\n", h->h_name);

Unfortunately, gethostbyname() is deprecated in the current POSIX specification, as it doesn't play well with IPv6. A more modern version of this code would use getaddrinfo().

Example:

struct addrinfo hints, *info, *p;
int gai_result;

char hostname[1024];
hostname[1023] = '\0';
gethostname(hostname, 1023);

memset(&hints, 0, sizeof hints);
hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC; /*either IPV4 or IPV6*/
hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;

if ((gai_result = getaddrinfo(hostname, "http", &hints, &info)) != 0) {
    fprintf(stderr, "getaddrinfo: %s\n", gai_strerror(gai_result));
    exit(1);
}

for(p = info; p != NULL; p = p->ai_next) {
    printf("hostname: %s\n", p->ai_canonname);
}

freeaddrinfo(info);

Of course, this will only work if the machine has a FQDN to give - if not, the result of the getaddrinfo() ends up being the same as the unqualified hostname.

Seaborn Barplot - Displaying Values

Hope this helps for item #2: a) You can sort by total bill then reset the index to this column b) Use palette="Blue" to use this color to scale your chart from light blue to dark blue (if dark blue to light blue then use palette="Blues_d")

import pandas as pd
import seaborn as sns
%matplotlib inline

df=pd.read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wesm/pydata-book/master/ch08/tips.csv", sep=',')
groupedvalues=df.groupby('day').sum().reset_index()
groupedvalues=groupedvalues.sort_values('total_bill').reset_index()
g=sns.barplot(x='day',y='tip',data=groupedvalues, palette="Blues")

Regular vs Context Free Grammars

I think what you want to think about are the various pumping lemmata. A regular language can be recognized by a finite automaton. A context-free language requires a stack, and a context sensitive language requires two stacks (which is equivalent to saying it requires a full Turing machine.)

So, if we think about the pumping lemma for regular languages, what it says, essentially, is that any regular language can be broken down into three pieces, x, y, and z, where all instances of the language are in xy*z (where * is Kleene repetition, ie, 0 or more copies of y.) You basically have one "nonterminal" that can be expanded.

Now, what about context-free languages? There's an analogous pumping lemma for context-free languages that breaks the strings in the language into five parts, uvxyz, and where all instances of the language are in uvixyiz, for i ≥ 0. Now, you have two "nonterminals" that can be replicated, or pumped, as long as you have the same number.

Can I scroll a ScrollView programmatically in Android?

Note: if you already in a thread, you have to make a new post thread, or it's not scroll new long height till the full end (for me). For ex:

void LogMe(final String s){
    runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
        public void run() {
            connectionLog.setText(connectionLog.getText() + "\n" + s);
            final ScrollView sv = (ScrollView)connectLayout.findViewById(R.id.scrollView);
            sv.post(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    sv.fullScroll(sv.FOCUS_DOWN);
                    /*
                    sv.scrollTo(0,sv.getBottom());
                    sv.scrollBy(0,sv.getHeight());*/
                }
            });
        }
    });
}

Bi-directional Map in Java?

You could insert both the key,value pair and its inverse into your map structure, but would have to convert the Integer to a string:

map.put("theKey", "theValue");
map.put("theValue", "theKey");

Using map.get("theValue") will then return "theKey".

It's a quick and dirty way that I've made constant maps, which will only work for a select few datasets:

  • Contains only 1 to 1 pairs
  • Set of values is disjoint from the set of keys (1->2, 2->3 breaks it)

If you want to keep <Integer, String> you could maintain a second <String, Integer> map to "put" the value -> key pairs.

Proper use of const for defining functions in JavaScript

It has been three years since this question was asked, but I am just now coming across it. Since this answer is so far down the stack, please allow me to repeat it:

Q: I am interested if there are any limits to what types of values can be set using const in JavaScript—in particular functions. Is this valid? Granted it does work, but is it considered bad practice for any reason?

I was motivated to do some research after observing one prolific JavaScript coder who always uses const statement for functions, even when there is no apparent reason/benefit.

In answer to "is it considered bad practice for any reason?" let me say, IMO, yes it is, or at least, there are advantages to using function statement.

It seems to me that this is largely a matter of preference and style. There are some good arguments presented above, but none so clear as is done in this article:

Constant confusion: why I still use JavaScript function statements by medium.freecodecamp.org/Bill Sourour, JavaScript guru, consultant, and teacher.

I urge everyone to read that article, even if you have already made a decision.

Here's are the main points:

Function statements have two clear advantages over [const] function expressions:

Advantage #1: Clarity of intent

When scanning through thousands of lines of code a day, it’s useful to be able to figure out the programmer’s intent as quickly and easily as possible.

Advantage #2: Order of declaration == order of execution

Ideally, I want to declare my code more or less in the order that I expect it will get executed.

This is the showstopper for me: any value declared using the const keyword is inaccessible until execution reaches it.

What I’ve just described above forces us to write code that looks upside down. We have to start with the lowest level function and work our way up.

My brain doesn’t work that way. I want the context before the details.

Most code is written by humans. So it makes sense that most people’s order of understanding roughly follows most code’s order of execution.

How to convert (transliterate) a string from utf8 to ASCII (single byte) in c#?

I was able to figure it out. In case someone wants to know below the code that worked for me:

ASCIIEncoding ascii = new ASCIIEncoding();
byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(sOriginal);
byte[] asciiArray = Encoding.Convert(Encoding.UTF8, Encoding.ASCII, byteArray);
string finalString = ascii.GetString(asciiArray);

Let me know if there is a simpler way o doing it.

Convert ASCII number to ASCII Character in C

If i is the int, then

char c = i;

makes it a char. You might want to add a check that the value is <128 if it comes from an untrusted source. This is best done with isascii from <ctype.h>, if available on your system (see @Steve Jessop's comment to this answer).

Get Unix timestamp with C++

#include <iostream>
#include <sys/time.h>

using namespace std;

int main ()
{
  unsigned long int sec= time(NULL);
  cout<<sec<<endl;
}

Initializing a static std::map<int, int> in C++

Here is another way that uses the 2-element data constructor. No functions are needed to initialize it. There is no 3rd party code (Boost), no static functions or objects, no tricks, just simple C++:

#include <map>
#include <string>

typedef std::map<std::string, int> MyMap;

const MyMap::value_type rawData[] = {
   MyMap::value_type("hello", 42),
   MyMap::value_type("world", 88),
};
const int numElems = sizeof rawData / sizeof rawData[0];
MyMap myMap(rawData, rawData + numElems);

Since I wrote this answer C++11 is out. You can now directly initialize STL containers using the new initializer list feature:

const MyMap myMap = { {"hello", 42}, {"world", 88} };

How to style input and submit button with CSS?

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>CSS3 Button</title>
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" />
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<a href="#" class="btn">Push</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>

CSS styling

a.btn {
display: block; width: 250px; height: 60px; padding: 40px 0 0 0; margin: 0 auto;

background: #398525; /* old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #8DD297 0%, #398525 100%); /* firefox */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#8DD297), color-stop(100%,#398525)); /* webkit */

box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 6px #fff;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 6px #fff;
border: 1px solid #5ea617;
border-radius: 10px;
}

How does one represent the empty char?

Yes, c[i]='' is not a valid code. We parenthesis character constant between ' ', e.g. c[i] = 'A'; char A. but you don't write any char in between ''.

Empty space is nothing but suppose if you wants to assigned space then do:

c[i] = ' ';
//      ^  space 

if wants to assigned nul char then do:

c[i] = '\0';
//       ^ null symbol 

Example: Suppose if c[] a string (nul \0 terminated char array) if you having a string. for example:

char c[10] = {'a', '2', 'c', '\0'};

And you replace second char with space:

c[1] = ' ';

and if you print it using printf as follows:

printf("\n c: %s", c);

then output would be:

  c:  a  c
//      ^ space printed 

And you replace second char with '\0':

c[1] = '\0';

then output would be:

  c:  a

because string terminated with \0.

What is the simplest way to convert array to vector?

One simple way can be the use of assign() function that is pre-defined in vector class.

e.g.

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

vector<int> v;
v.assign(array, array+5); // 5 is size of array.

C# binary literals

Adding to @StriplingWarrior's answer about bit flags in enums, there's an easy convention you can use in hexadecimal for counting upwards through the bit shifts. Use the sequence 1-2-4-8, move one column to the left, and repeat.

[Flags]
enum Scenery
{
  Trees   = 0x001, // 000000000001
  Grass   = 0x002, // 000000000010
  Flowers = 0x004, // 000000000100
  Cactus  = 0x008, // 000000001000
  Birds   = 0x010, // 000000010000
  Bushes  = 0x020, // 000000100000
  Shrubs  = 0x040, // 000001000000
  Trails  = 0x080, // 000010000000
  Ferns   = 0x100, // 000100000000
  Rocks   = 0x200, // 001000000000
  Animals = 0x400, // 010000000000
  Moss    = 0x800, // 100000000000
}

Scan down starting with the right column and notice the pattern 1-2-4-8 (shift) 1-2-4-8 (shift) ...


To answer the original question, I second @Sahuagin's suggestion to use hexadecimal literals. If you're working with binary numbers often enough for this to be a concern, it's worth your while to get the hang of hexadecimal.

If you need to see binary numbers in source code, I suggest adding comments with binary literals like I have above.

Removing u in list

The u means the strings are unicode. Translate all the strings to ascii to get rid of it:

a.encode('ascii', 'ignore')

"401 Unauthorized" on a directory

It is likely that you do not have the IUSR_computername permission on that folder. I've just had a quick scan and it looks like you will find the information you need here.

If that isn't the case, are you prompted for your username and password by the browser? If so it may be that IIS is configured to use Integrated authentication only, as described here.

Execute multiple command lines with the same process using .NET

You could also tell MySQL to execute the commands in the given file, like so:

mysql --user=root --password=sa casemanager < CaseManager.sql

Eclipse cannot load SWT libraries

on my Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit. I edit the command to:

ln -s /usr/lib/jni/libswt-* ~/.swt/lib/linux/x86/

And on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit try:

ln -s /usr/lib/jni/libswt-* ~/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/