Programs & Examples On #Jmonkeyengine

A 3D game engine written in and for Java. Many features including collisions, particle systems, shaders, terrain system, renderer abstraction.

2D cross-platform game engine for Android and iOS?

Check out Loom (http://theengine.co) is a new cross platform 2D game engine featuring hot swapping code & assets on devices. This means that you can work in Photoshop on your assets, you can update your code, modify the UI of your app/game and then see the changes on your device(s) while the app is running.

Thinking to the other cross platform game engines I’ve heard of or even played with, the Loom Game Engine is by far the best in my oppinion with lots of great features. Most of the other similar game engines (Corona SDK, MOAI SDK, Gideros Mobile) are Lua based (with an odd syntax, at least for me). The Loom Game Engine uses LoomScripts, a scripting language inspired from ActionScript 3, with a couple of features borrowed from C#. If you ever developed in ActionScript 3, C# or Java, LoomScript will look familiar to you (and I’m more comfortable with this syntax than with Lua’s syntax).

The 1 year license for the Loom Game Engine costs $500, and I think it’s an affordable price for any indie game developer. Couple of weeks ago the offered a 1 year license for free too. After the license expires, you can still use Loom to create and deploy your own games, but you won’t get any further updates. The creators of Loom are very confident and they promised to constantly improve their baby making it worthwile to purchase another license.

Without further ado, here are Loom’s great features:

  1. Cross platform (iOS, Android, OS X, Windows, Linux/Ubuntu)

  2. Rails-inspired workflow lets you spend your time working with your game (one command to create a new project, and another command to run it)

  3. Fast compiler

  4. Live code and assets editing

  5. Possibility to integrate third party libraries

  6. Uses Cocos2DX for rendering

  7. XML, JSON support

  8. LML (markup language) and CSS for styling UI elements

  9. UI library

  10. Dependency injection

  11. Unit test framework

  12. Chipmunk physics

  13. Seeing your changes live makes multidevice development easy

  14. Small download size

  15. Built for teams

You can find more videos about Loom here: http://www.youtube.com/user/LoomEngine?feature=watch

Check out this 4 part in-depth tutorial too: http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2013/02/28/A-closer-look-at-the-Loom-game-engine-Part-one-getting-started.aspx

Are email addresses case sensitive?

Per @l3x, it depends.

There are clearly two sets of general situations where the correct answer can be different, along with a third which is not as general:

a) You are a user sending private mails:

Very few modern email systems implement case sensitivity, so you are probably fine to ignore case and choose whatever case you feel like using. There is no guarantee that all your mails will be delivered - but so few mails would be negatively affected that you should not worry about it.

b) You are developing mail software:

See RFC5321 2.4 excerpt at the bottom.

When you are developing mail software, you want to be RFC-compliant. You can make your own users' email addresses case insensitive if you want to (and you probably should). But in order to be RFC compliant, you MUST treat outside addresses as case sensitive.

c) Managing business-owned lists of email addresses as an employee:

It is possible that the same email recipient is added to a list more than once - but using different case. In this situation though the addresses are technically different, it might result in a recipient receiving duplicate emails. How you treat this situation is similar to situation a) in that you are probably fine to treat them as duplicates and to remove a duplicate entry. It is better to treat these as special cases however, by sending a "reminder" mail to both addresses to ask them if the case of the email address is accurate.

From a legal standpoint, if you remove a duplicate without acknowledgement/permission from both addresses, you can be held responsible for leaking private information/authentication to an unauthorised address simply because two actually-separate recipients have the same address with different cases.

Excerpt from RFC5321 2.4:

The local-part of a mailbox MUST BE treated as case sensitive. Therefore, SMTP implementations MUST take care to preserve the case of mailbox local-parts. In particular, for some hosts, the user "smith" is different from the user "Smith". However, exploiting the case sensitivity of mailbox local-parts impedes interoperability and is discouraged.

How to include header files in GCC search path?

The -I directive does the job:

gcc -Icore -Ianimator -Iimages -Ianother_dir -Iyet_another_dir my_file.c 

Unexpected token }

Try running the entire script through jslint. This may help point you at the cause of the error.

Edit Ok, it's not quite the syntax of the script that's the problem. At least not in a way that jslint can detect.

Having played with your live code at http://ft2.hostei.com/ft.v1/, it looks like there are syntax errors in the generated code that your script puts into an onclick attribute in the DOM. Most browsers don't do a very good job of reporting errors in JavaScript run via such things (what is the file and line number of a piece of script in the onclick attribute of a dynamically inserted element?). This is probably why you get a confusing error message in Chrome. The FireFox error message is different, and also doesn't have a useful line number, although FireBug does show the code which causes the problem.

This snippet of code is taken from your edit function which is in the inline script block of your HTML:

var sub = document.getElementById('submit');
...
sub.setAttribute("onclick", "save(\""+file+"\", document.getElementById('name').value, document.getElementById('text').value");

Note that this sets the onclick attribute of an element to invalid JavaScript code:

<input type="submit" id="submit" onclick="save("data/wasup.htm", document.getElementById('name').value, document.getElementById('text').value">

The JS is:

save("data/wasup.htm", document.getElementById('name').value, document.getElementById('text').value

Note the missing close paren to finish the call to save.

As an aside, inserting onclick attributes is not a very modern or clean way of adding event handlers in JavaScript. Why are you not using the DOM's addEventListener to simply hook up a function to the element? If you were using something like jQuery, this would be simpler still.

event.preventDefault() vs. return false

When using jQuery, return false is doing 3 separate things when you call it:

  1. event.preventDefault();
  2. event.stopPropagation();
  3. Stops callback execution and returns immediately when called.

See jQuery Events: Stop (Mis)Using Return False for more information and examples.

Ignore .pyc files in git repository

You have probably added them to the repository before putting *.pyc in .gitignore.
First remove them from the repository.

Need to find a max of three numbers in java

You should know more about java.lang.Math.max:

  1. java.lang.Math.max(arg1,arg2) only accepts 2 arguments but you are writing 3 arguments in your code.
  2. The 2 arguments should be double,int,long and float but your are writing String arguments in Math.max function. You need to parse them in the required type.

You code will produce compile time error because of above mismatches.

Try following updated code, that will solve your purpose:

import java.lang.Math;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class max {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
        System.out.println("Please input 3 integers: ");
        int x = Integer.parseInt(keyboard.nextLine());
        int y = Integer.parseInt(keyboard.nextLine());
        int z = Integer.parseInt(keyboard.nextLine());
        int max = Math.max(x,y);
        if(max>y){ //suppose x is max then compare x with z to find max number
            max = Math.max(x,z);    
        }
        else{ //if y is max then compare y with z to find max number
            max = Math.max(y,z);    
        }
        System.out.println("The max of three is: " + max);
    }
} 

Docker remove <none> TAG images

docker system prune will do the trick, it removes

- all stopped containers
- all networks not used by at least one container
- all dangling images
- all dangling build cache

But use it, with the caution!

Git on Windows: How do you set up a mergetool?

git mergetool is fully configurable so you can pretty much chose your favourite tool.

The full documentation is here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-mergetool.html

In brief, you can set a default mergetool by setting the user config variable merge.tool.

If the merge tool is one of the ones supported natively by it you just have to set mergetool.<tool>.path to the full path to the tool (replace <tool> by what you have configured merge.tool to be.

Otherwise, you can set mergetool.<tool>.cmd to a bit of shell to be eval'ed at runtime with the shell variables $BASE, $LOCAL, $REMOTE, $MERGED set to the appropriate files. You have to be a bit careful with the escaping whether you directly edit a config file or set the variable with the git config command.

Something like this should give the flavour of what you can do ('mymerge' is a fictional tool).

git config merge.tool mymerge
git config merge.mymerge.cmd 'mymerge.exe --base "$BASE" "$LOCAL" "$REMOTE" -o "$MERGED"'

Once you've setup your favourite merge tool, it's simply a matter of running git mergetool whenever you have conflicts to resolve.

The p4merge tool from Perforce is a pretty good standalone merge tool.

Disabling the button after once click

If when you set disabled="disabled" immediately after the user clicks the button, and the form doesn't submit because of that, you could try two things:

//First choice [given myForm = your form]:
myInputButton.disabled = "disabled";
myForm.submit()

//Second choice:
setTimeout(disableFunction, 1);  
//so the form will submit and then almost instantly, the button will be disabled  

Although I honestly bet there will be a better way to do this, than that.

How to save and extract session data in codeigniter

initialize the Session class in the constructor of controller using

$this->load->library('session');

for example :

 function __construct()
   {
    parent::__construct();
    $this->load->model('user','',TRUE);
    $this->load->model('user_activity','',TRUE);
    $this->load->library('session');
   }

Displaying Windows command prompt output and redirecting it to a file

Here's a sample of what I've used based on one of the other answers

@echo off
REM SOME CODE
set __ERROR_LOG=c:\errors.txt
REM set __IPADDRESS=x.x.x.x

REM Test a variable
if not defined __IPADDRESS (
     REM Call function with some data and terminate
     call :TEE %DATE%,%TIME%,IP ADDRESS IS NOT DEFINED
     goto :EOF
)

REM If test happens to be successful, TEE out a message and end script.
call :TEE Script Ended Successful
goto :EOF


REM THE TEE FUNCTION
:TEE
for /f "tokens=*" %%Z in ("%*") do (
     >  CON ECHO.%%Z
     >> "%__ERROR_LOG%" ECHO.%%Z
     goto :EOF
)

Moment.js - How to convert date string into date?

If you are getting a JS based date String then first use the new Date(String) constructor and then pass the Date object to the moment method. Like:

var dateString = 'Thu Jul 15 2016 19:31:44 GMT+0200 (CEST)';
var dateObj = new Date(dateString);
var momentObj = moment(dateObj);
var momentString = momentObj.format('YYYY-MM-DD'); // 2016-07-15

In case dateString is 15-07-2016, then you should use the moment(date:String, format:String) method

var dateString = '07-15-2016';
var momentObj = moment(dateString, 'MM-DD-YYYY');
var momentString = momentObj.format('YYYY-MM-DD'); // 2016-07-15

Horizontal scroll on overflow of table

Unless I grossly misunderstood your question, move overflow-x:scroll from .search-table to .search-table-outter.

http://jsfiddle.net/ZXnqM/4/

.search-table-outter {border:2px solid red; overflow-x:scroll;}
.search-table{table-layout: fixed; margin:40px auto 0px auto;   }

As far as I know you can't give scrollbars to tables themselves.

Java get month string from integer

This has already been mentioned, but here is a way to place the code within a method:

    public static String getMonthName(int monthIndex) {
         return new DateFormatSymbols().getMonths()[monthIndex].toString();
    }

or if you wanted to create a better error than an ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException:

    public static String getMonthName(int monthIndex) {
        //since this is zero based, 11 = December
        if (monthIndex < 0 || monthIndex > 11 ) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(monthIndex + " is not a valid month index.");
        }
        return new DateFormatSymbols().getMonths()[monthIndex].toString();
    }

UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 13: ordinal not in range(128)

For me there was a problem with the terminal encoding. Adding UTF-8 to .bashrc solved the problem:

export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8

Don't forget to reload .bashrc afterwards:

source ~/.bashrc

Using print statements only to debug

I don't know about others, but I was used to define a "global constant" (DEBUG) and then a global function (debug(msg)) that would print msg only if DEBUG == True.

Then I write my debug statements like:

debug('My value: %d' % value)

...then I pick up unit testing and never did this again! :)

JQuery: How to get selected radio button value?

jQuery("input:radio[name=myradiobutton]:checked").val();

How to echo shell commands as they are executed

For csh and tcsh, you can set verbose or set echo (or you can even set both, but it may result in some duplication most of the time).

The verbose option prints pretty much the exact shell expression that you type.

The echo option is more indicative of what will be executed through spawning.


http://www.tcsh.org/tcsh.html/Special_shell_variables.html#verbose

http://www.tcsh.org/tcsh.html/Special_shell_variables.html#echo


Special shell variables

verbose If set, causes the words of each command to be printed, after history substitution (if any). Set by the -v command line option.

echo If set, each command with its arguments is echoed just before it is executed. For non-builtin commands all expansions occur before echoing. Builtin commands are echoed before command and filename substitution, because these substitutions are then done selectively. Set by the -x command line option.

How to define a two-dimensional array?

You can create an empty two dimensional list by nesting two or more square bracing or third bracket ([], separated by comma) with a square bracing, just like below:

Matrix = [[], []]

Now suppose you want to append 1 to Matrix[0][0] then you type:

Matrix[0].append(1)

Now, type Matrix and hit Enter. The output will be:

[[1], []]

If you entered the following statement instead

Matrix[1].append(1)

then the Matrix would be

[[], [1]]

get url content PHP

original answer moved to this topic .

How to auto adjust the <div> height according to content in it?

Just write:

min-height: xxx;
overflow: hidden;

then div will automatically take the height of the content.

What is an idiomatic way of representing enums in Go?

Quoting from the language specs:Iota

Within a constant declaration, the predeclared identifier iota represents successive untyped integer constants. It is reset to 0 whenever the reserved word const appears in the source and increments after each ConstSpec. It can be used to construct a set of related constants:

const (  // iota is reset to 0
        c0 = iota  // c0 == 0
        c1 = iota  // c1 == 1
        c2 = iota  // c2 == 2
)

const (
        a = 1 << iota  // a == 1 (iota has been reset)
        b = 1 << iota  // b == 2
        c = 1 << iota  // c == 4
)

const (
        u         = iota * 42  // u == 0     (untyped integer constant)
        v float64 = iota * 42  // v == 42.0  (float64 constant)
        w         = iota * 42  // w == 84    (untyped integer constant)
)

const x = iota  // x == 0 (iota has been reset)
const y = iota  // y == 0 (iota has been reset)

Within an ExpressionList, the value of each iota is the same because it is only incremented after each ConstSpec:

const (
        bit0, mask0 = 1 << iota, 1<<iota - 1  // bit0 == 1, mask0 == 0
        bit1, mask1                           // bit1 == 2, mask1 == 1
        _, _                                  // skips iota == 2
        bit3, mask3                           // bit3 == 8, mask3 == 7
)

This last example exploits the implicit repetition of the last non-empty expression list.


So your code might be like

const (
        A = iota
        C
        T
        G
)

or

type Base int

const (
        A Base = iota
        C
        T
        G
)

if you want bases to be a separate type from int.

How can I pass a parameter in Action?

If you know what parameter you want to pass, take a Action<T> for the type. Example:

void LoopMethod (Action<int> code, int count) {
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         code(i);
     }
}

If you want the parameter to be passed to your method, make the method generic:

void LoopMethod<T> (Action<T> code, int count, T paramater) {
     for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         code(paramater);
     }
}

And the caller code:

Action<string> s = Console.WriteLine;
LoopMethod(s, 10, "Hello World");

Update. Your code should look like:

private void Include(IList<string> includes, Action<string> action)
{
    if (includes != null)
    {
         foreach (var include in includes)
             action(include);
    }
}

public void test()
{
    Action<string> dg = (s) => {
        _context.Cars.Include(s);
    };
    this.Include(includes, dg);
}

Pass props to parent component in React.js

Update (9/1/15): The OP has made this question a bit of a moving target. It’s been updated again. So, I feel responsible to update my reply.

First, an answer to your provided example:

Yes, this is possible.

You can solve this by updating Child’s onClick to be this.props.onClick.bind(null, this):

var Child = React.createClass({
  render: function () {
    return <a onClick={this.props.onClick.bind(null, this)}>Click me</a>;
  }
});

The event handler in your Parent can then access the component and event like so:

  onClick: function (component, event) {
    // console.log(component, event);
  },

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But the question itself is misleading

Parent already knows Child’s props.

This isn’t clear in the provided example because no props are actually being provided. This sample code might better support the question being asked:

var Child = React.createClass({
  render: function () {
    return <a onClick={this.props.onClick}> {this.props.text} </a>;
  }
});

var Parent = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function () {
    return { text: "Click here" };
  },
  onClick: function (event) {
    // event.component.props ?why is this not available? 
  },
  render: function() {
    return <Child onClick={this.onClick} text={this.state.text} />;
  }
});

It becomes much clearer in this example that you already know what the props of Child are.

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If it’s truly about using a Child’s props…

If it’s truly about using a Child’s props, you can avoid any hookup with Child altogether.

JSX has a spread attributes API I often use on components like Child. It takes all the props and applies them to a component. Child would look like this:

var Child = React.createClass({
  render: function () {
    return <a {...this.props}> {this.props.text} </a>;
  }
});

Allowing you to use the values directly in the Parent:

var Parent = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function () {
    return { text: "Click here" };
  },
  onClick: function (text) {
    alert(text);
  },
  render: function() {
    return <Child onClick={this.onClick.bind(null, this.state.text)} text={this.state.text} />;
  }
});

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And there's no additional configuration required as you hookup additional Child components

var Parent = React.createClass({
  getInitialState: function () {
    return {
      text: "Click here",
      text2: "No, Click here",
    };
  },
  onClick: function (text) {
    alert(text);
  },
  render: function() {
    return <div>
      <Child onClick={this.onClick.bind(null, this.state.text)} text={this.state.text} />
      <Child onClick={this.onClick.bind(null, this.state.text2)} text={this.state.text2} />
    </div>;
  }
});

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But I suspect that’s not your actual use case. So let’s dig further…


A robust practical example

The generic nature of the provided example is a hard to talk about. I’ve created a component that demonstrations a practical use for the question above, implemented in a very Reacty way:

DTServiceCalculator working example
DTServiceCalculator repo

This component is a simple service calculator. You provide it with a list of services (with names and prices) and it will calculate a total the selected prices.

Children are blissfully ignorant

ServiceItem is the child-component in this example. It doesn’t have many opinions about the outside world. It requires a few props, one of which is a function to be called when clicked.

<div onClick={this.props.handleClick.bind(this.props.index)} />

It does nothing but to call the provided handleClick callback with the provided index[source].

Parents are Children

DTServicesCalculator is the parent-component is this example. It’s also a child. Let’s look.

DTServiceCalculator creates a list of child-component (ServiceItems) and provides them with props [source]. It’s the parent-component of ServiceItem but it`s the child-component of the component passing it the list. It doesn't own the data. So it again delegates handling of the component to its parent-component source

<ServiceItem chosen={chosen} index={i} key={id} price={price} name={name} onSelect={this.props.handleServiceItem} />

handleServiceItem captures the index, passed from the child, and provides it to its parent [source]

handleServiceClick (index) {
  this.props.onSelect(index);
}

Owners know everything

The concept of “Ownership” is an important one in React. I recommend reading more about it here.

In the example I’ve shown, I keep delegating handling of an event up the component tree until we get to the component that owns the state.

When we finally get there, we handle the state selection/deselection like so [source]:

handleSelect (index) {
  let services = […this.state.services];
  services[index].chosen = (services[index].chosen) ? false : true;
  this.setState({ services: services });
}


Conclusion

Try keeping your outer-most components as opaque as possible. Strive to make sure that they have very few preferences about how a parent-component might choose to implement them.

Keep aware of who owns the data you are manipulating. In most cases, you will need to delegate event handling up the tree to the component that owns that state.

Aside: The Flux pattern is a good way to reduce this type of necessary hookup in apps.

How to split a string into an array in Bash?

Since there are so many ways to solve this, let's start by defining what we want to see in our solution.

  1. Bash provides a builtin readarray for this purpose. Let's use it.
  2. Avoid ugly and unnecessary tricks such as changing IFS, looping, using eval, or adding an extra element then removing it.
  3. Find a simple, readable approach that can easily be adapted to similar problems.

The readarray command is easiest to use with newlines as the delimiter. With other delimiters it may add an extra element to the array. The cleanest approach is to first adapt our input into a form that works nicely with readarray before passing it in.

The input in this example does not have a multicharacter delimiter. If we apply a little common sense, it's best understood as comma separated input for which each element may need to be trimmed. My solution is to split the input by comma into multiple lines, trim each element, and pass it all to readarray.

string='  Paris,France  ,   All of Europe  '
readarray -t foo < <(tr ',' '\n' <<< "$string" |sed 's/^ *//' |sed 's/ *$//')
declare -p foo

# declare -a foo='([0]="Paris" [1]="France" [2]="All of Europe")'

How can I solve ORA-00911: invalid character error?

If a special character other than $, _, and # is used in the name of a column or table, the name must be enclosed in double quotations. Link

Modify a Column's Type in sqlite3

SQLite doesn't support removing or modifying columns, apparently. But do remember that column data types aren't rigid in SQLite, either.

See also:

File Not Found when running PHP with Nginx

my case: I used relative dir

       location ~* \.(css|js)\.php$ {

            root ../dolibarr/htdocs;

            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;

            fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
            fastcgi_index index.php;

             include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params;
       }

this line did not work too : fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /vagrant/www/p1/../p2/htdocs/core/js/lib_head.js.php;

So I discovered fastcgi_param does not support relative path.

This works

fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /vagrant/www/p2/htdocs/core/js/lib_head.js.php;

JavaScript displaying a float to 2 decimal places

function round(value, decimals) { return Number(Math.round(value+'e'+decimals)+'e-'+decimals); }

round(1.005, 2); // return 1.01

round(1.004, 2); // return 1 instead of 1.00

The answer is following this link: http://www.jacklmoore.com/notes/rounding-in-javascript/

Clearing _POST array fully

You can use a combination of both unset() and initialization:

unset($_POST);
$_POST = array();

Or in a single statement:

unset($_POST) ? $_POST = array() : $_POST = array();

But what is the reason you want to do this?

How to select a range of the second row to the last row

Try this:

Dim Lastrow As Integer
Lastrow = ActiveSheet.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row

Range("A2:L" & Lastrow).Select

Let's pretend that the value of Lastrow is 50. When you use the following:

Range("A2:L2" & Lastrow).Select

Then it is selecting a range from A2 to L250.

Disable a Button

Disable a button on Swift 3:

yourButton.isEnabled = false

How to remove default mouse-over effect on WPF buttons?

If someone doesn't want to override default Control Template then here is the solution.

You can create DataTemplate for button which can have TextBlock and then you can write Property trigger on IsMouseOver property to disable mouse over effect. Height of TextBlock and Button should be same.

<Button Background="Black" Margin="0" Padding="0" BorderThickness="0" Cursor="Hand" Height="20">
    <Button.ContentTemplate>
        <DataTemplate>
            <TextBlock Text="GO" Foreground="White" HorizontalAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" TextDecorations="Underline" Margin="0" Padding="0" Height="20">
                <TextBlock.Style>
                    <Style TargetType="TextBlock">
                        <Style.Triggers>
                            <Trigger Property ="IsMouseOver" Value="True">
                                <Setter Property= "Background" Value="Black"/>
                            </Trigger>
                        </Style.Triggers>
                    </Style>
                </TextBlock.Style>
            </TextBlock>
        </DataTemplate>
    </Button.ContentTemplate>
</Button>

How to install pip in CentOS 7?

On CentOS 7, the pip version is pip3.4 and is located here:

/usr/local/bin/pip3.4

JPA: unidirectional many-to-one and cascading delete

You don't need to use bi-directional association instead of your code, you have just to add CascaType.Remove as a property to ManyToOne annotation, then use @OnDelete(action = OnDeleteAction.CASCADE), it's works fine for me.

Python socket receive - incoming packets always have a different size

Note that exact reason why your code is frozen is not because you set too high request.recv() buffer size. Here is explained What means buffer size in socket.recv(buffer_size)

This code will work until it'll receive an empty TCP message (if you'd print this empty message, it'd show b''):

while True:    
  data = self.request.recv(1024)
  if not data: break

And note, that there is no way to send empty TCP message. socket.send(b'') simply won't work.

Why? Because empty message is sent only when you type socket.close(), so your script will loop as long as you won't close your connection. As Hans L pointed out here are some good methods to end message.

Add column to dataframe with constant value

You can use insert to specify where you want to new column to be. In this case, I use 0 to place the new column at the left.

df.insert(0, 'Name', 'abc')

  Name        Date  Open  High  Low  Close
0  abc  01-01-2015   565   600  400    450

Inserting string at position x of another string

The Underscore.String library has a function that does Insert

insert(string, index, substring) => string

like so

insert("Hello ", 6, "world");
// => "Hello world"

SVG rounded corner

Here is how you can create a rounded rectangle with SVG Path:

<path d="M100,100 h200 a20,20 0 0 1 20,20 v200 a20,20 0 0 1 -20,20 h-200 a20,20 0 0 1 -20,-20 v-200 a20,20 0 0 1 20,-20 z" />

Explanation

m100,100: move to point(100,100)

h200: draw a 200px horizontal line from where we are

a20,20 0 0 1 20,20: draw an arc with 20px X radius, 20px Y radius, clockwise, to a point with 20px difference in X and Y axis

v200: draw a 200px vertical line from where we are

a20,20 0 0 1 -20,20: draw an arc with 20px X and Y radius, clockwise, to a point with -20px difference in X and 20px difference in Y axis

h-200: draw a -200px horizontal line from where we are

a20,20 0 0 1 -20,-20: draw an arc with 20px X and Y radius, clockwise, to a point with -20px difference in X and -20px difference in Y axis

v-200: draw a -200px vertical line from where we are

a20,20 0 0 1 20,-20: draw an arc with 20px X and Y radius, clockwise, to a point with 20px difference in X and -20px difference in Y axis

z: close the path

_x000D_
_x000D_
<svg width="440" height="440">_x000D_
  <path d="M100,100 h200 a20,20 0 0 1 20,20 v200 a20,20 0 0 1 -20,20 h-200 a20,20 0 0 1 -20,-20 v-200 a20,20 0 0 1 20,-20 z" fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width="3" />_x000D_
</svg>
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_

Install a module using pip for specific python version

Python 2

sudo pip2 install johnbonjovi  

Python 3

sudo pip3 install johnbonjovi

Retrieve a single file from a repository

If there is web interface deployed (like gitweb, cgit, Gitorious, ginatra), you can use it to download single file ('raw' or 'plain' view).

If other side enabled it, you can use git archive's '--remote=<URL>' option (and possibly limit it to a directory given file resides in), for example:

$ git archive [email protected]:foo/bar.git --prefix=path/to/ HEAD:path/to/ |  tar xvf -

Is there any way to delete local commits in Mercurial?

I came across this problem too. I made 2 commit and wanted to rollback and delete both commits.

$ hg rollback

But hg rollback just rolls back to the last commit, not the 2 commits. At that time I did not realize this and I changed the code.

When I found hg rollback had just rolled back one commit, I found I could use hg strip #changeset#. So, I used hg log -l 10 to find the latest 10 commits and get the right changeset I wanted to strip.

$ hg log -l 10
changeset:   2499:81a7a8f7a5cd
branch:      component_engine
tag:         tip
user:        myname<[email protected]>
date:        Fri Aug 14 12:22:02 2015 +0800
summary:     get runs from sandbox

changeset:   2498:9e3e1de76127
branch:      component_engine
user:        other_user_name<[email protected]>
date:        Mon Aug 03 09:50:18 2015 +0800
summary:     Set current destination to a copy incoming exchange

......

$ hg strip 2499
abort: local changes found

What does abort: local changes found mean? It means that hg found changes to the code that haven't been committed yet. So, to solve this, you should hg diff to save the code you have changed and hg revert and hg strip #changeset#. Just like this:

$ hg diff > /PATH/TO/SAVE/YOUR/DIFF/FILE/my.diff
$ hg revert file_you_have_changed
$ hg strip #changeset#

After you have done the above, you can patch the diff file and your code can be added back to your project.

$ patch -p1 < /PATH/TO/SAVE/YOUR/DIFF/FILE/my.diff

How to form a correct MySQL connection string?

Here is an example:

MySqlConnection con = new MySqlConnection(
    "Server=ServerName;Database=DataBaseName;UID=username;Password=password");

MySqlCommand cmd = new MySqlCommand(
    " INSERT Into Test (lat, long) VALUES ('"+OSGconv.deciLat+"','"+
    OSGconv.deciLon+"')", con);

con.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
con.Close();

Overlapping elements in CSS

the easiest way is to use position:absolute on both elements. You can absolutely position relative to the page, or you can absolutely position relative to a container div by setting the container div to position:relative

<div id="container" style="position:relative;">
    <div id="div1" style="position:absolute; top:0; left:0;"></div>
    <div id="div2" style="position:absolute; top:0; left:0;"></div>
</div>

Jquery submit form

Try this :

$('#form1').submit();

or

document.form1.submit();

Is there an API to get bank transaction and bank balance?

I use GNU Cash and it uses Open Financial Exchange (ofx) http://www.ofx.net/ to download complete transactions and balances from each account of each bank.

Let me emphasize that again, you get a huge list of transactions with OFX into the GNU Cash. Depending on the account type these transactions can be very detailed description of your transactions (purchases+paycheques), investments, interests, etc.

In my case, even though I have Chase debit card I had to choose Chase Credit to make it work. But Chase wants you to enable this OFX feature by logging into your online banking and enable Quicken/MS Money/etc. somewhere in your profile or preferences. Don't call Chase customer support because they know nothing about it.

This service for OFX and GNU Cash is free. I have heard that they charge $10 a month for other platforms.

OFX can download transactions from 348 banks so far. http://www.ofxhome.com/index.php/home/directory

Actualy, OFX also supports making bill payments, stop a check, intrabank and interbank transfers etc. It is quite extensive. See it here: http://ofx.net/AboutOFX/ServicesSupported.aspx

How do I toggle an element's class in pure JavaScript?

Here is solution implemented with ES6

const toggleClass = (el, className) => el.classList.toggle(className);

usage example

toggleClass(document.querySelector('div.active'), 'active'); // The div container will not have the 'active' class anymore

Difference between "enqueue" and "dequeue"

In my opinion one of the worst chosen word's to describe the process, as it is not related to anything in real-life or similar. In general the word "queue" is very bad as if pronounced, it sounds like the English character "q". See the inefficiency here?

enqueue: to place something into a queue; to add an element to the tail of a queue;

dequeue to take something out of a queue; to remove the first available element from the head of a queue

source: https://www.thefreedictionary.com

What is the largest possible heap size with a 64-bit JVM?

Windows imposes a memory limit per process, you can see what it is for each version here

See:

User-mode virtual address space for each 64-bit process; With IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE set (default): x64: 8 TB Intel IPF: 7 TB 2 GB with IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE cleared

Convert MySql DateTime stamp into JavaScript's Date format

There is a simpler way, sql timestamp string:

2018-07-19 00:00:00

The closest format to timestamp for Date() to receive is the following, so replace blank space for "T":

var dateString = media.intervention.replace(/\s/g, "T");

"2011-10-10T14:48:00"

Then, create the date object:

var date = new Date(dateString);

result would be the date object:

Thu Jul 19 2018 00:00:00 GMT-0300 (Horário Padrão de Brasília)

What data type to use for hashed password field and what length?

You might find this Wikipedia article on salting worthwhile. The idea is to add a set bit of data to randomize your hash value; this will protect your passwords from dictionary attacks if someone gets unauthorized access to the password hashes.

Converting a list to a set changes element order

You can remove the duplicated values and keep the list order of insertion with one line of code, Python 3.8.2

mylist = ['b', 'b', 'a', 'd', 'd', 'c']


results = list({value:"" for value in mylist})

print(results)

>>> ['b', 'a', 'd', 'c']

results = list(dict.fromkeys(mylist))

print(results)

>>> ['b', 'a', 'd', 'c']

How to add data into ManyToMany field?

There's a whole page of the Django documentation devoted to this, well indexed from the contents page.

As that page states, you need to do:

my_obj.categories.add(fragmentCategory.objects.get(id=1))

or

my_obj.categories.create(name='val1')

Least common multiple for 3 or more numbers

Here is the PHP implementation:

    // https://stackoverflow.com/q/12412782/1066234
    function math_gcd($a,$b) 
    {
        $a = abs($a); 
        $b = abs($b);
        if($a < $b) 
        {
            list($b,$a) = array($a,$b); 
        }
        if($b == 0) 
        {
            return $a;      
        }
        $r = $a % $b;
        while($r > 0) 
        {
            $a = $b;
            $b = $r;
            $r = $a % $b;
        }
        return $b;
    }

    function math_lcm($a, $b)
    {
        return ($a * $b / math_gcd($a, $b));
    }

    // https://stackoverflow.com/a/2641293/1066234
    function math_lcmm($args)
    {
        // Recursively iterate through pairs of arguments
        // i.e. lcm(args[0], lcm(args[1], lcm(args[2], args[3])))

        if(count($args) == 2)
        {
            return math_lcm($args[0], $args[1]);
        }
        else 
        {
            $arg0 = $args[0];
            array_shift($args);
            return math_lcm($arg0, math_lcmm($args));
        }
    }

    // fraction bonus
    function math_fraction_simplify($num, $den) 
    {
        $g = math_gcd($num, $den);
        return array($num/$g, $den/$g);
    }


    var_dump( math_lcmm( array(4, 7) ) ); // 28
    var_dump( math_lcmm( array(5, 25) ) ); // 25
    var_dump( math_lcmm( array(3, 4, 12, 36) ) ); // 36
    var_dump( math_lcmm( array(3, 4, 7, 12, 36) ) ); // 252

Credits go to @T3db0t with his answer above (ECMA-style code).

Setting multiple attributes for an element at once with JavaScript

You can create a function that takes a variable number of arguments:

function setAttributes(elem /* attribute, value pairs go here */) {
    for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i+=2) {
        elem.setAttribute(arguments[i], arguments[i+1]);
    }
}

setAttributes(elem, 
    "src", "http://example.com/something.jpeg",
    "height", "100%",
    "width", "100%");

Or, you pass the attribute/value pairs in on an object:

 function setAttributes(elem, obj) {
     for (var prop in obj) {
         if (obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
             elem[prop] = obj[prop];
         }
     }
 }

setAttributes(elem, {
    src: "http://example.com/something.jpeg",
    height: "100%",
    width: "100%"
});

You could also make your own chainable object wrapper/method:

function $$(elem) {
    return(new $$.init(elem));
}

$$.init = function(elem) {
    if (typeof elem === "string") {
        elem = document.getElementById(elem);
    }
    this.elem = elem;
}

$$.init.prototype = {
    set: function(prop, value) {
        this.elem[prop] = value;
        return(this);
    }
};

$$(elem).set("src", "http://example.com/something.jpeg").set("height", "100%").set("width", "100%");

Working example: http://jsfiddle.net/jfriend00/qncEz/

Fatal error: Call to a member function prepare() on null

It looks like your $pdo variable is not initialized. I can't see in the code you've uploaded where you are initializing it.

Make sure you create a new PDO object in the global scope before calling the class methods. (You should declare it in the global scope because of how you implemented the methods inside the Category class).

$pdo = new PDO('mysql:host=localhost;dbname=test', $user, $pass);

What does 'COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS' do?

Please be aware that the accepted answer is a bit incomplete. Yes, at the most basic level Collation handles sorting. BUT, the comparison rules defined by the chosen Collation are used in many places outside of user queries against user data.

If "What does COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS do?" means "What does the COLLATE clause of CREATE DATABASE do?", then:

The COLLATE {collation_name} clause of the CREATE DATABASE statement specifies the default Collation of the Database, and not the Server; Database-level and Server-level default Collations control different things.

Server (i.e. Instance)-level controls:

  • Database-level Collation for system Databases: master, model, msdb, and tempdb.
  • Due to controlling the DB-level Collation of tempdb, it is then the default Collation for string columns in temporary tables (global and local), but not table variables.
  • Due to controlling the DB-level Collation of master, it is then the Collation used for Server-level data, such as Database names (i.e. name column in sys.databases), Login names, etc.
  • Handling of parameter / variable names
  • Handling of cursor names
  • Handling of GOTO labels
  • Default Collation used for newly created Databases when the COLLATE clause is missing

Database-level controls:

  • Default Collation used for newly created string columns (CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, TEXT, and NTEXT -- but don't use TEXT or NTEXT) when the COLLATE clause is missing from the column definition. This goes for both CREATE TABLE and ALTER TABLE ... ADD statements.
  • Default Collation used for string literals (i.e. 'some text') and string variables (i.e. @StringVariable). This Collation is only ever used when comparing strings and variables to other strings and variables. When comparing strings / variables to columns, then the Collation of the column will be used.
  • The Collation used for Database-level meta-data, such as object names (i.e. sys.objects), column names (i.e. sys.columns), index names (i.e. sys.indexes), etc.
  • The Collation used for Database-level objects: tables, columns, indexes, etc.

Also:

  • ASCII is an encoding which is 8-bit (for common usage; technically "ASCII" is 7-bit with character values 0 - 127, and "ASCII Extended" is 8-bit with character values 0 - 255). This group is the same across cultures.
  • The Code Page is the "extended" part of Extended ASCII, and controls which characters are used for values 128 - 255. This group varies between each culture.
  • Latin1 does not mean "ASCII" since standard ASCII only covers values 0 - 127, and all code pages (that can be represented in SQL Server, and even NVARCHAR) map those same 128 values to the same characters.

If "What does COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS do?" means "What does this particular collation do?", then:

  • Because the name start with SQL_, this is a SQL Server collation, not a Windows collation. These are definitely obsolete, even if not officially deprecated, and are mainly for pre-SQL Server 2000 compatibility. Although, quite unfortunately SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS is very common due to it being the default when installing on an OS using US English as its language. These collations should be avoided if at all possible.

    Windows collations (those with names not starting with SQL_) are newer, more functional, have consistent sorting between VARCHAR and NVARCHAR for the same values, and are being updated with additional / corrected sort weights and uppercase/lowercase mappings. These collations also don't have the potential performance problem that the SQL Server collations have: Impact on Indexes When Mixing VARCHAR and NVARCHAR Types.

  • Latin1_General is the culture / locale.
    • For NCHAR, NVARCHAR, and NTEXT data this determines the linguistic rules used for sorting and comparison.
    • For CHAR, VARCHAR, and TEXT data (columns, literals, and variables) this determines the:
      • linguistic rules used for sorting and comparison.
      • code page used to encode the characters. For example, Latin1_General collations use code page 1252, Hebrew collations use code page 1255, and so on.
  • CP{code_page} or {version}

    • For SQL Server collations: CP{code_page}, is the 8-bit code page that determines what characters map to values 128 - 255. While there are four code pages for Double-Byte Character Sets (DBCS) that can use 2-byte combinations to create more than 256 characters, these are not available for the SQL Server collations.
    • For Windows collations: {version}, while not present in all collation names, refers to the SQL Server version in which the collation was introduced (for the most part). Windows collations with no version number in the name are version 80 (meaning SQL Server 2000 as that is version 8.0). Not all versions of SQL Server come with new collations, so there are gaps in the version numbers. There are some that are 90 (for SQL Server 2005, which is version 9.0), most are 100 (for SQL Server 2008, version 10.0), and a small set has 140 (for SQL Server 2017, version 14.0).

      I said "for the most part" because the collations ending in _SC were introduced in SQL Server 2012 (version 11.0), but the underlying data wasn't new, they merely added support for supplementary characters for the built-in functions. So, those endings exist for version 90 and 100 collations, but only starting in SQL Server 2012.

  • Next you have the sensitivities, that can be in any combination of the following, but always specified in this order:
    • CS = case-sensitive or CI = case-insensitive
    • AS = accent-sensitive or AI = accent-insensitive
    • KS = Kana type-sensitive or missing = Kana type-insensitive
    • WS = width-sensitive or missing = width insensitive
    • VSS = variation selector sensitive (only available in the version 140 collations) or missing = variation selector insensitive
  • Optional last piece:

    • _SC at the end means "Supplementary Character support". The "support" only affects how the built-in functions interpret surrogate pairs (which are how supplementary characters are encoded in UTF-16). Without _SC at the end (or _140_ in the middle), built-in functions don't see a single supplementary character, but instead see two meaningless code points that make up the surrogate pair. This ending can be added to any non-binary, version 90 or 100 collation.
    • _BIN or _BIN2 at the end means "binary" sorting and comparison. Data is still stored the same, but there are no linguistic rules. This ending is never combined with any of the 5 sensitivities or _SC. _BIN is the older style, and _BIN2 is the newer, more accurate style. If using SQL Server 2005 or newer, use _BIN2. For details on the differences between _BIN and _BIN2, please see: Differences Between the Various Binary Collations (Cultures, Versions, and BIN vs BIN2).
    • _UTF8 is a new option as of SQL Server 2019. It's an 8-bit encoding that allows for Unicode data to be stored in VARCHAR and CHAR datatypes (but not the deprecated TEXT datatype). This option can only be used on collations that support supplementary characters (i.e. version 90 or 100 collations with _SC in their name, and version 140 collations). There is also a single binary _UTF8 collation (_BIN2, not _BIN).

      PLEASE NOTE: UTF-8 was designed / created for compatibility with environments / code that are set up for 8-bit encodings yet want to support Unicode. Even though there are a few scenarios where UTF-8 can provide up to 50% space savings as compared to NVARCHAR, that is a side-effect and has a cost of a slight hit to performance in many / most operations. If you need this for compatibility, then the cost is acceptable. If you want this for space-savings, you had better test, and TEST AGAIN. Testing includes all functionality, and more than just a few rows of data. Be warned that UTF-8 collations work best when ALL columns, and the database itself, are using VARCHAR data (columns, variables, string literals) with a _UTF8 collation. This is the natural state for anyone using this for compatibility, but not for those hoping to use it for space-savings. Be careful when mixing VARCHAR data using a _UTF8 collation with either VARCHAR data using non-_UTF8 collations or NVARCHAR data, as you might experience odd behavior / data loss. For more details on the new UTF-8 collations, please see: Native UTF-8 Support in SQL Server 2019: Savior or False Prophet?

Zooming MKMapView to fit annotation pins?

This is the one I found here that worked for me:

(EDIT: I have updated the solution using @Micah's suggestion to increase the pointRect by 0.1 to ensure the rect doesn't end up being infinitesimally small!)

MKMapRect zoomRect = MKMapRectNull;
for (id <MKAnnotation> annotation in mapView.annotations)
{
    MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(annotation.coordinate);
    MKMapRect pointRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);
    zoomRect = MKMapRectUnion(zoomRect, pointRect);
}
[mapView setVisibleMapRect:zoomRect animated:YES];

 

You could also update this to include the userLocation pin by replacing the first line with:

MKMapPoint annotationPoint = MKMapPointForCoordinate(mapView.userLocation.coordinate);
MKMapRect zoomRect = MKMapRectMake(annotationPoint.x, annotationPoint.y, 0.1, 0.1);

jQuery validate: How to add a rule for regular expression validation?

Thanks to the answer of redsquare I added a method like this:

$.validator.addMethod(
  "regex",
  function(value, element, regexp) {
    var re = new RegExp(regexp);
    return this.optional(element) || re.test(value);
  },
  "Please check your input."
);

Now all you need to do to validate against any regex is this:

$("#Textbox").rules("add", { regex: "^[a-zA-Z'.\\s]{1,40}$" })

Additionally, it looks like there is a file called additional-methods.js that contains the method "pattern", which can be a RegExp when created using the method without quotes.


Edit

The pattern function is now the preferred way to do this, making the example:

$("#Textbox").rules("add", { pattern: "^[a-zA-Z'.\\s]{1,40}$" })

Make one div visible and another invisible

You can use the display property of style. Intialy set the result section style as

style = "display:none"

Then the div will not be visible and there won't be any white space.

Once the search results are being populated change the display property using the java script like

document.getElementById("someObj").style.display = "block"

Using java script you can make the div invisible

document.getElementById("someObj").style.display = "none"

How should I copy Strings in Java?

Strings are immutable objects so you can copy them just coping the reference to them, because the object referenced can't change ...

So you can copy as in your first example without any problem :

String s = "hello";
String backup_of_s = s;
s = "bye";

How to change JFrame icon

This did the trick in my case super or this referes to JFrame in my class

URL url = getClass().getResource("gfx/hi_20px.png");
ImageIcon imgicon = new ImageIcon(url);
super.setIconImage(imgicon.getImage());

Pandas rename column by position?

You can do this:

df.rename(columns={ df.columns[1]: "whatever" })

How to change a package name in Eclipse?

"AndroidManifest" file not changed for me and i change package name manually.

datetimepicker is not a function jquery

I had the same problem with bootstrap datetimepicker extension. Including moment.js before datetimepicker.js was the solution.

What is the best workaround for the WCF client `using` block issue?

Given a choice between the solution advocated by IServiceOriented.com and the solution advocated by David Barret's blog, I prefer the simplicity offered by overriding the client's Dispose() method. This allows me to continue to use the using() statement as one would expect with a disposable object. However, as @Brian pointed out, this solution contains a race condition in that the State might not be faulted when it is checked but could be by the time Close() is called, in which case the CommunicationException still occurs.

So, to get around this, I've employed a solution that mixes the best of both worlds.

void IDisposable.Dispose()
{
    bool success = false;
    try 
    {
        if (State != CommunicationState.Faulted) 
        {
            Close();
            success = true;
        }
    } 
    finally 
    {
        if (!success) 
            Abort();
    }
}

How to convert a set to a list in python?

Instead of:

first_list = [1,2,3,4]
my_set=set(first_list)
my_list = list(my_set)

Why not shortcut the process:

my_list = list(set([1,2,3,4])

This will remove the dupes from you list and return a list back to you.

The provider is not compatible with the version of Oracle client

Just two steps to solve this issue.

  1. go to advance setting of application pool and set 'Enable 32 bit Application' flag to True.
  2. Make sure all Dlls in your Bin is 32 bit version now...

best of luck.

Select single item from a list

There are two easy ways, depending on if you want to deal with exceptions or get a default value.

You can use the First<T>() or the FirstOrDefault<T>() extension method to get the first result or default(T).

var list = new List<int> { 1, 2, 4 };
var result = list.Where(i => i == 3).First(); // throws InvalidOperationException
var result = list.Where(i => i == 3).FirstOrDefault(); // = 0

Environment variables in Eclipse

I've created an eclipse plugin for this, because I had the same problem. Feel free to download it and contribute to it.

It's still in early development, but it does its job already for me.

https://github.com/JorisAerts/Eclipse-Environment-Variables

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List of tables, db schema, dump etc using the Python sqlite3 API

Some might find my function useful if you just want to print out all of the tables and columns in your db.

In the loop, I query each TABLE with LIMIT 0 so it just returns the header info without all the data. You make an empty df out of it, and use the iterable df.columns to print each column name out.

conn = sqlite3.connect('example.db')
c = conn.cursor()

def table_info(c, conn):
    '''
    prints out all of the columns of every table in db
    c : cursor object
    conn : database connection object
    '''
    tables = c.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table';").fetchall()
    for table_name in tables:
        table_name = table_name[0] # tables is a list of single item tuples
        table = pd.read_sql_query("SELECT * from {} LIMIT 0".format(table_name), conn)
        print(table_name)
        for col in table.columns:
            print('\t-' + col)
        print()

table_info(c, conn)
Results will be:

table1
    -column1
    -column2

table2
    -column1
    -column2
    -column3 

etc.

Set form backcolor to custom color

If you want to set the form's back color to some arbitrary RGB value, you can do this:

this.BackColor = Color.FromArgb(255, 232, 232); // this should be pink-ish

How do I get which JRadioButton is selected from a ButtonGroup

You must add setActionCommand to the JRadioButton then just do:

String entree = entreeGroup.getSelection().getActionCommand();

Example:

java = new JRadioButton("Java");
java.setActionCommand("Java");
c = new JRadioButton("C/C++");
c.setActionCommand("c");
System.out.println("Selected Radio Button: " + 
                    buttonGroup.getSelection().getActionCommand());

Load json from local file with http.get() in angular 2

If you are using Angular CLI: 7.3.3 What I did is, On my assets folder I put my fake json data then on my services I just did this.

const API_URL = './assets/data/db.json';

getAllPassengers(): Observable<PassengersInt[]> {
    return this.http.get<PassengersInt[]>(API_URL);
  }

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How to set HTTP header to UTF-8 using PHP which is valid in W3C validator?

PHP sends headers automatically if set up to use internal encoding:

ini_set('default_charset', 'utf-8');

How to programmatically tell if a Bluetooth device is connected?

Add bluetooth permission to your AndroidManifest,

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />

Then use intent filters to listen to the ACTION_ACL_CONNECTED, ACTION_ACL_DISCONNECT_REQUESTED, and ACTION_ACL_DISCONNECTED broadcasts:

public void onCreate() {
    ...
    IntentFilter filter = new IntentFilter();
    filter.addAction(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_ACL_CONNECTED);
    filter.addAction(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_ACL_DISCONNECT_REQUESTED);
    filter.addAction(BluetoothDevice.ACTION_ACL_DISCONNECTED);
    this.registerReceiver(mReceiver, filter);
}

//The BroadcastReceiver that listens for bluetooth broadcasts
private final BroadcastReceiver mReceiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        String action = intent.getAction();
        BluetoothDevice device = intent.getParcelableExtra(BluetoothDevice.EXTRA_DEVICE);

        if (BluetoothDevice.ACTION_FOUND.equals(action)) {
           ... //Device found
        }
        else if (BluetoothDevice.ACTION_ACL_CONNECTED.equals(action)) {
           ... //Device is now connected
        }
        else if (BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_DISCOVERY_FINISHED.equals(action)) {
           ... //Done searching
        }
        else if (BluetoothDevice.ACTION_ACL_DISCONNECT_REQUESTED.equals(action)) {
           ... //Device is about to disconnect
        }
        else if (BluetoothDevice.ACTION_ACL_DISCONNECTED.equals(action)) {
           ... //Device has disconnected
        }           
    }
};

A few notes:

  • There is no way to retrieve a list of connected devices at application startup. The Bluetooth API does not allow you to QUERY, instead it allows you to listen to CHANGES.
  • A hoaky work around to the above problem would be to retrieve the list of all known/paired devices... then trying to connect to each one (to determine if you're connected).
  • Alternatively, you could have a background service watch the Bluetooth API and write the device states to disk for your application to use at a later date.

TypeScript and React - children type?

From the TypeScript site: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/6471

The recommended practice is to write the props type as {children?: any}

That worked for me. The child node can be many different things, so explicit typing can miss cases.

There's a longer discussion on the followup issue here: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/13618, but the any approach still works.

Best way to simulate "group by" from bash?

Sort may be omitted if order is not significant

uniq -c <source_file>

or

echo "$list" | uniq -c

if the source list is a variable

Time part of a DateTime Field in SQL

In SQL Server if you need only the hh:mi, you can use:

DECLARE @datetime datetime

SELECT @datetime = GETDATE()

SELECT RIGHT('0'+CAST(DATEPART(hour, @datetime) as varchar(2)),2) + ':' +
       RIGHT('0'+CAST(DATEPART(minute, @datetime)as varchar(2)),2)

JavaScript get window X/Y position for scroll

Using pure javascript you can use Window.scrollX and Window.scrollY

window.addEventListener("scroll", function(event) {
    var top = this.scrollY,
        left =this.scrollX;
}, false);

Notes

The pageXOffset property is an alias for the scrollX property, and The pageYOffset property is an alias for the scrollY property:

window.pageXOffset == window.scrollX; // always true
window.pageYOffset == window.scrollY; // always true

Here is a quick demo

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window.addEventListener("scroll", function(event) {_x000D_
  _x000D_
    var top = this.scrollY,_x000D_
        left = this.scrollX;_x000D_
  _x000D_
    var horizontalScroll = document.querySelector(".horizontalScroll"),_x000D_
        verticalScroll = document.querySelector(".verticalScroll");_x000D_
    _x000D_
    horizontalScroll.innerHTML = "Scroll X: " + left + "px";_x000D_
      verticalScroll.innerHTML = "Scroll Y: " + top + "px";_x000D_
  _x000D_
}, false);
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*{box-sizing: border-box}_x000D_
:root{height: 200vh;width: 200vw}_x000D_
.wrapper{_x000D_
    position: fixed;_x000D_
    top:20px;_x000D_
    left:0px;_x000D_
    width:320px;_x000D_
    background: black;_x000D_
    color: green;_x000D_
    height: 64px;_x000D_
}_x000D_
.wrapper div{_x000D_
    display: inline;_x000D_
    width: 50%;_x000D_
    float: left;_x000D_
    text-align: center;_x000D_
    line-height: 64px_x000D_
}_x000D_
.horizontalScroll{color: orange}
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<div class=wrapper>_x000D_
    <div class=horizontalScroll>Scroll (x,y) to </div>_x000D_
    <div class=verticalScroll>see me in action</div>_x000D_
</div>
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How to pass "Null" (a real surname!) to a SOAP web service in ActionScript 3

@doc_180 had the right concept, except he is focused on numbers, whereas the original poster had issues with strings.

The solution is to change the mx.rpc.xml.XMLEncoder file. This is line 121:

    if (content != null)
        result += content;

(I looked at Flex 4.5.1 SDK; line numbers may differ in other versions.)

Basically, the validation fails because 'content is null' and therefore your argument is not added to the outgoing SOAP Packet; thus causing the missing parameter error.

You have to extend this class to remove the validation. Then there is a big snowball up the chain, modifying SOAPEncoder to use your modified XMLEncoder, and then modifying Operation to use your modified SOAPEncoder, and then moidfying WebService to use your alternate Operation class.

I spent a few hours on it, but I need to move on. It'll probably take a day or two.

You may be able to just fix the XMLEncoder line and do some monkey patching to use your own class.

I'll also add that if you switch to using RemoteObject/AMF with ColdFusion, the null is passed without problems.


11/16/2013 update:

I have one more recent addition to my last comment about RemoteObject/AMF. If you are using ColdFusion 10; then properties with a null value on an object are removed from the server-side object. So, you have to check for the properties existence before accessing it or you will get a runtime error.

Check like this:

<cfif (structKeyExists(arguments.myObject,'propertyName')>
 <!--- no property code --->
<cfelse>
 <!--- handle property  normally --->
</cfif>

This is a change in behavior from ColdFusion 9; where the null properties would turn into empty strings.


Edit 12/6/2013

Since there was a question about how nulls are treated, here is a quick sample application to demonstrate how a string "null" will relate to the reserved word null.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
               xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
               xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" minWidth="955" minHeight="600" initialize="application1_initializeHandler(event)">
    <fx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.events.FlexEvent;

            protected function application1_initializeHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
            {
                var s :String = "null";
                if(s != null){
                    trace('null string is not equal to null reserved word using the != condition');
                } else {
                    trace('null string is equal to null reserved word using the != condition');
                }

                if(s == null){
                    trace('null string is equal to null reserved word using the == condition');
                } else {
                    trace('null string is not equal to null reserved word using the == condition');
                }

                if(s === null){
                    trace('null string is equal to null reserved word using the === condition');
                } else {
                    trace('null string is not equal to null reserved word using the === condition');
                }
            }
        ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <fx:Declarations>
        <!-- Place non-visual elements (e.g., services, value objects) here -->
    </fx:Declarations>
</s:Application>

The trace output is:

null string is not equal to null reserved word using the != condition

null string is not equal to null reserved word using the == condition

null string is not equal to null reserved word using the === condition

How to get thread id from a thread pool?

Using Thread.currentThread():

private class MyTask implements Runnable {
    public void run() {
        long threadId = Thread.currentThread().getId();
        logger.debug("Thread # " + threadId + " is doing this task");
    }
}

How do I commit case-sensitive only filename changes in Git?

I tried the following solutions from the other answers and they didn't work:

If your repository is hosted remotely (GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket), you can rename the file on origin (GitHub.com) and force the file rename in a top-down manner.

The instructions below pertain to GitHub, however the general idea behind them should apply to any remote repository-hosting platform. Keep in mind the type of file you're attempting to rename matters, that is, whether it's a file type that GitHub deems as editable (code, text, etc) or uneditable (image, binary, etc) within the browser.

  1. Visit GitHub.com
  2. Navigate to your repository on GitHub.com and select the branch you're working in
  3. Using the site's file navigation tool, navigate to the file you intend to rename
  4. Does GitHub allow you to edit the file within the browser?
    • a.) Editable
      1. Click the "Edit this file" icon (it looks like a pencil)
      2. Change the filename in the filename text input
    • b.) Uneditable
      1. Open the "Download" button in a new tab and save the file to your computer
      2. Rename the downloaded file
      3. In the previous tab on GitHub.com, click the "Delete this file" icon (it looks like a trashcan)
      4. Ensure the "Commit directly to the branchname branch" radio button is selected and click the "Commit changes" button
      5. Within the same directory on GitHub.com, click the "Upload files" button
      6. Upload the renamed file from your computer
  5. Ensure the "Commit directly to the branchname branch" radio button is selected and click the "Commit changes" button
  6. Locally, checkout/fetch/pull the branch
  7. Done

How does one remove a Docker image?

docker rm container_name

docker rmi image_name

docker help

rm Remove one or more containers

rmi Remove one or more images

How to check a boolean condition in EL?

Both works. Instead of == you can write eq

CSS selector - element with a given child

Update 2019

The :has() pseudo-selector is propsed in the CSS Selectors 4 spec, and will address this use case once implemented.

To use it, we will write something like:

.foo > .bar:has(> .baz) { /* style here */ }

In a structure like:

<div class="foo">
  <div class="bar">
    <div class="baz">Baz!</div>
  </div>
</div>

This CSS will target the .bar div - because it both has a parent .foo and from its position in the DOM, > .baz resolves to a valid element target.


Original Answer (left for historical purposes) - this portion is no longer accurate

For completeness, I wanted to point out that in the Selectors 4 specification (currently in proposal), this will become possible. Specifically, we will gain Subject Selectors, which will be used in the following format:

!div > span { /* style here */

The ! before the div selector indicates that it is the element to be styled, rather than the span. Unfortunately, no modern browsers (as of the time of this posting) have implemented this as part of their CSS support. There is, however, support via a JavaScript library called Sel, if you want to go down the path of exploration further.

How to initialize struct?

Structure types should, whenever practical, either have all of their state encapsulated in public fields which may independently be set to any values which are valid for their respective type, or else behave as a single unified value which can only bet set via constructor, factory, method, or else by passing an instance of the struct as an explicit ref parameter to one of its public methods. Contrary to what some people claim, that there's nothing wrong with a struct having public fields, if it is supposed to represent a set of values which may sensibly be either manipulated individually or passed around as a group (e.g. the coordinates of a point). Historically, there have been problems with structures that had public property setters, and a desire to avoid public fields (implying that setters should be used instead) has led some people to suggest that mutable structures should be avoided altogether, but fields do not have the problems that properties had. Indeed, an exposed-field struct is the ideal representation for a loose collection of independent variables, since it is just a loose collection of variables.

In your particular example, however, it appears that the two fields of your struct are probably not supposed to be independent. There are three ways your struct could sensibly be designed:

  • You could have the only public field be the string, and then have a read-only "helper" property called length which would report its length if the string is non-null, or return zero if the string is null.

  • You could have the struct not expose any public fields, property setters, or mutating methods, and have the contents of the only field--a private string--be specified in the object's constructor. As above, length would be a property that would report the length of the stored string.

  • You could have the struct not expose any public fields, property setters, or mutating methods, and have two private fields: one for the string and one for the length, both of which would be set in a constructor that takes a string, stores it, measures its length, and stores that. Determining the length of a string is sufficiently fast that it probably wouldn't be worthwhile to compute and cache it, but it might be useful to have a structure that combined a string and its GetHashCode value.

It's important to be aware of a detail with regard to the third design, however: if non-threadsafe code causes one instance of the structure to be read while another thread is writing to it, that may cause the accidental creation of a struct instance whose field values are inconsistent. The resulting behaviors may be a little different from those that occur when classes are used in non-threadsafe fashion. Any code having anything to do with security must be careful not to assume that structure fields will be in a consistent state, since malicious code--even in a "full trust" enviroment--can easily generate structs whose state is inconsistent if that's what it wants to do.

PS -- If you wish to allow your structure to be initialized using an assignment from a string, I would suggest using an implicit conversion operator and making Length be a read-only property that returns the length of the underlying string if non-null, or zero if the string is null.

What's the -practical- difference between a Bare and non-Bare repository?

A bare repository is nothing but the .git folder itself i.e. the contents of a bare repository is same as the contents of .git folder inside your local working repository.

  • Use bare repository on a remote server to allow multiple contributors to push their work.
  • Non-bare - The one which has working tree makes sense on the local machine of each contributor of your project.

Get column value length, not column max length of value

LENGTH() does return the string length (just verified). I suppose that your data is padded with blanks - try

SELECT typ, LENGTH(TRIM(t1.typ))
FROM AUTA_VIEW t1;

instead.

As OraNob mentioned, another cause could be that CHAR is used in which case LENGTH() would also return the column width, not the string length. However, the TRIM() approach also works in this case.

DevTools failed to load SourceMap: Could not load content for chrome-extension

That's because Chrome added support for source maps.

Go to the developer tools (F12 in the browser), then select the three dots in the upper right corner, and go to Settings.

Then, look for Sources, and disable the options: "Enable javascript source maps" "Enable CSS source maps"

If you do that, that would get rid of the warnings. It has nothing to do with your code. Check the developer tools in other pages and you will see the same warning.

How do I release memory used by a pandas dataframe?

This solves the problem of releasing the memory for me!!!

import gc
import pandas as pd

del [[df_1,df_2]]
gc.collect()
df_1=pd.DataFrame()
df_2=pd.DataFrame()

the data-frame will be explicitly set to null

in the above statements

Firstly, the self reference of the dataframe is deleted meaning the dataframe is no longer available to python there after all the references of the dataframe is collected by garbage collector (gc.collect()) and then explicitly set all the references to empty dataframe.

more on the working of garbage collector is well explained in https://stackify.com/python-garbage-collection/

How do I read a text file of about 2 GB?

WordPad will open any text file no matter the size. However, it has limited capabilities as compared to a text editor.

Python logging: use milliseconds in time format

After instantiating a Formatter I usually set formatter.converter = gmtime. So in order for @unutbu's answer to work in this case you'll need:

class MyFormatter(logging.Formatter):
    def formatTime(self, record, datefmt=None):
        ct = self.converter(record.created)
        if datefmt:
            s = time.strftime(datefmt, ct)
        else:
            t = time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", ct)
            s = "%s.%03d" % (t, record.msecs)
        return s

How the int.TryParse actually works

If you only need the bool result, just use the return value and ignore the out parameter.

bool successfullyParsed = int.TryParse(str, out ignoreMe);
if (successfullyParsed){
    // ...
}

Edit: Meanwhile you can also have a look at the original source code:

System.Int32.TryParse


If i want to know how something is actually implemented, i'm using ILSpy to decompile the .NET-code.

This is the result:

// int
/// <summary>Converts the string representation of a number to its 32-bit signed integer equivalent. A return value indicates whether the operation succeeded.</summary>
/// <returns>true if s was converted successfully; otherwise, false.</returns>
/// <param name="s">A string containing a number to convert. </param>
/// <param name="result">When this method returns, contains the 32-bit signed integer value equivalent to the number contained in s, if the conversion succeeded, or zero if the conversion failed. The conversion fails if the s parameter is null, is not of the correct format, or represents a number less than <see cref="F:System.Int32.MinValue"></see> or greater than <see cref="F:System.Int32.MaxValue"></see>. This parameter is passed uninitialized. </param>
/// <filterpriority>1</filterpriority>
public static bool TryParse(string s, out int result)
{
    return Number.TryParseInt32(s, NumberStyles.Integer, NumberFormatInfo.CurrentInfo, out result);
}


// System.Number
internal unsafe static bool TryParseInt32(string s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info, out int result)
{
    byte* stackBuffer = stackalloc byte[1 * 114 / 1];
    Number.NumberBuffer numberBuffer = new Number.NumberBuffer(stackBuffer);
    result = 0;
    if (!Number.TryStringToNumber(s, style, ref numberBuffer, info, false))
    {
        return false;
    }
    if ((style & NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier) != NumberStyles.None)
    {
        if (!Number.HexNumberToInt32(ref numberBuffer, ref result))
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (!Number.NumberToInt32(ref numberBuffer, ref result))
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}

And no, i cannot see any Try-Catchs on the road:

// System.Number
private unsafe static bool TryStringToNumber(string str, NumberStyles options, ref Number.NumberBuffer number, NumberFormatInfo numfmt, bool parseDecimal)
{
    if (str == null)
    {
        return false;
    }
    fixed (char* ptr = str)
    {
        char* ptr2 = ptr;
        if (!Number.ParseNumber(ref ptr2, options, ref number, numfmt, parseDecimal) || ((ptr2 - ptr / 2) / 2 < str.Length && !Number.TrailingZeros(str, (ptr2 - ptr / 2) / 2)))
        {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}

// System.Number
private unsafe static bool ParseNumber(ref char* str, NumberStyles options, ref Number.NumberBuffer number, NumberFormatInfo numfmt, bool parseDecimal)
{
    number.scale = 0;
    number.sign = false;
    string text = null;
    string text2 = null;
    string str2 = null;
    string str3 = null;
    bool flag = false;
    string str4;
    string str5;
    if ((options & NumberStyles.AllowCurrencySymbol) != NumberStyles.None)
    {
        text = numfmt.CurrencySymbol;
        if (numfmt.ansiCurrencySymbol != null)
        {
            text2 = numfmt.ansiCurrencySymbol;
        }
        str2 = numfmt.NumberDecimalSeparator;
        str3 = numfmt.NumberGroupSeparator;
        str4 = numfmt.CurrencyDecimalSeparator;
        str5 = numfmt.CurrencyGroupSeparator;
        flag = true;
    }
    else
    {
        str4 = numfmt.NumberDecimalSeparator;
        str5 = numfmt.NumberGroupSeparator;
    }
    int num = 0;
    char* ptr = str;
    char c = *ptr;
    while (true)
    {
        if (!Number.IsWhite(c) || (options & NumberStyles.AllowLeadingWhite) == NumberStyles.None || ((num & 1) != 0 && ((num & 1) == 0 || ((num & 32) == 0 && numfmt.numberNegativePattern != 2))))
        {
            bool flag2;
            char* ptr2;
            if ((flag2 = ((options & NumberStyles.AllowLeadingSign) != NumberStyles.None && (num & 1) == 0)) && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.positiveSign)) != null)
            {
                num |= 1;
                ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
            }
            else
            {
                if (flag2 && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.negativeSign)) != null)
                {
                    num |= 1;
                    number.sign = true;
                    ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
                }
                else
                {
                    if (c == '(' && (options & NumberStyles.AllowParentheses) != NumberStyles.None && (num & 1) == 0)
                    {
                        num |= 3;
                        number.sign = true;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if ((text == null || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, text)) == null) && (text2 == null || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, text2)) == null))
                        {
                            break;
                        }
                        num |= 32;
                        text = null;
                        text2 = null;
                        ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
    }
    int num2 = 0;
    int num3 = 0;
    while (true)
    {
        if ((c >= '0' && c <= '9') || ((options & NumberStyles.AllowHexSpecifier) != NumberStyles.None && ((c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F'))))
        {
            num |= 4;
            if (c != '0' || (num & 8) != 0)
            {
                if (num2 < 50)
                {
                    number.digits[(IntPtr)(num2++)] = c;
                    if (c != '0' || parseDecimal)
                    {
                        num3 = num2;
                    }
                }
                if ((num & 16) == 0)
                {
                    number.scale++;
                }
                num |= 8;
            }
            else
            {
                if ((num & 16) != 0)
                {
                    number.scale--;
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            char* ptr2;
            if ((options & NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint) != NumberStyles.None && (num & 16) == 0 && ((ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, str4)) != null || (flag && (num & 32) == 0 && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, str2)) != null)))
            {
                num |= 16;
                ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
            }
            else
            {
                if ((options & NumberStyles.AllowThousands) == NumberStyles.None || (num & 4) == 0 || (num & 16) != 0 || ((ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, str5)) == null && (!flag || (num & 32) != 0 || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, str3)) == null)))
                {
                    break;
                }
                ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
            }
        }
        c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
    }
    bool flag3 = false;
    number.precision = num3;
    number.digits[(IntPtr)num3] = '\0';
    if ((num & 4) != 0)
    {
        if ((c == 'E' || c == 'e') && (options & NumberStyles.AllowExponent) != NumberStyles.None)
        {
            char* ptr3 = ptr;
            c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
            char* ptr2;
            if ((ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.positiveSign)) != null)
            {
                c = *(ptr = ptr2);
            }
            else
            {
                if ((ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.negativeSign)) != null)
                {
                    c = *(ptr = ptr2);
                    flag3 = true;
                }
            }
            if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
            {
                int num4 = 0;
                do
                {
                    num4 = num4 * 10 + (int)(c - '0');
                    c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
                    if (num4 > 1000)
                    {
                        num4 = 9999;
                        while (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
                        {
                            c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
                        }
                    }
                }
                while (c >= '0' && c <= '9');
                if (flag3)
                {
                    num4 = -num4;
                }
                number.scale += num4;
            }
            else
            {
                ptr = ptr3;
                c = *ptr;
            }
        }
        while (true)
        {
            if (!Number.IsWhite(c) || (options & NumberStyles.AllowTrailingWhite) == NumberStyles.None)
            {
                bool flag2;
                char* ptr2;
                if ((flag2 = ((options & NumberStyles.AllowTrailingSign) != NumberStyles.None && (num & 1) == 0)) && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.positiveSign)) != null)
                {
                    num |= 1;
                    ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
                }
                else
                {
                    if (flag2 && (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, numfmt.negativeSign)) != null)
                    {
                        num |= 1;
                        number.sign = true;
                        ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if (c == ')' && (num & 2) != 0)
                        {
                            num &= -3;
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            if ((text == null || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, text)) == null) && (text2 == null || (ptr2 = Number.MatchChars(ptr, text2)) == null))
                            {
                                break;
                            }
                            text = null;
                            text2 = null;
                            ptr = ptr2 - (IntPtr)2 / 2;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            c = *(ptr += (IntPtr)2 / 2);
        }
        if ((num & 2) == 0)
        {
            if ((num & 8) == 0)
            {
                if (!parseDecimal)
                {
                    number.scale = 0;
                }
                if ((num & 16) == 0)
                {
                    number.sign = false;
                }
            }
            str = ptr;
            return true;
        }
    }
    str = ptr;
    return false;
}

Capture HTML Canvas as gif/jpg/png/pdf?

The simple answer is just to take the blob of it and set the img src to a new object URL of that blob, then add that image to a PDF using some library, like

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var ok = document.createElement("canvas")
ok.width = 400
ok.height = 140
var ctx = ok.getContext("2d");
for(let k = 0; k < ok.height; k++) 
  (
    k 
    % 
    Math.floor(
      (
        Math.random()
      ) *
      10
    )
    == 
    0
  ) && (y => {
    for(var i = 0; i < ok.width; i++) {
      if(i % 25 == 0) {
        ctx.globalAlpha = Math.random()
        ctx.fillStyle = (
          "rgb(" + 
          Math.random() * 255 + "," +
          Math.random() * 255 + "," +
          Math.random() * 255 + ")"
        );

        (wdth =>
          ctx.fillRect(
            Math.sin(
              i * Math.PI / 180
            ) * 
              Math.random() *
              ok.width,
            Math.cos(
              i * Math.PI / 180,
            ) * wdth + y,
            wdth,
            wdth
          )
        )(15)
      }
    }
  })(k)

ok.toBlob(blob => {
  k.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
})
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<img id=k>
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Alternatively, if you wanted to work with low-level byte data, you can get the raw bytes of the canvas, then, depending on the file spec, write the raw image data into the necessary bytes of the data. you just need to call ctx.getImageData(0, 0, ctx.canvas.widht, ctx.canvas.height) to get the raw image data, then based on the file specification, write it to that

Where is NuGet.Config file located in Visual Studio project?

I have created an answer for this post that might help: https://stackoverflow.com/a/63816822/2399164

Summary:

I am a little late to the game but I believe I found a simple solution to this problem...

  1. Create a "NuGet.Config" file in the same directory as your .sln
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" protocolVersion="3" />
    <add key="{{CUSTOM NAME}}" value="{{CUSTOM SOURCE}}" />
  </packageSources>
  <packageRestore>
    <add key="enabled" value="True" />
    <add key="automatic" value="True" />
  </packageRestore>
  <bindingRedirects>
    <add key="skip" value="False" />
  </bindingRedirects>
  <packageManagement>
    <add key="format" value="0" />
    <add key="disabled" value="False" />
  </packageManagement>
</configuration>
  1. That is it! Create your "Dockerfile" here as well

  2. Run docker build with your Dockerfile and all will get resolved

How to style an asp.net menu with CSS

There are well achieved third-party tools, but i usually use superfish http://www.conceptdevelopment.net/Fun/Superfish/ it's cool, free and easy ;)

What are .a and .so files?

.a are static libraries. If you use code stored inside them, it's taken from them and embedded into your own binary. In Visual Studio, these would be .lib files.

.so are dynamic libraries. If you use code stored inside them, it's not taken and embedded into your own binary. Instead it's just referenced, so the binary will depend on them and the code from the so file is added/loaded at runtime. In Visual Studio/Windows these would be .dll files (with small .lib files containing linking information).

Entry point for Java applications: main(), init(), or run()?

The main() method is the entry point for a Java application. run() is typically used for new threads or tasks.

Where have you been writing a run() method, what kind of application are you writing (e.g. Swing, AWT, console etc) and what's your development environment?

creating a table in ionic

This should probably be a comment, however, I don't have enough reputation to comment.

I suggest you really use the table (HTML) instead of ion-row and ion-col. Things will not look nice when one of the cell's content is too long.

One worse case looks like this:

| 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 |
| 1 | 2 | 3100 | 41 |

Higher fidelity example fork from @jpoveda

Create two threads, one display odd & other even numbers

public class EvenOddNumberPrintUsingTwoThreads {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub

        Thread t1 = new Thread() {          
            public void run() {

                for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
                    if (i % 2 == 0) {
                        System.out.println("Even : " + i);
                    }
                }

            }
        };

        Thread t2 = new Thread() {
            // int i=0;
            public void run() {

                for (int i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {
                    if (i % 2 == 1) {
                        System.out.println("Odd : " + i);
                    }
                }

            }
        };
        t1.start();
        t2.start();
    }
}

What does the question mark and the colon (?: ternary operator) mean in objective-c?

This is part of C, so it's not Objective-C specific. Here's a translation into an if statement:

if (inPseudoEditMode)
    label.frame = kLabelIndentedRec;
else
    label.frame = kLabelRect;

Why are only a few video games written in Java?

  • Are there any good ports of gaming engines/libraries?
  • Many C/C++ developers, particularly the ones on Windows (where most commercial games are written) are familiar with Visual Studio. There is no comparison in IDEs.
  • In general, Java has been sold to businesses because of it's solid typing and it has a perception of not having memory management issues.
  • And yes, Java still suffers from a perception that it is slow, and it's memory management is poor, and for games, it probably is ill-suited to the task. As stated in some of the other answers, garbage collection just isn't going to cut it when you are dealing with real-time high-performance requirements. Video games push CPUs and GPUs to their limits.

How can I generate a self-signed certificate with SubjectAltName using OpenSSL?

Can someone help me with the exact syntax?

It's a three-step process, and it involves modifying the openssl.cnf file. You might be able to do it with only command line options, but I don't do it that way.

Find your openssl.cnf file. It is likely located in /usr/lib/ssl/openssl.cnf:

$ find /usr/lib -name openssl.cnf
/usr/lib/openssl.cnf
/usr/lib/openssh/openssl.cnf
/usr/lib/ssl/openssl.cnf

On my Debian system, /usr/lib/ssl/openssl.cnf is used by the built-in openssl program. On recent Debian systems it is located at /etc/ssl/openssl.cnf

You can determine which openssl.cnf is being used by adding a spurious XXX to the file and see if openssl chokes.


First, modify the req parameters. Add an alternate_names section to openssl.cnf with the names you want to use. There are no existing alternate_names sections, so it does not matter where you add it.

[ alternate_names ]

DNS.1        = example.com
DNS.2        = www.example.com
DNS.3        = mail.example.com
DNS.4        = ftp.example.com

Next, add the following to the existing [ v3_ca ] section. Search for the exact string [ v3_ca ]:

subjectAltName      = @alternate_names

You might change keyUsage to the following under [ v3_ca ]:

keyUsage = digitalSignature, keyEncipherment

digitalSignature and keyEncipherment are standard fare for a server certificate. Don't worry about nonRepudiation. It's a useless bit thought up by computer science guys/gals who wanted to be lawyers. It means nothing in the legal world.

In the end, the IETF (RFC 5280), browsers and CAs run fast and loose, so it probably does not matter what key usage you provide.


Second, modify the signing parameters. Find this line under the CA_default section:

# Extension copying option: use with caution.
# copy_extensions = copy

And change it to:

# Extension copying option: use with caution.
copy_extensions = copy

This ensures the SANs are copied into the certificate. The other ways to copy the DNS names are broken.


Third, generate your self-signed certificate:

$ openssl genrsa -out private.key 3072
$ openssl req -new -x509 -key private.key -sha256 -out certificate.pem -days 730
You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated
into your certificate request.
What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.
...

Finally, examine the certificate:

$ openssl x509 -in certificate.pem -text -noout
Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number: 9647297427330319047 (0x85e215e5869042c7)
    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C=US, ST=MD, L=Baltimore, O=Test CA, Limited, CN=Test CA/[email protected]
        Validity
            Not Before: Feb  1 05:23:05 2014 GMT
            Not After : Feb  1 05:23:05 2016 GMT
        Subject: C=US, ST=MD, L=Baltimore, O=Test CA, Limited, CN=Test CA/[email protected]
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
                Public-Key: (3072 bit)
                Modulus:
                    00:e2:e9:0e:9a:b8:52:d4:91:cf:ed:33:53:8e:35:
                    ...
                    d6:7d:ed:67:44:c3:65:38:5d:6c:94:e5:98:ab:8c:
                    72:1c:45:92:2c:88:a9:be:0b:f9
                Exponent: 65537 (0x10001)
        X509v3 extensions:
            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:
                34:66:39:7C:EC:8B:70:80:9E:6F:95:89:DB:B5:B9:B8:D8:F8:AF:A4
            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:
                keyid:34:66:39:7C:EC:8B:70:80:9E:6F:95:89:DB:B5:B9:B8:D8:F8:AF:A4

            X509v3 Basic Constraints: critical
                CA:FALSE
            X509v3 Key Usage:
                Digital Signature, Non Repudiation, Key Encipherment, Certificate Sign
            X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
                DNS:example.com, DNS:www.example.com, DNS:mail.example.com, DNS:ftp.example.com
    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
         3b:28:fc:e3:b5:43:5a:d2:a0:b8:01:9b:fa:26:47:8e:5c:b7:
         ...
         71:21:b9:1f:fa:30:19:8b:be:d2:19:5a:84:6c:81:82:95:ef:
         8b:0a:bd:65:03:d1

Check the current number of connections to MongoDb

db.serverStatus() gives no of connections opend and avail but not shows the connections from which client. For more info you can use this command sudo lsof | grep mongod | grep TCP. I need it when i did replication and primary node have many client connection greater than secondary.

$ sudo lsof | grep mongod | grep TCP
mongod    5733             Al    6u     IPv4 0x08761278       0t0       TCP *:28017 (LISTEN)
mongod    5733             Al    7u     IPv4 0x07c7eb98       0t0       TCP *:27017 (LISTEN)
mongod    5733             Al    9u     IPv4 0x08761688       0t0       TCP 192.168.1.103:27017->192.168.1.103:64752 (ESTABLISHED)
mongod    5733             Al   12u     IPv4 0x08761a98       0t0       TCP 192.168.1.103:27017->192.168.1.103:64754 (ESTABLISHED)
mongod    5733             Al   13u     IPv4 0x095fa748       0t0       TCP 192.168.1.103:27017->192.168.1.103:64770 (ESTABLISHED)
mongod    5733             Al   14u     IPv4 0x095f86c8       0t0       TCP 192.168.1.103:27017->192.168.1.103:64775 (ESTABLISHED)
mongod    5733             Al   17u     IPv4 0x08764748       0t0       TCP 192.168.1.103:27017->192.168.1.103:64777 (ESTABLISHED)

This shows that I currently have five connections open to the MongoDB port (27017) on my computer. In my case I'm connecting to MongoDB from a Scalatra server, and I'm using the MongoDB Casbah driver, but you'll see the same lsof TCP connections regardless of the client used (as long as they're connecting using TCP/IP).

How can I inspect element in an Android browser?

Chrome on Android makes it possible to use the Chrome developer tools on the desktop to inspect the HTML that was loaded from the Chrome application on the Android device.

See: https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/remote-debugging

Cancel a UIView animation?

CALayer * pLayer = self.layer.presentationLayer;
[UIView setAnimationBeginsFromCurrentState:YES];
[UIView animateWithDuration:0.001 animations:^{
    self.frame = pLayer.frame;
}];

How to check if a String contains any letter from a to z?

What about:

//true if it doesn't contain letters
bool result = hello.Any(x => !char.IsLetter(x));

What is the yield keyword used for in C#?

Iteration. It creates a state machine "under the covers" that remembers where you were on each additional cycle of the function and picks up from there.

Select and trigger click event of a radio button in jquery

Switch the order of the code: You're calling the click event before it is attached.

$(document).ready(function() {
      $("#checkbox_div input:radio").click(function() {

           alert("clicked");

      });

      $("input:radio:first").prop("checked", true).trigger("click");

});

Spring Boot @autowired does not work, classes in different package

package com.test.springboot;
        @SpringBootApplication
    @ComponentScan(basePackages = "com.test.springboot")
    public class SpringBoot1Application {

        public static void main(String[] args) {
            ApplicationContext context=  SpringApplication.run(SpringBoot1Application.class, args);

=====================================================================

package com.test.springboot;
    @Controller
    public class StudentController {
        @Autowired
        private StudentDao studentDao;

        @RequestMapping("/")
        public String homePage() {
            return "home";
        }

Rolling or sliding window iterator?

This is an old question but for those still interested there is a great implementation of a window slider using generators in this page (by Adrian Rosebrock).

It is an implementation for OpenCV however you can easily use it for any other purpose. For the eager ones i'll paste the code here but to understand it better I recommend visiting the original page.

def sliding_window(image, stepSize, windowSize):
    # slide a window across the image
    for y in xrange(0, image.shape[0], stepSize):
        for x in xrange(0, image.shape[1], stepSize):
            # yield the current window
            yield (x, y, image[y:y + windowSize[1], x:x + windowSize[0]])

Tip: You can check the .shape of the window when iterating the generator to discard those that do not meet your requirements

Cheers

How to delete all data from solr and hbase

I tried the below steps. It works well.

  • Please make sure the SOLR server it running
  • Just click the link Delete all SOLR data which will hit and delete all your SOLR indexed datas then you will get the following details on the screen as output.

    <response>
      <lst name="responseHeader">
        <int name="status">0</int>
        <int name="QTime">494</int>
      </lst>
    </response>
    
  • if you are not getting the above output then please make sure the following.

    • I used the default host (localhost) and port (8080) on the above link. please alter the host and port if it is different in your end.
    • The default core name should be collection / collection1. I used collection1 in the above link. please change it too if your core name is different.

Getting the object's property name

Other than "Object.keys( obj )", we have very simple "for...in" loop - which loops over enumerable property names of an object.

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How to easily import multiple sql files into a MySQL database?

In Windows, open a terminal, go to the content folder and write:

copy /b *.sql all_files.sql

This concate all files in only one, making it really quick to import with PhpMyAdmin.

In Linux and macOS, as @BlackCharly pointed out, this will do the trick:

cat *.sql  > .all_files.sql

Important Note: Doing it directly should go well, but it could end up with you stuck in a loop with a massive output file getting bigger and bigger due to the system adding the file to itself. To avoid it, two possible solutions.

A) Put the result in a separate directory to be safe (Thanks @mosh):

mkdir concatSql
cat *.sql  > ./concatSql/all_files.sql

B) Concat them in a file with a different extension and then change it the name. (Thanks @William Turrell)

cat *.sql  > all_files.sql1
mv all_files.sql1 all_files.sql

Cannot create Maven Project in eclipse

Just delete the ${user.home}/.m2/repository/org/apache/maven/archetypes to refresh all files needed, it worked fine to me!

Node.js on multi-core machines

You can use cluster module. Check this.

var cluster = require('cluster');
var http = require('http');
var numCPUs = require('os').cpus().length;

if (cluster.isMaster) {
    // Fork workers.
    for (var i = 0; i < numCPUs; i++) {
        cluster.fork();
    }

    cluster.on('exit', function(worker, code, signal) {
        console.log('worker ' + worker.process.pid + ' died');
    });
} else {
    // Workers can share any TCP connection
    // In this case its a HTTP server
    http.createServer(function(req, res) {
        res.writeHead(200);
        res.end("hello world\n");
    }).listen(8000);
}

How do I pass along variables with XMLHTTPRequest

Following is correct way:

xmlhttp.open("GET","getuser.php?fname="+abc ,true);

Is there a foreach in MATLAB? If so, how does it behave if the underlying data changes?

MATLAB's FOR loop is static in nature; you cannot modify the loop variable between iterations, unlike the for(initialization;condition;increment) loop structure in other languages. This means that the following code always prints 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of the value of B.

A = 1:5;

for i = A
    A = B;
    disp(i);
end

If you want to be able to respond to changes in the data structure during iterations, a WHILE loop may be more appropriate --- you'll be able to test the loop condition at every iteration, and set the value of the loop variable(s) as you wish:

n = 10;
f = n;
while n > 1
    n = n-1;
    f = f*n;
end
disp(['n! = ' num2str(f)])

Btw, the for-each loop in Java (and possibly other languages) produces unspecified behavior when the data structure is modified during iteration. If you need to modify the data structure, you should use an appropriate Iterator instance which allows the addition and removal of elements in the collection you are iterating. The good news is that MATLAB supports Java objects, so you can do something like this:

A = java.util.ArrayList();
A.add(1);
A.add(2);
A.add(3);
A.add(4);
A.add(5);

itr = A.listIterator();

while itr.hasNext()

    k = itr.next();
    disp(k);

    % modify data structure while iterating
    itr.remove();
    itr.add(k);

end

Pass in an array of Deferreds to $.when()

To pass an array of values to any function that normally expects them to be separate parameters, use Function.prototype.apply, so in this case you need:

$.when.apply($, my_array).then( ___ );

See http://jsfiddle.net/YNGcm/21/

In ES6, you can use the ... spread operator instead:

$.when(...my_array).then( ___ );

In either case, since it's unlikely that you'll known in advance how many formal parameters the .then handler will require, that handler would need to process the arguments array in order to retrieve the result of each promise.

Invalid character in identifier

My solution was to switch my Mac keyboard from Unicode to U.S. English.

insert vertical divider line between two nested divs, not full height

Use a div for your divider. It will always be centered vertically regardless to whether left and right divs are equal in height. You can reuse it anywhere on your site.

.divider{
    position:absolute;
    left:50%;
    top:10%;
    bottom:10%;
    border-left:1px solid white;
}

Check working example at http://jsfiddle.net/gtKBs/

POST request send json data java HttpUrlConnection

I had a similar issue, I was getting 400, Bad Request only with the PUT, where as POST request was perfectly fine.

Below code worked fine for POST but was giving BAD Request for PUT:

conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
os.writeBytes(json);

After making below changes worked fine for both POST and PUT

conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=UTF-8");
os.write(json.getBytes("UTF-8"));

How to read .pem file to get private and public key

I think in your private key definition, You should replace:

X509EncodedKeySpec spec = new X509EncodedKeySpec(decoded);

with:

PKCS8EncodedKeySpec spec = new PKCS8EncodedKeySpec(decoded);

Look your openssl command:

$openssl **pkcs8** -topk8 -inform PEM -outform PEM -in mykey.pem \ -out private_key.pem -nocrypt

And the java Exception:

Only PCKS8 codification 

Failed to connect to mysql at 127.0.0.1:3306 with user root access denied for user 'root'@'localhost'(using password:YES)

Access the database as a user administrator (root user maybe). Check the right one user privileges to the database.

mysql >SHOW GRANTS FOR <username>;

Assign full user privileges to the database from localhost

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON <databasename>.* TO '<username>'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

in case of error in connecting to the database from third-party programs, for example MySQL WORKBENCH, assign privileges to the user to the database from any host MYSQL Grant all privileges to database from any host

mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON <databasename>.* TO '<username>'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY '<password>';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Can I use conditional statements with EJS templates (in JMVC)?

You can also use else if syntax:

<% if (x === 1) { %>
    <p>Hello world!</p>
<% } else if (x === 2) { %>
    <p>Hi earth!</p>
<% } else { %>
    <p>Hey terra!</p>
<% } %>

How do I exit a while loop in Java?

Finding a while...do construct with while(true) in my code would make my eyes bleed. Use a standard while loop instead:

while (obj != null){
    ...
}

And take a look at the link Yacoby provided in his answer, and this one too. Seriously.

The while and do-while Statements

HTML: Select multiple as dropdown

Because you're using multiple. Despite it still technically being a dropdown, it doesn't look or act like a standard dropdown. Rather, it populates a list box and lets them select multiple options.

Size determines how many options appear before they have to click down or up to see the other options.

I have a feeling what you want to achieve is only going to be possible with a JavaScript plugin.

Some examples:

jQuery multiselect drop down menu

http://labs.abeautifulsite.net/archived/jquery-multiSelect/demo/

How to create an array of 20 random bytes?

If you want a cryptographically strong random number generator (also thread safe) without using a third party API, you can use SecureRandom.

Java 6 & 7:

SecureRandom random = new SecureRandom();
byte[] bytes = new byte[20];
random.nextBytes(bytes);

Java 8 (even more secure):

byte[] bytes = new byte[20];
SecureRandom.getInstanceStrong().nextBytes(bytes);

Import CSV file with mixed data types

If your input file has a fixed amount of columns separated by commas and you know in which columns are the strings it might be best to use the function

textscan()

Note that you can specify a format where you read up to a maximum number of characters in the string or until a delimiter (comma) is found.

Twitter bootstrap progress bar animation on page load

Here's a cross-browser CSS-only solution. Hope it helps!

DEMO

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    -webkit-animation-name: animateBar;_x000D_
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    animation-name: animateBar;_x000D_
    animation-iteration-count: 1;_x000D_
    animation-timing-function: ease-in;_x000D_
    animation-duration: .4s;_x000D_
}_x000D_
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@-moz-keyframes animateBar {_x000D_
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    100% {-moz-transform: translateX(0);}_x000D_
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@-webkit-keyframes animateBar {_x000D_
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    100% {-webkit-transform: translateX(0);}_x000D_
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@keyframes animateBar {_x000D_
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    100% {transform: translateX(0);}_x000D_
}
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How to display images from a folder using php - PHP

You had a mistake on the statement below. Use . not ,

echo '<img src="', $dir, '/', $file, '" alt="', $file, $

to

echo '<img src="'. $dir. '/'. $file. '" alt="'. $file. $

and

echo 'Directory \'', $dir, '\' not found!';

to

echo 'Directory \''. $dir. '\' not found!';

Accessing an SQLite Database in Swift

I too was looking for some way to interact with SQLite the same way I was used to doing previously in Objective-C. Admittedly, because of C compatibility, I just used the straight C API.

As no wrapper currently exists for SQLite in Swift and the SQLiteDB code mentioned above goes a bit higher level and assumes certain usage, I decided to create a wrapper and get a bit familiar with Swift in the process. You can find it here: https://github.com/chrismsimpson/SwiftSQLite.

var db = SQLiteDatabase();
db.open("/path/to/database.sqlite");

var statement = SQLiteStatement(database: db);

if ( statement.prepare("SELECT * FROM tableName WHERE Id = ?") != .Ok )
{
    /* handle error */
}

statement.bindInt(1, value: 123);

if ( statement.step() == .Row )
{
    /* do something with statement */
    var id:Int = statement.getIntAt(0)
    var stringValue:String? = statement.getStringAt(1)
    var boolValue:Bool = statement.getBoolAt(2)
    var dateValue:NSDate? = statement.getDateAt(3)
}

statement.finalizeStatement(); /* not called finalize() due to destructor/language keyword */

Disabling browser print options (headers, footers, margins) from page?

Any recent version of Chrome and Opera, as well as Firefox 48 alpha 1 and greater

You can set the page margin to a size that's too small to contain the text in order to disable this (borrowing from awe's answer):

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  size: auto;  /* auto is the initial value */
  margin: 0mm; /* this affects the margin in the printer settings */
}
html {
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
  margin: 0px; /* this affects the margin on the HTML before sending to printer */
}
body {
  border: solid 1px blue;
  margin: 10mm 15mm 10mm 15mm; /* margin you want for the content */
}
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<ol>
  <li>
    <a href="data:,No Javascript :-(" target="_blank">Middle-click to open in new tab</a>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="javascript:print()">Print</a>
  </li>
</ol><!-- Hack to work around stack snippet restrictions --><script type=application/javascript>document.links[0].href="data:text/html;charset=utf-8,"+encodeURIComponent('<!doctype html>'+document.documentElement.outerHTML)</script>
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For versions of Firefox up to 48 alpha 1

You can add a mozNoMarginBoxes attribute to the <html> tag to prevent the URL, page numbers and other things Firefox adds to the page margin from being printed.

It is working in Firefox 29 and onwards. You can see a screen shot of the difference here, or see here for a live example.

Note that the mozDisallowSelectionPrint attribute in the example is not required to remove the text from the margins; see What does the mozdisallowselectionprint attribute in PDF.js do?.

Other browsers

Unfortunately, there seems to be no way to resolve this problem in Internet Explorer, so you'll have to resort to PDF or ask users to disable margin texts.

The same goes for Safari; according to a comment by @Luiz Perez, the most recent versions of Safari (8, 9.1 and 10) still do not support @page for suppressing margin texts.

I can't find anything on Edge and I don't have a Windows 10 installation available to test.

org.hibernate.TransientObjectException: object references an unsaved transient instance - save the transient instance before flushing

I had a similar problem and although I made sure that referenced entities were saved first it keeps failing with the same exception. After hours of investigation it turns out that the problem was because the "version" column of the referenced entity was NULL. In my particular setup i was inserting it first in an HSQLDB(that was a unit test) a row like that:

INSERT INTO project VALUES (1,1,'2013-08-28 13:05:38','2013-08-28 13:05:38','aProject','aa',NULL,'bb','dd','ee','ff','gg','ii',NULL,'LEGACY','0','CREATED',NULL,NULL,1,'0',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'0','0', NULL);

The problem of the above is the version column used by hibernate was set to null, so even if the object was correctly saved, Hibernate considered it as unsaved. When making sure the version had a NON-NULL(1 in this case) value the exception disappeared and everything worked fine.

I am putting it here in case someone else had the same problem, since this took me a long time to figure this out and the solution is completely different than the above.

How do I get a plist as a Dictionary in Swift?

In swift 3.0 Reading from Plist.

func readPropertyList() {
        var propertyListFormat =  PropertyListSerialization.PropertyListFormat.xml //Format of the Property List.
        var plistData: [String: AnyObject] = [:] //Our data
        let plistPath: String? = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "data", ofType: "plist")! //the path of the data
        let plistXML = FileManager.default.contents(atPath: plistPath!)!
        do {//convert the data to a dictionary and handle errors.
            plistData = try PropertyListSerialization.propertyList(from: plistXML, options: .mutableContainersAndLeaves, format: &propertyListFormat) as! [String:AnyObject]

        } catch {
            print("Error reading plist: \(error), format: \(propertyListFormat)")
        }
    }

Read More HOW TO USE PROPERTY LISTS (.PLIST) IN SWIFT.

PHP post_max_size overrides upload_max_filesize

change in php.ini max_input_vars 1000

WorksheetFunction.CountA - not working post upgrade to Office 2010

This answer from another forum solved the problem.

(substitute your own range for the "I:I" shown here)

Re: CountA not working in VBA

Should be:

Nonblank = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("I:I"))

You have to refer to ranges in the vba format, not the in-excel format.

View array in Visual Studio debugger?

If you have a large array and only want to see a subsection of the array you can type this into the watch window;

ptr+100,10

to show a list of the 10 elements starting at ptr[100]. Beware that the displayed array subscripts will start at [0], so you will have to remember that ptr[0] is really ptr[100] and ptr[1] is ptr[101] etc.

How to return temporary table from stored procedure

The return type of a procedure is int.

You can also return result sets (as your code currently does) (okay, you can also send messages, which are strings)

Those are the only "returns" you can make. Whilst you can add table-valued parameters to a procedure (see BOL), they're input only.

Edit:

(Or as another poster mentioned, you could also use a Table Valued Function, rather than a procedure)

C# generic list <T> how to get the type of T?

Marc's answer is the approach I use for this, but for simplicity (and a friendlier API?) you can define a property in the collection base class if you have one such as:

public abstract class CollectionBase<T> : IList<T>
{
   ...

   public Type ElementType
   {
      get
      {
         return typeof(T);
      }
   }
}

I have found this approach useful, and is easy to understand for any newcomers to generics.

Limit text length to n lines using CSS

I have a solution which works well but instead an ellipsis it uses a gradient. It works when you have dynamic text so you don't know if it will be long enough to need an ellipse. The advantages are that you don't have to do any JavaScript calculations and it works for variable width containers including table cells and is cross-browser. It uses a couple of extra divs, but it's very easy to implement.

Markup:

<td>
    <div class="fade-container" title="content goes here">
         content goes here
         <div class="fade">
    </div>
</td>

CSS:

.fade-container { /*two lines*/
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
    line-height: 18px; 
    /* height must be a multiple of line-height for how many rows you want to show (height = line-height x rows) */
    height: 36px;
    -ms-hyphens: auto;
    -webkit-hyphens: auto;
    hyphens: auto;
    word-wrap: break-word;
}

.fade {
        position: absolute;
        top: 50%;/* only cover the last line. If this wrapped to 3 lines it would be 33% or the height of one line */
        right: 0;
        bottom: 0;
        width: 26px;
        background: linear-gradient(to right,  rgba(255,255,255,0) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 100%);
}

blog post: http://salzerdesign.com/blog/?p=453

example page: http://salzerdesign.com/test/fade.html

Python: Generate random number between x and y which is a multiple of 5

The simplest way is to generate a random nuber between 0-1 then strech it by multiplying, and shifting it.
So yo would multiply by (x-y) so the result is in the range of 0 to x-y,
Then add x and you get the random number between x and y.

To get a five multiplier use rounding. If this is unclear let me know and I'll add code snippets.

MAC addresses in JavaScript

Nope. The reason ActiveX can do it is because ActiveX is a little application that runs on the client's machine.

I would imagine access to such information via JavaScript would be a security vulnerability.

How to Get a Sublist in C#

Would it be as easy as running a LINQ query on your List?

List<string> mylist = new List<string>{ "hello","world","foo","bar"};
List<string> listContainingLetterO = mylist.Where(x=>x.Contains("o")).ToList();

jQuery delete confirmation box

You need to add confirm() to your deleteItem();

function deleteItem() {
    if (confirm("Are you sure?")) {
        // your deletion code
    }
    return false;
}

Calling C++ class methods via a function pointer

Minimal runnable example

main.cpp

#include <cassert>

class C {
    public:
        int i;
        C(int i) : i(i) {}
        int m(int j) { return this->i + j; }
};

int main() {
    // Get a method pointer.
    int (C::*p)(int) = &C::m;

    // Create a test object.
    C c(1);
    C *cp = &c;

    // Operator .*
    assert((c.*p)(2) == 3);

    // Operator ->*
    assert((cp->*p)(2) == 3);
}

Compile and run:

g++ -ggdb3 -O0 -std=c++11 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -o main.out main.cpp
./main.out

Tested in Ubuntu 18.04.

You cannot change the order of the parenthesis or omit them. The following do not work:

c.*p(2)
c.*(p)(2)

GCC 9.2 would fail with:

main.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
main.cpp:19:18: error: must use ‘.*’ or ‘->*’ to call pointer-to-member function in ‘p (...)’, e.g. ‘(... ->* p) (...)’
   19 |     assert(c.*p(2) == 3);
      |

C++11 standard

.* and ->* are a single operators introduced in C++ for this purpose, and not present in C.

C++11 N3337 standard draft:

  • 2.13 "Operators and punctuators" has a list of all operators, which contains .* and ->*.
  • 5.5 "Pointer-to-member operators" explains what they do

EditText non editable

android:editable="false" should work, but it is deprecated, you should be using android:inputType="none" instead.

Alternatively, if you want to do it in the code you could do this :

EditText mEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourid);
mEdit.setEnabled(false);

This is also a viable alternative :

EditText mEdit = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.yourid);
mEdit.setKeyListener(null);

If you're going to make your EditText non-editable, may I suggest using the TextView widget instead of the EditText, since using a EditText seems kind of pointless in that case.

EDIT: Altered some information since I've found that android:editable is deprecated, and you should use android:inputType="none", but there is a bug about it on android code; So please check this.

How to read and write xml files?

Here is a quick DOM example that shows how to read and write a simple xml file with its dtd:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE roles SYSTEM "roles.dtd">
<roles>
    <role1>User</role1>
    <role2>Author</role2>
    <role3>Admin</role3>
    <role4/>
</roles>

and the dtd:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!ELEMENT roles (role1,role2,role3,role4)>
<!ELEMENT role1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT role2 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT role3 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT role4 (#PCDATA)>

First import these:

import javax.xml.parsers.*;
import javax.xml.transform.*;
import javax.xml.transform.dom.*;
import javax.xml.transform.stream.*;
import org.xml.sax.*;
import org.w3c.dom.*;

Here are a few variables you will need:

private String role1 = null;
private String role2 = null;
private String role3 = null;
private String role4 = null;
private ArrayList<String> rolev;

Here is a reader (String xml is the name of your xml file):

public boolean readXML(String xml) {
        rolev = new ArrayList<String>();
        Document dom;
        // Make an  instance of the DocumentBuilderFactory
        DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
        try {
            // use the factory to take an instance of the document builder
            DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
            // parse using the builder to get the DOM mapping of the    
            // XML file
            dom = db.parse(xml);

            Element doc = dom.getDocumentElement();

            role1 = getTextValue(role1, doc, "role1");
            if (role1 != null) {
                if (!role1.isEmpty())
                    rolev.add(role1);
            }
            role2 = getTextValue(role2, doc, "role2");
            if (role2 != null) {
                if (!role2.isEmpty())
                    rolev.add(role2);
            }
            role3 = getTextValue(role3, doc, "role3");
            if (role3 != null) {
                if (!role3.isEmpty())
                    rolev.add(role3);
            }
            role4 = getTextValue(role4, doc, "role4");
            if ( role4 != null) {
                if (!role4.isEmpty())
                    rolev.add(role4);
            }
            return true;

        } catch (ParserConfigurationException pce) {
            System.out.println(pce.getMessage());
        } catch (SAXException se) {
            System.out.println(se.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
        }

        return false;
    }

And here a writer:

public void saveToXML(String xml) {
    Document dom;
    Element e = null;

    // instance of a DocumentBuilderFactory
    DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
    try {
        // use factory to get an instance of document builder
        DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
        // create instance of DOM
        dom = db.newDocument();

        // create the root element
        Element rootEle = dom.createElement("roles");

        // create data elements and place them under root
        e = dom.createElement("role1");
        e.appendChild(dom.createTextNode(role1));
        rootEle.appendChild(e);

        e = dom.createElement("role2");
        e.appendChild(dom.createTextNode(role2));
        rootEle.appendChild(e);

        e = dom.createElement("role3");
        e.appendChild(dom.createTextNode(role3));
        rootEle.appendChild(e);

        e = dom.createElement("role4");
        e.appendChild(dom.createTextNode(role4));
        rootEle.appendChild(e);

        dom.appendChild(rootEle);

        try {
            Transformer tr = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
            tr.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.INDENT, "yes");
            tr.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.METHOD, "xml");
            tr.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.ENCODING, "UTF-8");
            tr.setOutputProperty(OutputKeys.DOCTYPE_SYSTEM, "roles.dtd");
            tr.setOutputProperty("{http://xml.apache.org/xslt}indent-amount", "4");

            // send DOM to file
            tr.transform(new DOMSource(dom), 
                                 new StreamResult(new FileOutputStream(xml)));

        } catch (TransformerException te) {
            System.out.println(te.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            System.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
        }
    } catch (ParserConfigurationException pce) {
        System.out.println("UsersXML: Error trying to instantiate DocumentBuilder " + pce);
    }
}

getTextValue is here:

private String getTextValue(String def, Element doc, String tag) {
    String value = def;
    NodeList nl;
    nl = doc.getElementsByTagName(tag);
    if (nl.getLength() > 0 && nl.item(0).hasChildNodes()) {
        value = nl.item(0).getFirstChild().getNodeValue();
    }
    return value;
}

Add a few accessors and mutators and you are done!

JS map return object

map rockets and add 10 to its launches:

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    { country:'US', launches:23 },_x000D_
    { country:'China', launches:16 },_x000D_
    { country:'Europe(ESA)', launches:7 },_x000D_
    { country:'India', launches:4 },_x000D_
    { country:'Japan', launches:3 }_x000D_
];_x000D_
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    itm.launches += 10_x000D_
    return itm_x000D_
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If you don't want to modify rockets you can do:

var plusTen = []
rockets.forEach((itm) => {
    plusTen.push({'country': itm.country, 'launches': itm.launches + 10})
})

What's the best way to identify hidden characters in the result of a query in SQL Server (Query Analyzer)?

You can always use the DATALENGTH Function to determine if you have extra white space characters in text fields. This won't make the text visible but will show you where there are extra white space characters.

    SELECT DATALENGTH('MyTextData ') AS BinaryLength, LEN('MyTextData ') AS TextLength

This will produce 11 for BinaryLength and 10 for TextLength.

In a table your SQL would like this:

    SELECT * 
    FROM tblA
    WHERE DATALENGTH(MyTextField) > LEN(MyTextField)

This function is usable in all versions of SQL Server beginning with 2005.

Twitter Bootstrap carousel different height images cause bouncing arrows

Try with this jQuery code that normalize Bootstrap carousel slide heights

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function carouselNormalization() {
  var items = $('#carousel-example-generic .item'), //grab all slides
    heights = [], //create empty array to store height values
    tallest; //create variable to make note of the tallest slide

  if (items.length) {
    function normalizeHeights() {
      items.each(function() { //add heights to array
        heights.push($(this).height());
      });
      tallest = Math.max.apply(null, heights); //cache largest value
      items.each(function() {
        $(this).css('min-height', tallest + 'px');
      });
    };
    normalizeHeights();

    $(window).on('resize orientationchange', function() {
      tallest = 0, heights.length = 0; //reset vars
      items.each(function() {
        $(this).css('min-height', '0'); //reset min-height
      });
      normalizeHeights(); //run it again 
    });
  }
}

/**
 * Wait until all the assets have been loaded so a maximum height 
 * can be calculated correctly.
 */
window.onload = function() {
  carouselNormalization();
}
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Are 'Arrow Functions' and 'Functions' equivalent / interchangeable?

To use arrow functions with function.prototype.call, I made a helper function on the object prototype:

  // Using
  // @func = function() {use this here} or This => {use This here}
  using(func) {
    return func.call(this, this);
  }

usage

  var obj = {f:3, a:2}
  .using(This => This.f + This.a) // 5

Edit

You don't NEED a helper. You could do:

var obj = {f:3, a:2}
(This => This.f + This.a).call(undefined, obj); // 5

Should I use != or <> for not equal in T-SQL?

!=, despite being non-ANSI, is more in the true spirit of SQL as a readable language. It screams not equal. <> says it's to me (less than, greater than) which is just weird. I know the intention is that it's either less than or greater than hence not equal, but that's a really complicated way of saying something really simple.

I've just had to take some long SQL queries and place them lovingly into an XML file for a whole bunch of stupid reasons I won't go into.

Suffice to say XML is not down with <> at all and I had to change them to != and check myself before I riggedy wrecked myself.

VB.NET - Click Submit Button on Webbrowser page

I am quite benefited with http://stackoverflow.com. I was wandering from hours for automatic login and submit from vb application to another web site. Due to help of this site I am able to complete my task

I have to login following web php page.

<HTML>

<body>
<div align="center"><img src="banner.png" height="80px" /></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
            $("#login").validate();
            $("#login_container").css({'position': 'absolute', 
                'top' : (($(window).height()/2) - $("#login_container").height()/2)+'px'});
            $("#login_container").css({'left' : (($(window).width()/2) - $("#login_container").width()/2)+'px'});
        });
    </script>
    <div id="login_container">
        <form name="login" id="login" action="?q=login" method="post">
        <table>
          <tr><td>Username</td><td><input type="text" name="name" class="required"/></td></tr>
          <tr><td>Password</td><td><input type="password" name="password" class="required"/></td></tr>
          <tr><td></td><td><input type="submit" name="subimt" value="Login" /></td></tr>
        </table>
        </form>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

For automatic Login and clicking I wrote following VB.Net Code. In form1 I placed a button and a Webbrowser control

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Windows.Forms



Public Class Form1


    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click


        WebBrowser1.Navigate("http://xyz.com")



    End Sub

    Private Sub WebBrowser1_DocumentCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowserDocumentCompletedEventArgs) Handles WebBrowser1.DocumentCompleted
        WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("name").SetAttribute("Value", "bharatlal")
        WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("password").SetAttribute("Value", "mahato")
        WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("subimt").Focus()
        WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("subimt").InvokeMember("click")
    End Sub
End Class

Spring Boot application can't resolve the org.springframework.boot package

From your pom.xml, try to remove spring repository entries, per default will download from maven repository. I have tried with 1.5.6.RELEASE and worked very well.

SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), GETDATE(), 110) what is the meaning of 110 here?

That number indicates Date and Time Styles

You need to look at CAST and CONVERT (Transact-SQL). Here you can find the meaning of all these Date and Time Styles.

Styles with century (e.g. 100, 101 etc) means year will come in yyyy format. While styles without century (e.g. 1,7,10) means year will come in yy format.

You can also refer to SQL Server Date Formats. Here you can find all date formats with examples.

jQuery: outer html()

No siblings solution:

var x = $('#xxx').parent().html();
alert(x);

Universal solution:

// no cloning necessary    
var x = $('#xxx').wrapAll('<div>').parent().html(); 
alert(x);

Fiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/ezmilhouse/Mv76a/

How can I transition height: 0; to height: auto; using CSS?

This is what works for me:

  .hide{
    max-height: 0px;
    overflow: hidden;
    transition:max-height .5s ease-in-out;
  }

  .show{
    max-height: 150px; // adjust as needed
    transition: max-height .5s ease-in-out;
  }

you need to put them in all your children component and toggle them with jQuery or React state, here's my case (with next.js and styled-components): https://codesandbox.io/s/ol3kl56q9q

Find if listA contains any elements not in listB

listA.Any(_ => listB.Contains(_))

:)

Adding multiple class using ng-class

An incredibly powerful alternative to other answers here:

ng-class="[  { key: resulting-class-expression }[ key-matching-expression ], ..  ]"

Some examples:

1. Simply adds 'class1 class2 class3' to the div:

<div ng-class="[{true: 'class1'}[true], {true: 'class2 class3'}[true]]"></div>

2. Adds 'odd' or 'even' classes to div, depending on the $index:

<div ng-class="[{0:'even', 1:'odd'}[ $index % 2]]"></div>

3. Dynamically creates a class for each div based on $index

<div ng-class="[{true:'index'+$index}[true]]"></div>

If $index=5 this will result in:

<div class="index5"></div>

Here's a code sample you can run:

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  $scope.items = 'abcdefg'.split('');_x000D_
}); 
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.odd  { background-color: #eee; }_x000D_
.even { background-color: #fff; }_x000D_
.index5 {background-color: #0095ff; color: white; font-weight: bold; }_x000D_
* { font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; }
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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.1/angular.min.js"></script>_x000D_
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  <div ng-repeat="item in items"_x000D_
    ng-class="[{true:'index'+$index}[true], {0:'even', 1:'odd'}[ $index % 2 ]]">_x000D_
    index {{$index}} = "{{item}}" ng-class="{{[{true:'index'+$index}[true], {0:'even', 1:'odd'}[ $index % 2 ]].join(' ')}}"_x000D_
  </div>_x000D_
</div>
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Initializing C# auto-properties

You can do it via the constructor of your class:

public class foo {
  public foo(){
    Bar = "bar";
  }
  public string Bar {get;set;}
}

If you've got another constructor (ie, one that takes paramters) or a bunch of constructors you can always have this (called constructor chaining):

public class foo {
  private foo(){
    Bar = "bar";
    Baz = "baz";
  }
  public foo(int something) : this(){
    //do specialized initialization here
    Baz = string.Format("{0}Baz", something);
  }
  public string Bar {get; set;}
  public string Baz {get; set;}
}

If you always chain a call to the default constructor you can have all default property initialization set there. When chaining, the chained constructor will be called before the calling constructor so that your more specialized constructors will be able to set different defaults as applicable.

Storing image in database directly or as base64 data?

Just want to give one example why we decided to store image in DB not files or CDN, it is storing images of signatures.

We have tried to do so via CDN, cloud storage, files, and finally decided to store in DB and happy about the decision as it was proven us right in our subsequent events when we moved, upgraded our scripts and migrated the sites serveral times.

For my case, we wanted the signatures to be with the records that belong to the author of documents.

Storing in files format risks missing them or deleted by accident.

We store it as a blob binary format in MySQL, and later as based64 encoded image in a text field. The decision to change to based64 was due to smaller size as result for some reason, and faster loading. Blob was slowing down the page load for some reason.

In our case, this solution to store signature images in DB, (whether as blob or based64), was driven by:

  1. Most signature images are very small.
  2. We don't need to index the signature images stored in DB.
  3. Index is done on the primary key.
  4. We may have to move or switch servers, moving physical images files to different servers, may cause the images not found due to links change.
  5. it is embarrassed to ask the author to re-sign their signatures.
  6. it is more secured saving in the DB as compared to exposing it as files which can be downloaded if security is compromised. Storing in DB allows us better control over its access.
  7. any future migrations, change of web design, hosting, servers, we have zero worries about reconcilating the signature file names against the physical files, it is all in the DB!

AC

Reading a registry key in C#

string InstallPath = (string)Registry.GetValue(@"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyApplication\AppPath", "Installed", null);    
if (InstallPath != null)
{
    // Do stuff
}

That code should get your value. You'll need to be

using Microsoft.Win32;

for that to work though.

Flask Python Buttons

I think this solution is good:

@app.route('/contact', methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def contact():
    form = ContactForm()
    if form.validate_on_submit():
        if form.submit.data:
            pass
        elif form.submit2.data:
            pass
    return render_template('contact.html', form=form)

Form:

class ContactForm(FlaskForm):

    submit = SubmitField('Do this')
    submit2 = SubmitField('Do that')

How to stop asynctask thread in android?

declare your asyncTask in your activity:

private YourAsyncTask mTask;

instantiate it like this:

mTask = new YourAsyncTask().execute();

kill/cancel it like this:

mTask.cancel(true);

CSS: Center block, but align contents to the left

THIS works

<div style="display:inline-block;margin:10px auto;">
    <ul style="list-style-type:none;">
        <li style="text-align:left;"><span class="red">?</span> YouTube AutoComplete Keyword Scraper software <em>root keyword text box</em>.</li>
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ValueError: shape mismatch: objects cannot be broadcast to a single shape

This particular error implies that one of the variables being used in the arithmetic on the line has a shape incompatible with another on the same line (i.e., both different and non-scalar). Since n and the output of np.add.reduce() are both scalars, this implies that the problem lies with xm and ym, the two of which are simply your x and y inputs minus their respective means.

Based on this, my guess is that your x and y inputs have different shapes from one another, making them incompatible for element-wise multiplication.

** Technically, it's not that variables on the same line have incompatible shapes. The only problem is when two variables being added, multiplied, etc., have incompatible shapes, whether the variables are temporary (e.g., function output) or not. Two variables with different shapes on the same line are fine as long as something else corrects the issue before the mathematical expression is evaluated.

dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

I don't exactly understand what's the problem. Incomplete type is not the type that's "missing". Incompete type is a type that is declared but not defined (in case of struct types). To find the non-defining declaration is easy. As for the finding the missing definition... the compiler won't help you here, since that is what caused the error in the first place.

A major reason for incomplete type errors in C are typos in type names, which prevent the compiler from matching one name to the other (like in matching the declaration to the definition). But again, the compiler cannot help you here. Compiler don't make guesses about typos.

String replace a Backslash

sSource = sSource.replace("\\/", "/");
  • String is immutable - each method you invoke on it does not change its state. It returns a new instance holding the new state instead. So you have to assign the new value to a variable (it can be the same variable)
  • replaceAll(..) uses regex. You don't need that.

Converting String To Float in C#

Your thread's locale is set to one in which the decimal mark is "," instead of ".".

Try using this:

float.Parse("41.00027357629127", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat);

Note, however, that a float cannot hold that many digits of precision. You would have to use double or Decimal to do so.

How can I count the number of matches for a regex?

From Java 9, you can use the stream provided by Matcher.results()

long matches = matcher.results().count();

How do you use window.postMessage across domains?

Probably you try to send your data from mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com or reverse, NOTE you missed "www". http://mydomain.com and http://www.mydomain.com are different domains to javascript.

iTunes Connect Screenshots Sizes for all iOS (iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch) devices

In Xcode 9, in addition to setting the Window Scale to 100% (?1) it is now necessary to also uncheck Optimize Rendering for Window Scale in the debug menu in order to get a screenshot of the proper resolution.

To take a screenshot of the proper size for use on the app store:

1.) Run app in simulator
2.) Set scale (?1)
3.) Uncheck Optimize Rendering for Window Scalein debug menu
4.) Take a Screenshot with ?S

enter image description here

Calculating the sum of two variables in a batch script

According to this helpful list of operators [an operator can be thought of as a mathematical expression] found here, you can tell the batch compiler that you are manipulating variables instead of fixed numbers by using the += operator instead of the + operator.

Hope I Helped!

Merge DLL into EXE?

NOTE: if you're trying to load a non-ILOnly assembly, then

Assembly.Load(block)

won't work, and an exception will be thrown: more details

I overcame this by creating a temporary file, and using

Assembly.LoadFile(dllFile)

Java 8 Lambda filter by Lists

Something like:

clients.stream.filter(c->{
   users.stream.filter(u->u.getName().equals(c.getName()).count()>0
}).collect(Collectors.toList());

This is however not an awfully efficient way to do it. Unless the collections are very small, you will be better of building a set of user names and using that in the condition.

Import Package Error - Cannot Convert between Unicode and Non Unicode String Data Type

Not sure if this is still a problem but I found this simple solution:

  1. Right-Click Ole DB Source
  2. Select 'Edit'
  3. Select Input and Output Properties Tab
  4. Under "Inputs and Outputs", Expand "Ole DB Source Output" External Columns and Output Columns
  5. In Output columns, select offending field, on the right-hand panel ensure Data Type Property matches that of the field in External Columns properties

Hope this was clear and easy to follow

jQuery Ajax Request inside Ajax Request

Here is an example:

$.ajax({
        type: "post",
        url: "ajax/example.php",
        data: 'page=' + btn_page,
        success: function (data) {
            var a = data; // This line shows error.
            $.ajax({
                type: "post",
                url: "example.php",
                data: 'page=' + a,
                success: function (data) {

                }
            });
        }
    });

How to round the corners of a button

Pushing to the limits corner radius up to get a circle:

    self.btnFoldButton.layer.cornerRadius = self.btnFoldButton.frame.height/2.0;

enter image description here

If button frame is an square it does not matter frame.height or frame.width. Otherwise use the largest of both ones.

Splitting words into letters in Java

You can use

String [] strArr = Str.split("");

vagrant primary box defined but commands still run against all boxes

The primary flag seems to only work for vagrant ssh for me.

In the past I have used the following method to hack around the issue.

# stage box intended for configuration closely matching production if ARGV[1] == 'stage'     config.vm.define "stage" do |stage|         box_setup stage, \         "10.9.8.31", "deploy/playbook_full_stack.yml", "deploy/hosts/vagrant_stage.yml"     end end 

set font size in jquery

You can try another way like that:

<div class="content">
        Australia
    </div>

jQuery code:

$(".content").css({
    background: "#d1d1d1",
    fontSize: "30px"
})

Now you can add more css property as you want.

How to make the Facebook Like Box responsive?

Colin's example for me clashed with the like button. So I adapted it to only target the Like Box.

.fb-like-box, .fb-like-box span, .fb-like-box span iframe[style] { width: 100% !important; }

Tested in most modern browsers.

Cannot hide status bar in iOS7

For iOS 7 in a single view use in viewWillappear method:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:YES withAnimation:NO];

For display the status bar use:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] setStatusBarHidden:NO withAnimation:NO];

How do I extract data from JSON with PHP?

https://paiza.io/projects/X1QjjBkA8mDo6oVh-J_63w

Check below code for converting json to array in PHP, If JSON is correct then json_decode() works well, and will return an array, But if malformed JSON, then It will return NULL,

<?php
function jsonDecode1($json){
    $arr = json_decode($json, true);
    return $arr;
}

// In case of malformed JSON, it will return NULL
var_dump( jsonDecode1($json) );

If malformed JSON, and you are expecting only array, then you can use this function,

<?php
function jsonDecode2($json){
    $arr = (array) json_decode($json, true);
    return $arr;
}

// In case of malformed JSON, it will return an empty array()
var_dump( jsonDecode2($json) );

If malformed JSON, and you want to stop code execution, then you can use this function,

<?php
function jsonDecode3($json){
    $arr = (array) json_decode($json, true);

    if(empty(json_last_error())){
        return $arr;
    }
    else{
        throw new ErrorException( json_last_error_msg() );
    }
}

// In case of malformed JSON, Fatal error will be generated
var_dump( jsonDecode3($json) );

You can use any function depends on your requirement,

Why use Select Top 100 Percent?

I have seen other code which I have inherited which uses SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT

The reason for this is simple: Enterprise Manager used to try to be helpful and format your code to include this for you. There was no point ever trying to remove it as it didn't really hurt anything and the next time you went to change it EM would insert it again.

Http Post request with content type application/x-www-form-urlencoded not working in Spring

The problem is that when we use application/x-www-form-urlencoded, Spring doesn't understand it as a RequestBody. So, if we want to use this we must remove the @RequestBody annotation.

Then try the following:

@RequestMapping(value = "/patientdetails", method = RequestMethod.POST,consumes = MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED_VALUE)
public @ResponseBody List<PatientProfileDto> getPatientDetails(
        PatientProfileDto name) {


    List<PatientProfileDto> list = new ArrayList<PatientProfileDto>();
    list = service.getPatient(name);
    return list;
}

Note that removed the annotation @RequestBody

What's the difference between SCSS and Sass?

I'm one of the developers who helped create Sass.

The difference is UI. Underneath the textual exterior they are identical. This is why sass and scss files can import each other. Actually, Sass has four syntax parsers: scss, sass, CSS, and less. All of these convert a different syntax into an Abstract Syntax Tree which is further processed into CSS output or even onto one of the other formats via the sass-convert tool.

Use the syntax you like the best, both are fully supported and you can change between them later if you change your mind.

Yes/No message box using QMessageBox

Python equivalent code for a QMessageBox which consist of a question in it and Yes and No button. When Yes Button is clicked it will pop up another message box saying yes is clicked and same for No button also. You can push your own code after if block.

button_reply = QMessageBox.question(self,"Test", "Are you sure want to quit??", QMessageBox.Yes,QMessageBox.No,)

if button_reply == QMessageBox.Yes:
    QMessageBox.information(self, "Test", "Yes Button Was Clicked")
else :
    QMessageBox.information(self, "Test", "No Button Was Clicked")

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

I'm a little out of touch with the details of how MySQL deals with nulls, but here's two things to try:

SELECT * FROM match WHERE id NOT IN 
    ( SELECT id FROM email WHERE id IS NOT NULL) ;

SELECT
    m.*
FROM
    match m
    LEFT OUTER JOIN email e ON
        m.id = e.id
        AND e.id IS NOT NULL
WHERE
    e.id IS NULL

The second query looks counter intuitive, but it does the join condition and then the where condition. This is the case where joins and where clauses are not equivalent.

How to enable scrolling of content inside a modal?

I'm having this issue on Mobile Safari on my iPhone6

Bootstrap adds the class .modal-open to the body when a modal is opened.

I've tried to make minimal overrides to Bootstrap 3.2.0, and came up with the following:

.modal-open {
    position: fixed;
}

.modal {
    overflow-y: auto;
}

For comparison, I've included the associated Bootstrap styles below.

Selected extract from bootstrap/less/modals.less (don't include this in your fix):

// Kill the scroll on the body
.modal-open {
  overflow: hidden;
}

// Container that the modal scrolls within
.modal {
  display: none;
  overflow: hidden;
  position: fixed;
  -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
}

.modal-open .modal {
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
}

Mobile Safari version used: User-Agent Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12B411 Safari/600.1.4

How to get all columns' names for all the tables in MySQL?

I wrote this silly thing a long time ago and still actually use it now and then:

https://gist.github.com/kphretiq/e2f924416a326895233d

Basically, it does a "SHOW TABLES", then a "DESCRIBE " on each table, then spits it out as markdown.

Just edit below the "if name" and go. You'll need to have pymysql installed.

How to add image in Flutter

To use image in Flutter. Do these steps.

1. Create a Directory inside assets folder named images. As shown in figure belowenter image description here

2. Put your desired images to images folder.

3. Open pubpsec.yaml file . And add declare your images.Like:--enter image description here

4. Use this images in your code as.

  Card(
            elevation: 10,
              child: Container(
              decoration: BoxDecoration(
                color: Colors.orangeAccent,
              image: DecorationImage(
              image: AssetImage("assets/images/dropbox.png"),
          fit: BoxFit.fitWidth,
          alignment: Alignment.topCenter,
          ),
          ),
          child: Text("$index",style: TextStyle(color: Colors.red,fontSize: 16,fontFamily:'LangerReguler')),
                alignment: Alignment.center,
          ),
          );

What is trunk, branch and tag in Subversion?

A great place to start learning about Subversion is http://svnbook.red-bean.com/.

As far as Visual Studio tools are concerned, I like AnkhSVN, but I haven't tried the VisualSVN plugin yet.

VisualSVN does rely on TortoiseSVN, but TortoiseSVN is also a nice complement to Ankh IMHO.