Programs & Examples On #Online storage

Format XML string to print friendly XML string

The simple solution that is working for me:

        XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        xmlDoc.LoadXml(rawStringXML);
        xmlDoc.Save(sw);
        String formattedXml = sw.ToString();

Creating Duplicate Table From Existing Table

Use this query to create the new table with the values from existing table

CREATE TABLE New_Table_name AS SELECT * FROM Existing_table_Name; 

Now you can get all the values from existing table into newly created table.

How to automatically close cmd window after batch file execution?

I had this, I added EXIT and initially it didn't work, I guess per requiring the called program exiting advice mentioned in another response here, however it now works without further ado - not sure what's caused this, but the point to note is that I'm calling a data file .html rather than the program that handles it browser.exe, I did not edit anything else but suffice it to say it's much neater just using a bat file to access the main access pages of those web documents and only having title.bat, contents.bat, index.bat in the root folder with the rest of the content in a subfolder.

i.e.: contents.bat reads

cd subfolder
"contents.html"
exit

It also looks better if I change the bat file icons for just those items to suit the context they are in too, but that's another matter, hiding the bat files in the subfolder and creating custom icon shortcuts to them in the root folder with the images called for the customisation also hidden.

.substring error: "is not a function"

you can also quote string

''+document.location+''.substring(2,3);

Shrink to fit content in flexbox, or flex-basis: content workaround?

It turns out that it was shrinking and growing correctly, providing the desired behaviour all along; except that in all current browsers flexbox wasn't accounting for the vertical scrollbar! Which is why the content appears to be getting cut off.

You can see here, which is the original code I was using before I added the fixed widths, that it looks like the column isn't growing to accomodate the text:

http://jsfiddle.net/2w157dyL/1/

However if you make the content in that column wider, you'll see that it always cuts it off by the same amount, which is the width of the scrollbar.

So the fix is very, very simple - add enough right padding to account for the scrollbar:

http://jsfiddle.net/2w157dyL/2/

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It was when I was trying some things suggested by Michael_B (specifically adding a padding buffer) that I discovered this, thanks so much!

Edit: I see that he also posted a fiddle which does the same thing - again, thanks so much for all your help

Svn switch from trunk to branch

  • Short version of (correct) tzaman answer will be (for fresh SVN)

    svn switch ^/branches/v1p2p3
    
  • --relocate switch is deprecated anyway, when it needed you'll have to use svn relocate command

  • Instead of creating snapshot-branch (ReadOnly) you can use tags (conventional RO labels for history)

On Windows, the caret character (^) must be escaped:

svn switch ^^/branches/v1p2p3

"std::endl" vs "\n"

Not a big deal, but endl won't work in boost::lambda.

(cout<<_1<<endl)(3); //error

(cout<<_1<<"\n")(3); //OK , prints 3

How does one use glide to download an image into a bitmap?

If you want to assign dynamic bitmap image to bitmap variables

Example for kotlin

backgroundImage = Glide.with(applicationContext).asBitmap().load(PresignedUrl().getUrl(items!![position].img)).into(100, 100).get();

The above answers did not work for me

.asBitmap should be before the .load("http://....")

How to call VS Code Editor from terminal / command line

Other easyway to do it on mac is :go to Command Palette[ Shift ?+ Command (?)+P] and type :Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH

once installed: Shell command 'code' successfully installed in PATH.

Then you can use code from the terminal as well.

Get query string parameters url values with jQuery / Javascript (querystring)

Written in Vanilla Javascript

     //Get URL
     var loc = window.location.href;
     console.log(loc);
     var index = loc.indexOf("?");
     console.log(loc.substr(index+1));
     var splitted = loc.substr(index+1).split('&');
     console.log(splitted);
     var paramObj = [];
     for(var i=0;i<splitted.length;i++){
         var params = splitted[i].split('=');
         var key = params[0];
         var value = params[1];
         var obj = {
             [key] : value
         };
         paramObj.push(obj);
         }
    console.log(paramObj);
    //Loop through paramObj to get all the params in query string.

Android RatingBar change star colors

For just changing the color of Rating bar from xml:-

android:progressTint="@color/your_color"
android:backgroundTint="@color/your_color"
android:secondaryProgressTint="@color/your_color"

What is the role of the bias in neural networks?

Just to add my two cents.

A simpler way to understand what the bias is: it is somehow similar to the constant b of a linear function

y = ax + b

It allows you to move the line up and down to fit the prediction with the data better. Without b the line always goes through the origin (0, 0) and you may get a poorer fit.

How to place a file on classpath in Eclipse?

Well one of the option is to goto your workspace, your project folder, then bin copy and paste the log4j properites file. it would be better to paste the file also in source folder.

Now you may want to know from where to get this file, download smslib, then extract it, then smslib->misc->log4j sample configuration -> log4j here you go.

This what helped,me so just wanted to know.

Angular HTTP GET with TypeScript error http.get(...).map is not a function in [null]

import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';

will resolve your problem

I tested it in angular 5.2.0 and rxjs 5.5.2

android.database.sqlite.SQLiteCantOpenDatabaseException: unknown error (code 14): Could not open database

In runtime problems like these firstly open logcat if you are using android studio, try to analyse trace tree, go to the beginning from where exception started to rise, since that is usually the source of the problem. Now check for two things:

  1. Check in device file explorer(on the bottom right) there exist a database created by you. mostly you find it in DATA -> DATA -> com.example.hpc.demo(your pakage name) -> DATABASE -> demo.db

  2. Check that in your helper class you have added required '/' for example like below
    DB_location = "data/data/" + mcontext.getPackageName() + "/database/";

How can I remove the search bar and footer added by the jQuery DataTables plugin?

I have done this by assigning footer an id and then styling using css :

    <table border="1" class="dataTable" id="dataTable_${dtoItem.key}" >
     <thead>
        <tr>
            <th></th>

        </tr>
    </thead>
 <tfoot>
    <tr>
            <th id="FooterHidden"></th>
    </tr>
</tfoot>
<tbody>

    <tr>

                <td class="copyableField"></td>

    </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

then styling using css :

#FooterHidden{
   display: none;
}

As above mentioned ways aren't working for me.

Get last record of a table in Postgres

Easy way: ORDER BY in conjunction with LIMIT

SELECT timestamp, value, card
FROM my_table
ORDER BY timestamp DESC
LIMIT 1;

However, LIMIT is not standard and as stated by Wikipedia, The SQL standard's core functionality does not explicitly define a default sort order for Nulls.. Finally, only one row is returned when several records share the maximum timestamp.

Relational way:

The typical way of doing this is to check that no row has a higher timestamp than any row we retrieve.

SELECT timestamp, value, card
FROM my_table t1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (
  SELECT *
  FROM my_table t2
  WHERE t2.timestamp > t1.timestamp
);

It is my favorite solution, and the one I tend to use. The drawback is that our intent is not immediately clear when having a glimpse on this query.

Instructive way: MAX

To circumvent this, one can use MAX in the subquery instead of the correlation.

SELECT timestamp, value, card
FROM my_table
WHERE timestamp = (
  SELECT MAX(timestamp)
  FROM my_table
);

But without an index, two passes on the data will be necessary whereas the previous query can find the solution with only one scan. That said, we should not take performances into consideration when designing queries unless necessary, as we can expect optimizers to improve over time. However this particular kind of query is quite used.

Show off way: Windowing functions

I don't recommend doing this, but maybe you can make a good impression on your boss or something ;-)

SELECT DISTINCT
  first_value(timestamp) OVER w,
  first_value(value) OVER w,
  first_value(card) OVER w
FROM my_table
WINDOW w AS (ORDER BY timestamp DESC);

Actually this has the virtue of showing that a simple query can be expressed in a wide variety of ways (there are several others I can think of), and that picking one or the other form should be done according to several criteria such as:

  • portability (Relational/Instructive ways)
  • efficiency (Relational way)
  • expressiveness (Easy/Instructive way)

How to detect the device orientation using CSS media queries?

@media all and (orientation:portrait) {
/* Style adjustments for portrait mode goes here */
}

@media all and (orientation:landscape) {
  /* Style adjustments for landscape mode goes here */
}

but it still looks like you have to experiment

Remove all line breaks from a long string of text

You can try using string replace:

string = string.replace('\r', '').replace('\n', '')

Add php variable inside echo statement as href link address?

you can either use

echo '<a href="'.$link_address.'">Link</a>';

or

echo "<a href=\"$link_address\">Link</a>';

if you use double quotes you can insert the variable into the string and it will be parsed.

Convert pyQt UI to python

I've ran into the same problem recently. After finding the correct path to the pyuic4 file using the file finder I've ran:

C:\Users\ricckli.qgis2\python\plugins\qgis2leaf>C:\OSGeo4W64\bin\pyuic4 -o ui_q gis2leaf.py ui_qgis2leaf.ui

As you can see my ui file was placed in this folder...

QT Creator was installed separately and the pyuic4 file was placed there with the OSGEO4W installer

How to make an unaware datetime timezone aware in python

Use dateutil.tz.tzlocal() to get the timezone in your usage of datetime.datetime.now() and datetime.datetime.astimezone():

from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import tz

unlocalisedDatetime = datetime.now()

localisedDatetime1 = datetime.now(tz = tz.tzlocal())
localisedDatetime2 = datetime(2017, 6, 24, 12, 24, 36, tz.tzlocal())
localisedDatetime3 = unlocalisedDatetime.astimezone(tz = tz.tzlocal())
localisedDatetime4 = unlocalisedDatetime.replace(tzinfo = tz.tzlocal())

Note that datetime.astimezone will first convert your datetime object to UTC then into the timezone, which is the same as calling datetime.replace with the original timezone information being None.

How to create .pfx file from certificate and private key?

This is BY FAR the easiest way to convert *.cer to *.pfx files:

Just download the portable certificate converter from DigiCert: https://www.digicert.com/util/pfx-certificate-management-utility-import-export-instructions.htm

Execute it, select a file and get your *.pfx!!

Why should I use a pointer rather than the object itself?

"Necessity is the mother of invention." The most of important difference that I would like to point out is the outcome of my own experience of coding. Sometimes you need to pass objects to functions. In that case, if your object is of a very big class then passing it as an object will copy its state (which you might not want ..AND CAN BE BIG OVERHEAD) thus resulting in an overhead of copying object .while pointer is fixed 4-byte size (assuming 32 bit). Other reasons are already mentioned above...

How to add an image to an svg container using D3.js

In SVG (contrasted with HTML), you will want to use <image> instead of <img> for elements.

Try changing your last block with:

var imgs = svg.selectAll("image").data([0]);
            imgs.enter()
            .append("svg:image")
            ...

Generate random 5 characters string

Here are my random 5 cents ...

$random=function($a, $b) {
    return(
        substr(str_shuffle(('\\`)/|@'.
        password_hash(mt_rand(0,999999),
        PASSWORD_DEFAULT).'!*^&~(')),
        $a, $b)
    );
};

echo($random(0,5));

PHP's new password_hash() (* >= PHP 5.5) function is doing the job for generation of decently long set of uppercase and lowercase characters and numbers.

Two concat. strings before and after password_hash within $random function are suitable for change.

Paramteres for $random() *($a,$b) are actually substr() parameters. :)

NOTE: this doesn't need to be a function, it can be normal variable as well .. as one nasty singleliner, like this:

$random=(substr(str_shuffle(('\\`)/|@'.password_hash(mt_rand(0,999999), PASSWORD_DEFAULT).'!*^&~(')), 0, 5));

echo($random);

Can I add color to bootstrap icons only using CSS?

Also works with the style tag:

<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-ok" style="color:#00FF00;"></span>

<span class="glyphicon glyphicon-remove" style="color:#FF0000;"></span>

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SQL Server Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <, <= , >, >=

The error implies that this subquery is returning more than 1 row:

(Select Supplier_Item.Price from Supplier_Item,orderdetails,Supplier where Supplier_Item.SKU=OrderDetails.Sku and Supplier_Item.SupplierId=Supplier.SupplierID )

You probably don't want to include the orderdetails and supplier tables in the subquery, because you want to reference the values selected from those tables in the outer query. So I think you want the subquery to be simply:

(Select Supplier_Item.Price from Supplier_Item where Supplier_Item.SKU=OrderDetails.Sku and Supplier_Item.SupplierId=Supplier.SupplierID )

I suggest you read up on correlated vs. non-correlated subqueries.

Formatting a number with exactly two decimals in JavaScript

I'm fix the problem the modifier. Support 2 decimal only.

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  //input number only._x000D_
  convertNumberFloatZero(22); // output : 22.00_x000D_
  convertNumberFloatZero(22.5); // output : 22.50_x000D_
  convertNumberFloatZero(22.55); // output : 22.55_x000D_
  convertNumberFloatZero(22.556); // output : 22.56_x000D_
  convertNumberFloatZero(22.555); // output : 22.55_x000D_
  convertNumberFloatZero(22.5541); // output : 22.54_x000D_
  convertNumberFloatZero(22222.5541); // output : 22,222.54_x000D_
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 var splitNumber = numberFloat.split(".");_x000D_
 var cNumberFloat = number.toFixed(2);_x000D_
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 if(lastChar > 0 && lastChar < 5){_x000D_
  cNsplitNumber[1]--;_x000D_
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How does a Java HashMap handle different objects with the same hash code?

Hash map works on the principle of hashing

HashMap get(Key k) method calls hashCode method on the key object and applies returned hashValue to its own static hash function to find a bucket location(backing array) where keys and values are stored in form of a nested class called Entry (Map.Entry) . So you have concluded that from the previous line that Both key and value is stored in the bucket as a form of Entry object . So thinking that Only value is stored in the bucket is not correct and will not give a good impression on the interviewer .

  • Whenever we call get( Key k ) method on the HashMap object . First it checks that whether key is null or not . Note that there can only be one null key in HashMap .

If key is null , then Null keys always map to hash 0, thus index 0.

If key is not null then , it will call hashfunction on the key object , see line 4 in above method i.e. key.hashCode() ,so after key.hashCode() returns hashValue , line 4 looks like

            int hash = hash(hashValue)

and now ,it applies returned hashValue into its own hashing function .

We might wonder why we are calculating the hashvalue again using hash(hashValue). Answer is It defends against poor quality hash functions.

Now final hashvalue is used to find the bucket location at which the Entry object is stored . Entry object stores in the bucket like this (hash,key,value,bucketindex)

jQuery: How to capture the TAB keypress within a Textbox

An important part of using a key down on tab is knowing that tab will always try to do something already, don't forget to "return false" at the end.

Here is what I did. I have a function that runs on .blur and a function that swaps where my form focus is. Basically it adds an input to the end of the form and goes there while running calculations on blur.

$(this).children('input[type=text]').blur(timeEntered).keydown(function (e) {
        var code = e.keyCode || e.which;
        if (code == "9") {
            window.tabPressed = true;
            // Here is the external function you want to call, let your external
            // function handle all your custom code, then return false to
            // prevent the tab button from doing whatever it would naturally do.
            focusShift($(this));
            return false;
        } else {
            window.tabPressed = false;
        }
        // This is the code i want to execute, it might be different than yours
        function focusShift(trigger) {
            var focalPoint = false;
            if (tabPressed == true) {
                console.log($(trigger).parents("td").next("td"));
                focalPoint = $(trigger).parents("td").next("td");

            }
            if (focalPoint) {
                $(focalPoint).trigger("click");
            }
        }
    });

How to create a XML object from String in Java?

try something like

public static Document loadXML(String xml) throws Exception
{
   DocumentBuilderFactory fctr = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
   DocumentBuilder bldr = fctr.newDocumentBuilder();
   InputSource insrc = new InputSource(new StringReader(xml));
   return bldr.parse(insrc);
}

React - Display loading screen while DOM is rendering?

Nowadays we can use hooks as well in React 16.8:

import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';

const App = () => {
  const [ spinner, setSpinner ] = useState(true);

  // It will be executed before rendering

  useEffect(() => {
    setTimeout(() => setSpinner(false), 1000)
  }, []);

  // [] means like componentDidMount

  return !spinner && <div>Your content</div>;
};

export default App;

Using NSPredicate to filter an NSArray based on NSDictionary keys

It should work - as long as the data variable is actually an array containing a dictionary with the key SPORT

NSArray *data = [NSArray arrayWithObject:[NSMutableDictionary dictionaryWithObject:@"foo" forKey:@"BAR"]];    
NSArray *filtered = [data filteredArrayUsingPredicate:[NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"(BAR == %@)", @"foo"]];

Filtered in this case contains the dictionary.

(the %@ does not have to be quoted, this is done when NSPredicate creates the object.)

Show a PDF files in users browser via PHP/Perl

The safest way to have a PDF display instead of download seems to be embedding it using an object or iframe element. There are also 3rd party solutions like Google's PDF viewer.

See Best Way to Embed PDF in HTML for an overview.

There's also DoPDF, a Java based In-browser PDF viewer. I can't speak to its quality but it looks interesting.

How can I see the specific value of the sql_mode?

You need to login to your mysql terminal first using mysql -u username -p password

Then use this:

SELECT @@sql_mode; or SELECT @@GLOBAL.sql_mode;

output will be like this:

STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,STRICT_ALL_TABLES,NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,TRADITIONAL,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUB

You can also set sql mode by this:

SET GLOBAL sql_mode=TRADITIONAL;

Calling a php function by onclick event

Use this html code it will surely help you

<input type="button" value="NEXT"  onclick="document.write('<?php //call a function here ex- 'fun();' ?>');" />

one limitation is that it is taking more time to run so wait for few seconds it will work

jquery (or pure js) simulate enter key pressed for testing

For those who want to do this in pure javascript, look at:

Using standard KeyboardEvent

As Joe comment it, KeyboardEvent is now the standard.

Same example to fire an enter (keyCode 13):

const ke = new KeyboardEvent('keydown', {
    bubbles: true, cancelable: true, keyCode: 13
});
document.body.dispatchEvent(ke);

You can use this page help you to find the right keyboard event.


Outdated answer:

You can do something like (here for Firefox)

var ev = document.createEvent('KeyboardEvent');
// Send key '13' (= enter)
ev.initKeyEvent(
    'keydown', true, true, window, false, false, false, false, 13, 0);
document.body.dispatchEvent(ev);

How to use the new Material Design Icon themes: Outlined, Rounded, Two-Tone and Sharp?

As of 12/05/2020, You need to

1. include CSS:

<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Material+Icons|Material+Icons+Outlined|Material+Icons+Two+Tone|Material+Icons+Round|Material+Icons+Sharp" rel="stylesheet">

2. Use it like this:

<i class="material-icons">account_balance</i>
<i class="material-icons material-icons-outlined">account_balance</i>
<i class="material-icons material-icons-two-tone">account_balance</i>
<i class="material-icons material-icons-sharp">account_balance</i>
<i class="material-icons material-icons-round">account_balance</i>

Note: For example, to use outlined style, You need to specify material-icons AND material-icons-outlined classes.

How to set the Default Page in ASP.NET?

If using IIS 7 or IIS 7.5 you can use

<system.webServer>
    <defaultDocument>
        <files>
            <clear />
            <add value="CreateThing.aspx" />
        </files>
    </defaultDocument>
</system.webServer>

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/iis/configuration/system.webServer/defaultDocument/

The source was not found, but some or all event logs could not be searched. Inaccessible logs: Security

I recently started receiving this error inside of my internal NLog failures log, with Visual Studio 2013. The solution has been using NLog v2.0.0 for several years. Within the last month, our main log stopped working. To fix this I updated NLog to the newest version (v3.1.0) via Nuget. The security exception is now gone and ALL of the log messages are appearing again.

Additionally, I later found another Security exception and was able to fix it by following the instructions on this post in another thread.

How to get all possible combinations of a list’s elements?

Here is yet another solution (one-liner), involving using the itertools.combinations function, but here we use a double list comprehension (as opposed to a for loop or sum):

def combs(x):
    return [c for i in range(len(x)+1) for c in combinations(x,i)]

Demo:

>>> combs([1,2,3,4])
[(), 
 (1,), (2,), (3,), (4,), 
 (1, 2), (1, 3), (1, 4), (2, 3), (2, 4), (3, 4), 
 (1, 2, 3), (1, 2, 4), (1, 3, 4), (2, 3, 4), 
 (1, 2, 3, 4)]

AES vs Blowfish for file encryption

Probably AES. Blowfish was the direct predecessor to Twofish. Twofish was Bruce Schneier's entry into the competition that produced AES. It was judged as inferior to an entry named Rijndael, which was what became AES.

Interesting aside: at one point in the competition, all the entrants were asked to give their opinion of how the ciphers ranked. It's probably no surprise that each team picked its own entry as the best -- but every other team picked Rijndael as the second best.

That said, there are some basic differences in the basic goals of Blowfish vs. AES that can (arguably) favor Blowfish in terms of absolute security. In particular, Blowfish attempts to make a brute-force (key-exhaustion) attack difficult by making the initial key setup a fairly slow operation. For a normal user, this is of little consequence (it's still less than a millisecond) but if you're trying out millions of keys per second to break it, the difference is quite substantial.

In the end, I don't see that as a major advantage, however. I'd generally recommend AES. My next choices would probably be Serpent, MARS and Twofish in that order. Blowfish would come somewhere after those (though there are a couple of others that I'd probably recommend ahead of Blowfish).

How to restore default perspective settings in Eclipse IDE

1) Go to "Window".

2) Then click on "Open Perspective",

3) Then click on "Other",

4) Select "Java(Default)" and click "OK"

Then again go to "Window" and click on "Reset Perspective"

check if a number already exist in a list in python

If you want your numbers in ascending order you can add them into a set and then sort the set into an ascending list.

s = set()
if number1 not in s:
  s.add(number1)
if number2 not in s:
  s.add(number2)
...
s = sorted(s)  #Now a list in ascending order

Can a Byte[] Array be written to a file in C#?

You can use a BinaryWriter object.

protected bool SaveData(string FileName, byte[] Data)
{
    BinaryWriter Writer = null;
    string Name = @"C:\temp\yourfile.name";

    try
    {
        // Create a new stream to write to the file
        Writer = new BinaryWriter(File.OpenWrite(Name));

        // Writer raw data                
        Writer.Write(Data);
        Writer.Flush();
        Writer.Close();
    }
    catch 
    {
        //...
        return false;
    }

    return true;
}

Edit: Oops, forgot the finally part... lets say it is left as an exercise for the reader ;-)

How can I open a URL in Android's web browser from my application?

try this code

AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
   package="com.example.myapplication5">

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

    <application
    android:usesCleartextTraffic="true"
    android:allowBackup="true"
    .....
     />
     <activity android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:screenOrientation="portrait"
        tools:ignore="LockedOrientationActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>
 </manifest>

MainActivity.java

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.res.Resources;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.Window;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private WebView mWebview;
    String link = "";// global variable
    Resources res;// global variable

    @Override


    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        setContentView(R.layout.home);

        loadWebPage();
    }

    public void loadWebPage()
    {
        mWebview = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.webView);
        WebSettings webSettings = mWebview.getSettings();
        webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true);
        webSettings.setUseWideViewPort(true);
        webSettings.setLoadWithOverviewMode(true);
        final Activity activity = this;
        mWebview.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient() {
            public void onReceivedError(WebView view, int errorCode, String description, String failingUrl) {
                Toast.makeText(activity, description, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
        });
        mWebview.loadUrl("http://www.google.com");

    }

    public void reLoad(View v)
    {
        loadWebPage();
    }
}

Layout.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="vertical">

    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_width="335dp"
        android:layout_height="47dp"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="9dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
        android:paddingLeft="10dp"
        android:paddingTop="5dp"
        android:text="URL : https://ktmmovie.co/"
        android:textSize="18dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="9dp"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />

    <com.google.android.material.floatingactionbutton.FloatingActionButton
        android:id="@+id/floatingActionButton2"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="7dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="7dp"
        android:layout_marginEnd="8dp"
        android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/textView"
        android:clickable="true"
        android:src="@android:drawable/ic_popup_sync"
        android:layout_marginRight="8dp"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:onClick="reLoad"/>

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/webView"
        android:layout_width="401dp"
        android:layout_height="665dp"
        android:layout_below="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
        android:layout_marginStart="3dp"
        android:layout_marginLeft="3dp"
        android:layout_marginTop="3dp"
        android:layout_marginBottom="7dp" />


</RelativeLayout>

Resizing an Image without losing any quality

I believe what you're looking to do is "Resize/Resample" your images. Here is a good site that gives instructions and provides a utility class(That I also happen to use):

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI-plus/imgresizoutperfgdiplus.aspx

sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file

One reason might be running the code in a path that doesn't match with your specified path for the database. For example if in your code you have:

conn = lite.connect('folder_A/my_database.db')

And you run the code inside the folder_A or other places that doesn't have a folder_A it will raise such error. The reason is that SQLite will create the database file if it doesn't exist not the folder.

One other way for getting around this problem might be wrapping your connecting command in a try-except expression and creating the directory if it raises sqlite3.OperationalError.

from os import mkdir import sqlite3 as lite

try:
    conn = lite.connect('folder_A/my_database.db')
except lite.OperationalError:
    mkdir('folder_A')
finally:
    conn = lite.connect('folder_A/my_database.db')

How can I detect if Flash is installed and if not, display a hidden div that informs the user?

@Drewid's answer didn't work in my Firefox 25 if the flash plugin is just disabled but installed.

@invertedSpear's comment in that answer worked in firefox but not in any IE version.

So combined both their code and got this. Tested in Google Chrome 31, Firefox 25, IE 8-10. Thanks Drewid and invertedSpear :)

var hasFlash = false;
try {
  var fo = new ActiveXObject('ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash');
  if (fo) {
    hasFlash = true;
  }
} catch (e) {
  if (navigator.mimeTypes
        && navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'] != undefined
        && navigator.mimeTypes['application/x-shockwave-flash'].enabledPlugin) {
    hasFlash = true;
  }
}

align text center with android

Set also android:gravity parameter in TextView to center.

For testing the effects of different layout parameters I recommend to use different background color for every element, so you can see how your layout changes with parameters like gravity, layout_gravity or others.

Check a radio button with javascript

Today, in the year 2016, it is save to use document.querySelector without knowing the ID (especially if you have more than 2 radio buttons):

document.querySelector("input[name=main-categories]:checked").value

CSS-moving text from left to right

Somehow I got it to work by using margin-right, and setting it to move from right to left. http://jsfiddle.net/gXdMc/

Don't know why for this case, margin-right 100% doesn't go off the screen. :D (tested on chrome 18)

EDIT: now left to right works too http://jsfiddle.net/6LhvL/

jQuery: serialize() form and other parameters

Following Rory McCrossan answer, if you want to send an array of integer (almost for .NET), this is the code:

// ...

url: "MyUrl",       //  For example --> @Url.Action("Method", "Controller")
method: "post",
traditional: true,  
data: 
    $('#myForm').serialize() +
    "&param1="xxx" +
    "&param2="33" +
    "&" + $.param({ paramArray: ["1","2","3"]}, true)
,             

// ...

Android: Vertical alignment for multi line EditText (Text area)

This is similar to CommonsWare answer but with a minor tweak: android:gravity="top|start". Complete code example:

<EditText
    android:id="@+id/EditText02"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:lines="5"
    android:gravity="top|start"
    android:inputType="textMultiLine"
    android:scrollHorizontally="false" 
/>

Various ways to remove local Git changes

I think git has one thing that isn't clearly documented. I think it was actually neglected.

git checkout .

Man, you saved my day. I always have things I want to try using the modified code. But the things sometimes end up messing the modified code, add new untracked files etc. So what I want to do is, stage what I want, do the messy stuff, then cleanup quickly and commit if I'm happy.

There's git clean -fd works well for untracked files.

Then git reset simply removes staged, but git checkout is kinda too cumbersome. Specifying file one by one or using directories isn't always ideal. Sometimes the changed files I want to get rid of are within directories I want to keep. I wished for this one command that just removes unstaged changes and here you're. Thanks.

But I think they should just have git checkout without any options, remove all unstaged changes and not touch the the staged. It's kinda modular and intuitive. More like what git reset does. git clean should also do the same.

One line ftp server in python

Why don't you instead use a one-line HTTP server?

python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

will serve the contents of the current working directory over HTTP on port 8000.

If you use Python 3, you should instead write

python3 -m http.server 8000

See the SimpleHTTPServer module docs for 2.x and the http.server docs for 3.x.

By the way, in both cases the port parameter is optional.

Remove an onclick listener

    /**
 * Remove an onclick listener
 *
 * @param view
 * @author [email protected]
 * @website https://github.com/androidmalin
 * @data 2016-05-16
 */
public static void unBingListener(View view) {
    if (view != null) {
        try {
            if (view.hasOnClickListeners()) {
                view.setOnClickListener(null);

            }

            if (view.getOnFocusChangeListener() != null) {
                view.setOnFocusChangeListener(null);

            }

            if (view instanceof ViewGroup && !(view instanceof AdapterView)) {
                ViewGroup viewGroup = (ViewGroup) view;
                int viewGroupChildCount = viewGroup.getChildCount();
                for (int i = 0; i < viewGroupChildCount; i++) {
                    unBingListener(viewGroup.getChildAt(i));
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

Difference between style = "position:absolute" and style = "position:relative"

position: absolute can be placed anywhere and remain there such as 0,0.

position: relative is placed with offset from the location it is originally placed in the browser.

How do I set the driver's python version in spark?

I came across the same error message and I have tried three ways mentioned above. I listed the results as a complementary reference to others.

  1. Change the PYTHON_SPARK and PYTHON_DRIVER_SPARK value in spark-env.sh does not work for me.
  2. Change the value inside python script using os.environ["PYSPARK_PYTHON"]="/usr/bin/python3.5" os.environ["PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON"]="/usr/bin/python3.5" does not work for me.
  3. Change the value in ~/.bashrc works like a charm~

How to correctly set the ORACLE_HOME variable on Ubuntu 9.x?

Usually the msb file not found problems are the result of an environment setting problem, but in your case I'm a little suspicious of the installation (I've never used the apt-get + configure method).

To check the sanity of the installation:

  • ORACLE_HOME should be set to a directory path one level above the bin directory where sqlplus executable is found.
  • There should some .msb files under $ORACLE_HOME/sqlplus/mesg
  • There should be hundreds (not sure of the number with XE) of .msb files under $ORACLE_HOME (try find $ORACLE_HOME -name "*.msb" -print to show them)
  • Your PATH should include $ORACLE_HOME/bin.
  • All files under ORACLE_HOME should be owned by user:oracle group:dba.

center MessageBox in parent form

I have changed a little bit previous answer and compose WPF version of the MessageBoxEx. This code works for me great. Feel free to notify about issues of the code.

Please note: I use GeneralObjects.MainWindowInstance at ctor to initialize class with my main window, but actually I use it for any window due to some kind of cache for last parent window. Therefore you can simple remove out everything from ctor.

public class MessageBoxEx
{
    private static HwndSource source_ = null;
    private static HwndSourceHook hook_ = null;

    static MessageBoxEx()
    {
        try
        {
            // create cached 
            createHwndSource_(GeneralObjects.MainWindowInstance);

            hook_ = new HwndSourceHook(HwndSourceHook);
        }
        finally
        {
            if (null == source_ ||
                null == hook_)
            {
                source_ = null;
                hook_ = null;
            }
        }


    }

    private static void createHwndSource_(Window owner)
    {
        source_ = (HwndSource)PresentationSource.FromVisual(owner);
    }

    public static void Initialize_(Window owner = null)
    {
        try
        {
            if (null != owner)
            {
                if(source_.RootVisual != owner)
                {
                    createHwndSource_(owner);
                }

            }
        }
        finally
        {
            if (null == source_ ||
                null == hook_)
            {
                source_ = null;
                hook_ = null;
            }
        }


        if (null != source_ &&
            null != hook_)
        {
            source_.AddHook(hook_);
        }

    }

    public static MessageBoxResult Show(string messageBoxText)
    {
        Initialize_();
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(messageBoxText);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(string messageBoxText, string caption)
    {
        Initialize_();
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(messageBoxText, caption);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(Window owner, string messageBoxText)
    {
        Initialize_(owner);
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(owner, messageBoxText);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(string messageBoxText, string caption, MessageBoxButton button)
    {
        Initialize_();
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(messageBoxText, caption, button);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(Window owner, string messageBoxText, string caption)
    {
        Initialize_(owner);
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(owner, messageBoxText, caption);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(string messageBoxText, string caption, MessageBoxButton button, MessageBoxImage icon)
    {
        Initialize_();
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(messageBoxText, caption, button, icon);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(Window owner, string messageBoxText, string caption, MessageBoxButton button)
    {
        Initialize_(owner);
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(owner, messageBoxText, caption, button);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(string messageBoxText, string caption, MessageBoxButton button, MessageBoxImage icon, MessageBoxResult defaultResult)
    {
        Initialize_();
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(messageBoxText, caption, button, icon, defaultResult);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(Window owner, string messageBoxText, string caption, MessageBoxButton button, MessageBoxImage icon)
    {
        Initialize_(owner);
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(owner, messageBoxText, caption, button, icon);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(string messageBoxText, string caption, MessageBoxButton button, MessageBoxImage icon, MessageBoxResult defaultResult, System.Windows.MessageBoxOptions options)
    {
        Initialize_();
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(messageBoxText, caption, button, icon, defaultResult, options);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(Window owner, string messageBoxText, string caption, MessageBoxButton button, MessageBoxImage icon, MessageBoxResult defaultResult)
    {
        Initialize_(owner);
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(owner, messageBoxText, caption, button, icon, defaultResult);
    }


    public static MessageBoxResult Show(Window owner, string messageBoxText, string caption, MessageBoxButton button, MessageBoxImage icon, MessageBoxResult defaultResult, System.Windows.MessageBoxOptions options)
    {
        Initialize_(owner);
        return System.Windows.MessageBox.Show(owner, messageBoxText, caption, button, icon, defaultResult, options);
    }

    private enum WM : int
    {
        WM_ACTIVATE = 0x0006
    }

    private static IntPtr HwndSourceHook(IntPtr hwnd, int msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, ref bool handled)
    {

        if ((int)WM.WM_ACTIVATE == msg &&
            source_.Handle == hwnd &&
            0 == (int)wParam)
        {

            try
            {
                CenterWindow(lParam);
            }
            finally
            {
                // remove hook at once after moved message box window.
                source_.RemoveHook(hook_);
            }
        }
        return IntPtr.Zero;
    }

    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    private static extern bool GetWindowRect(IntPtr hWnd, ref Rectangle lpRect);


    [DllImport("user32.dll")]
    private static extern int MoveWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int X, int Y, int nWidth, int nHeight, bool bRepaint);

    private static void CenterWindow(IntPtr hChildWnd)
    {
        System.Drawing.Rectangle recChild = new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, 0, 0);

        bool success = GetWindowRect(hChildWnd, ref recChild);

        int width = recChild.Width - recChild.X;
        int height = recChild.Height - recChild.Y;

        System.Drawing.Rectangle recParent = new System.Drawing.Rectangle(0, 0, 0, 0);
        success = GetWindowRect(source_.Handle, ref recParent);

        System.Drawing.Point ptCenter = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
        ptCenter.X = recParent.X + ((recParent.Width - recParent.X) / 2);
        ptCenter.Y = recParent.Y + ((recParent.Height - recParent.Y) / 2);


        System.Drawing.Point ptStart = new System.Drawing.Point(0, 0);
        ptStart.X = (ptCenter.X - (width / 2));
        ptStart.Y = (ptCenter.Y - (height / 2));

        // I have commented this code because of I have 2 monitors
        // so If application located at 1st monitor
        // message box can appear at second one.

        /*
        ptStart.X = (ptStart.X < 0) ? 0 : ptStart.X;
        ptStart.Y = (ptStart.Y < 0) ? 0 : ptStart.Y;
        */

        int result = MoveWindow(hChildWnd, ptStart.X, ptStart.Y, width,
                                height, false);

    }


}

SQL Group By with an Order By

In all versions of MySQL, simply alias the aggregate in the SELECT list, and order by the alias:

SELECT COUNT(id) AS theCount, `Tag` from `images-tags`
GROUP BY `Tag`
ORDER BY theCount DESC
LIMIT 20

An implementation of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) in C#

An old question but it still shows up in Google results...

A very un-restrictive MIT Licensed C# / .NET library can be found at,

https://www.codeproject.com/articles/1107480/dsplib-fft-dft-fourier-transform-library-for-net

This library is fast as it parallel threads on multiple cores and is very complete and ready to use.

How do I check if string contains substring?

You could use search or match for this.

str.search( 'Yes' )

will return the position of the match, or -1 if it isn't found.

Windows path in Python

you can use always:

'C:/mydir'

this works both in linux and windows. Other posibility is

'C:\\mydir'

if you have problems with some names you can also try raw string literals:

r'C:\mydir'

however best practice is to use the os.path module functions that always select the correct configuration for your OS:

os.path.join(mydir, myfile)

From python 3.4 you can also use the pathlib module. This is equivelent to the above:

pathlib.Path(mydir, myfile)

or

pathlib.Path(mydir) / myfile

Use of def, val, and var in scala

I'd start by the distinction that exists in Scala between def, val and var.

  • def - defines an immutable label for the right side content which is lazily evaluated - evaluate by name.

  • val - defines an immutable label for the right side content which is eagerly/immediately evaluated - evaluated by value.

  • var - defines a mutable variable, initially set to the evaluated right side content.

Example, def

scala> def something = 2 + 3 * 4 
something: Int
scala> something  // now it's evaluated, lazily upon usage
res30: Int = 14

Example, val

scala> val somethingelse = 2 + 3 * 5 // it's evaluated, eagerly upon definition
somethingelse: Int = 17

Example, var

scala> var aVariable = 2 * 3
aVariable: Int = 6

scala> aVariable = 5
aVariable: Int = 5

According to above, labels from def and val cannot be reassigned, and in case of any attempt an error like the below one will be raised:

scala> something = 5 * 6
<console>:8: error: value something_= is not a member of object $iw
       something = 5 * 6
       ^

When the class is defined like:

scala> class Person(val name: String, var age: Int)
defined class Person

and then instantiated with:

scala> def personA = new Person("Tim", 25)
personA: Person

an immutable label is created for that specific instance of Person (i.e. 'personA'). Whenever the mutable field 'age' needs to be modified, such attempt fails:

scala> personA.age = 44
personA.age: Int = 25

as expected, 'age' is part of a non-mutable label. The correct way to work on this consists in using a mutable variable, like in the following example:

scala> var personB = new Person("Matt", 36)
personB: Person = Person@59cd11fe

scala> personB.age = 44
personB.age: Int = 44    // value re-assigned, as expected

as clear, from the mutable variable reference (i.e. 'personB') it is possible to modify the class mutable field 'age'.

I would still stress the fact that everything comes from the above stated difference, that has to be clear in mind of any Scala programmer.

Best practice: PHP Magic Methods __set and __get

I use __get (and public properties) as much as possible, because they make code much more readable. Compare:

this code unequivocally says what i'm doing:

echo $user->name;

this code makes me feel stupid, which i don't enjoy:

function getName() { return $this->_name; }
....

echo $user->getName();

The difference between the two is particularly obvious when you access multiple properties at once.

echo "
    Dear $user->firstName $user->lastName!
    Your purchase:
        $product->name  $product->count x $product->price
"

and

echo "
    Dear " . $user->getFirstName() . " " . $user->getLastName() . "
    Your purchase: 
        " . $product->getName() . " " . $product->getCount() . "  x " . $product->getPrice() . " ";

Whether $a->b should really do something or just return a value is the responsibility of the callee. For the caller, $user->name and $user->accountBalance should look the same, although the latter may involve complicated calculations. In my data classes i use the following small method:

 function __get($p) { 
      $m = "get_$p";
      if(method_exists($this, $m)) return $this->$m();
      user_error("undefined property $p");
 }

when someone calls $obj->xxx and the class has get_xxx defined, this method will be implicitly called. So you can define a getter if you need it, while keeping your interface uniform and transparent. As an additional bonus this provides an elegant way to memorize calculations:

  function get_accountBalance() {
      $result = <...complex stuff...>
      // since we cache the result in a public property, the getter will be called only once
      $this->accountBalance = $result;
  }

  ....


   echo $user->accountBalance; // calculate the value
   ....
   echo $user->accountBalance; // use the cached value

Bottom line: php is a dynamic scripting language, use it that way, don't pretend you're doing Java or C#.

Get today date in google appScript

Google Apps Script is JavaScript, the date object is initiated with new Date() and all JavaScript methods apply, see doc here

Java: Instanceof and Generics

Or you could catch a failed attempt to cast into E eg.

public int indexOf(Object arg0){
  try{
    E test=(E)arg0;
    return doStuff(test);
  }catch(ClassCastException e){
    return -1;
  }
}

Return JSON response from Flask view

To return a JSON response and set a status code you can use make_response:

from flask import jsonify, make_response

@app.route('/summary')
def summary():
    d = make_summary()
    return make_response(jsonify(d), 200)

Inspiration taken from this comment in the Flask issue tracker.

Tomcat 7 "SEVERE: A child container failed during start"

This is usually the problem with web.xml descriptor file. May be you have mixed up the annotations and web.xml servlet description definitions. Please check the console for more information.

What is the minimum length of a valid international phone number?

EDIT 2015-06-27: Minimum is actually 8, including country code. My bad.

Original post

The minimum phone number that I use is 10 digits. International users should always be putting their country code, and as far as I know there are no countries with fewer than ten digits if you count country code.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan

fix java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out

I don't think it's enough merely to get the response. I think you need to read it (get the entity and read it via EntityUtils.consume()).

e.g. (from the doc)

     System.out.println("<< Response: " + response.getStatusLine());
     System.out.println(EntityUtils.toString(response.getEntity()));

SQLSTATE[HY000] [2002] php_network_getaddresses: getaddrinfo failed: Name or service not known

In my case, everything was set up correctly, but my Docker infrastructure needed more RAM. I'm using Docker for Mac, where default RAM was around 1 GB, and as MySQL uses around 1.5Gb of RAM ( and probably was crashing ??? ), changing the Docker RAM utilization level to 3-4 Gb solved the issue.

applying css to specific li class

I believe it's because #ID styles trump .class styles when computing the final style of an element. Try changing your li from class to id, or you can try adding !important to your class, like this:

li.sub-navigation-home-news
{
    color: #C1C1C1; !important

How to send email via Django?

For SendGrid - Django Specifically:

SendGrid Django Docs here

Set these variables in

settings.py

EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.sendgrid.net'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'sendgrid_username'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'sendgrid_password'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True

in views.py

from django.core.mail import send_mail
send_mail('Subject here', 'Here is the message.', '[email protected]', ['[email protected]'], fail_silently=False)

Is the NOLOCK (Sql Server hint) bad practice?

NOLOCK is often exploited as a magic way to speed up database reads, but I try to avoid using it whever possible.

The result set can contain rows that have not yet been committed, that are often later rolled back.

An error or Result set can be empty, be missing rows or display the same row multiple times.

This is because other transactions are moving data at the same time you're reading it.

READ COMMITTED adds an additional issue where data is corrupted within a single column where multiple users change the same cell simultaneously.

Getting the "real" Facebook profile picture URL from graph API

For anyone else looking to get the profile pic in iOS:

I just did this to get the user's Facebook pic:

NSString *profilePicURL = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://graph.facebook.com/%@/picture?type=large", fbUserID];

where 'fbUserID' is the Facebook user's profile ID.

This way I can always just call the url in profilePicURL to get the image, and I always get it, no problem. If you've already got the user ID, you don't need any API requests, just stick the ID into the url after facebook.com/.

FYI to anyone looking who needs the fbUserID in iOS:

if (FBSession.activeSession.isOpen) {
    [[FBRequest requestForMe] startWithCompletionHandler:
     ^(FBRequestConnection *connection,
       NSDictionary<FBGraphUser> *user,
       NSError *error) {
         if (!error) {
             self.userName = user.name;
             self.fbUserID = user.id;
         }
     }];
}

You'll need an active FBSession for that to work (see Facebook's docs, and the "Scrumptious" example).

How to inspect Javascript Objects

There are few methods :

 1. typeof tells you which one of the 6 javascript types is the object. 
 2. instanceof tells you if the object is an instance of another object.
 3. List properties with for(var k in obj)
 4. Object.getOwnPropertyNames( anObjectToInspect ) 
 5. Object.getPrototypeOf( anObject )
 6. anObject.hasOwnProperty(aProperty) 

In a console context, sometimes the .constructor or .prototype maybe useful:

console.log(anObject.constructor ); 
console.log(anObject.prototype ) ; 

How to wait until an element exists?

The observe function below will allow you to listen to elements via a selector.

In the following example, after 2 seconds have passed, a .greeting will be inserted into the .container. Since we are listening to the insertion of this element, we can have a callback that triggers upon insertion.

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const observe = (selector, callback, targetNode = document.body) =>
  new MutationObserver(mutations => [...mutations]
    .flatMap((mutation) => [...mutation.addedNodes])
    .filter((node) => node.matches && node.matches(selector))
    .forEach(callback))
  .observe(targetNode, { childList: true, subtree: true });

const createGreeting = () => {
  const el = document.createElement('DIV');
  el.textContent = 'Hello World';
  el.classList.add('greeting');
  return el;
};

const container = document.querySelector('.container');

observe('.greeting', el => console.log('I have arrived!', el), container);

new Promise(res => setTimeout(() => res(createGreeting()), 2000))
  .then(el => container.appendChild(el));
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html, body { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
body { display: flex; }
.container { display: flex; flex: 1; align-items: center; justify-content: center; }
.greeting { font-weight: bold; font-size: 2em; }
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<div class="container"></div>
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How to update npm

sudo npm install npm@latest -g

This worked for me in ubuntu 18.04

JSON formatter in C#?

As benjymous pointed out, you can use Newtonsoft.Json with a temporary object and deserialize/serialize.

var obj = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonString); 
var formatted = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj, Formatting.Indented);

Contains case insensitive

Here's my take:

Script:

var originalText = $("#textContainer").html()
$("#search").on('keyup', function () {
  $("#textContainer").html(originalText)
  var text = $("#textContainer").html()
  var val = $("#search").val()
  if(val=="") return;
  var matches = text.split(val)
  for(var i=0;i<matches.length-1;i++) {
    var ind =  matches[i].indexOf(val)
    var len = val.length
      matches[i] = matches[i] + "<span class='selected'>" + val + "</span>"
  }
  $("#textContainer").html(matches.join(""))

HTML:

<input type="text" id="search">
<div id="textContainer">
lorem ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. lorem ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged. It was popularised in the 1960s with the release of letraset sheets containing lorem ipsum passages, and more recently with desktop publishing software like Aldus pagemaker including versions of lorem ipsum.</div>

Codepen

How to edit default dark theme for Visual Studio Code?

As far as the themes, VS Code is every bit as editable as Sublime. You can edit any of the default themes that come with VS code. You just have to know where to find the theme files.

Side note: I love the Monokai theme. However, all I wanted to change about it was the background. I don't like the dark grayish background. Instead, I think the contrast is WAY better with a solid black background. The code pops out much more.

Anyways, I hunted for the theme file and found it (in windows) at:

c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code\resources\app\extensions\theme-monokai\themes\

In that folder I found the Monokai.tmTheme file and modified the first background key as follows:

<key>background</key>
<string>#000000</string>

There are a few 'background' key in the theme file, make sure you edit the correct one. The one I edited was at the very top. Line 12 I think.

Python - OpenCV - imread - Displaying Image

This can help you

namedWindow( "Display window", CV_WINDOW_AUTOSIZE );// Create a window for display.
imshow( "Display window", image );                   // Show our image inside it.

How to convert a .eps file to a high quality 1024x1024 .jpg?

Maybe you should try it with -quality 100 -size "1024x1024", because resize often gives results that are ugly to view.

PHP - Getting the index of a element from a array

PHP arrays are both integer-indexed and string-indexed. You can even mix them:

array('red', 'green', 'white', 'color3'=>'blue', 3=>'yellow');

What do you want the index to be for the value 'blue'? Is it 3? But that's actually the index of the value 'yellow', so that would be an ambiguity.

Another solution for you is to coerce the array to an integer-indexed list of values.

foreach (array_values($array) as $i => $value) {
  echo "$i: $value\n";
}

Output:

0: red
1: green
2: white
3: blue
4: yellow

pandas GroupBy columns with NaN (missing) values

This is mentioned in the Missing Data section of the docs:

NA groups in GroupBy are automatically excluded. This behavior is consistent with R

One workaround is to use a placeholder before doing the groupby (e.g. -1):

In [11]: df.fillna(-1)
Out[11]: 
   a   b
0  1   4
1  2  -1
2  3   6

In [12]: df.fillna(-1).groupby('b').sum()
Out[12]: 
    a
b    
-1  2
4   1
6   3

That said, this feels pretty awful hack... perhaps there should be an option to include NaN in groupby (see this github issue - which uses the same placeholder hack).

However, as described in another answer, "from pandas 1.1 you have better control over this behavior, NA values are now allowed in the grouper using dropna=False"

how to call url of any other website in php

Check out the PHP cURL functions. They should do what you want.

Or if you just want a simple URL GET then:

$lines = file('http://www.example.com/');

What are forward declarations in C++?

When the compiler sees add(3, 4) it needs to know what that means. With the forward declaration you basically tell the compiler that add is a function that takes two ints and returns an int. This is important information for the compiler becaus it needs to put 4 and 5 in the correct representation onto the stack and needs to know what type the thing returned by add is.

At that time, the compiler is not worried about the actual implementation of add, ie where it is (or if there is even one) and if it compiles. That comes into view later, after compiling the source files when the linker is invoked.

Using SQL LIKE and IN together

For a perfectly dynamic solution, this is achievable by combining a cursor and a temp table. With this solution you do not need to know the starting position nor the length, and it is expandable without having to add any OR's to your SQL query.

For this example, let's say you want to select the ID, Details & creation date from a table where a certain list of text is inside 'Details'.

First create a table FilterTable with the search strings in a column called Search.

As the question starter requested:

insert into [DATABASE].dbo.FilterTable
select 'M510' union
select 'M615' union
select 'M515' union 
select 'M612'

Then you can filter your data as following:

DECLARE @DATA NVARCHAR(MAX)

CREATE TABLE #Result (ID uniqueIdentifier, Details nvarchar(MAX), Created datetime)

DECLARE DataCursor CURSOR local forward_only FOR  
SELECT '%' + Search + '%'
FROM [DATABASE].dbo.FilterTable

OPEN DataCursor   
FETCH NEXT FROM DataCursor INTO @DATA   

WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0   
BEGIN   

    insert into #Result
        select ID, Details, Created
        from [DATABASE].dbo.Table (nolock)
        where Details like @DATA

   FETCH NEXT FROM DataCursor INTO @DATA   
END   

CLOSE DataCursor   
DEALLOCATE DataCursor 

select * from #Result
drop table #Result

Hope this helped

How to test my servlet using JUnit

First off, in a real application, you would never get database connection info in a servlet; you would configure it in your app server.

There are ways, however, of testing Servlets without having a container running. One is to use mock objects. Spring provides a set of very useful mocks for things like HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse, HttpServletSession, etc:

http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/api/org/springframework/mock/web/package-summary.html

Using these mocks, you could test things like

What happens if username is not in the request?

What happens if username is in the request?

etc

You could then do stuff like:

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;

public class MyServletTest {
    private MyServlet servlet;
    private MockHttpServletRequest request;
    private MockHttpServletResponse response;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        servlet = new MyServlet();
        request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
        response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
    }

    @Test
    public void correctUsernameInRequest() throws ServletException, IOException {
        request.addParameter("username", "scott");
        request.addParameter("password", "tiger");

        servlet.doPost(request, response);

        assertEquals("text/html", response.getContentType());

        // ... etc
    }
}

Random integer in VB.NET

All the answers so far have problems or bugs (plural, not just one). I will explain. But first I want to compliment Dan Tao's insight to use a static variable to remember the Generator variable so calling it multiple times will not repeat the same # over and over, plus he gave a very nice explanation. But his code suffered the same flaw that most others have, as i explain now.

MS made their Next() method rather odd. the Min parameter is the inclusive minimum as one would expect, but the Max parameter is the exclusive maximum as one would NOT expect. in other words, if you pass min=1 and max=5 then your random numbers would be any of 1, 2, 3, or 4, but it would never include 5. This is the first of two potential bugs in all code that uses Microsoft's Random.Next() method.

For a simple answer (but still with other possible but rare problems) then you'd need to use:

Private Function GenRandomInt(min As Int32, max As Int32) As Int32
    Static staticRandomGenerator As New System.Random
    Return staticRandomGenerator.Next(min, max + 1)
End Function

(I like to use Int32 rather than Integer because it makes it more clear how big the int is, plus it is shorter to type, but suit yourself.)

I see two potential problems with this method, but it will be suitable (and correct) for most uses. So if you want a simple solution, i believe this is correct.

The only 2 problems i see with this function is: 1: when Max = Int32.MaxValue so adding 1 creates a numeric overflow. altho, this would be rare, it is still a possibility. 2: when min > max + 1. when min = 10 and max = 5 then the Next function throws an error. this may be what you want. but it may not be either. or consider when min = 5 and max = 4. by adding 1, 5 is passed to the Next method, but it does not throw an error, when it really is an error, but Microsoft .NET code that i tested returns 5. so it really is not an 'exclusive' max when the max = the min. but when max < min for the Random.Next() function, then it throws an ArgumentOutOfRangeException. so Microsoft's implementation is really inconsistent and buggy too in this regard.

you may want to simply swap the numbers when min > max so no error is thrown, but it totally depends on what is desired. if you want an error on invalid values, then it is probably better to also throw the error when Microsoft's exclusive maximum (max + 1) in our code equals minimum, where MS fails to error in this case.

handling a work-around for when max = Int32.MaxValue is a little inconvenient, but i expect to post a thorough function which handles both these situations. and if you want different behavior than how i coded it, suit yourself. but be aware of these 2 issues.

Happy coding!

Edit: So i needed a random integer generator, and i decided to code it 'right'. So if anyone wants the full functionality, here's one that actually works. (But it doesn't win the simplest prize with only 2 lines of code. But it's not really complex either.)

''' <summary>
''' Generates a random Integer with any (inclusive) minimum or (inclusive) maximum values, with full range of Int32 values.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="inMin">Inclusive Minimum value. Lowest possible return value.</param>
''' <param name="inMax">Inclusive Maximum value. Highest possible return value.</param>
''' <returns></returns>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Private Function GenRandomInt(inMin As Int32, inMax As Int32) As Int32
    Static staticRandomGenerator As New System.Random
    If inMin > inMax Then Dim t = inMin : inMin = inMax : inMax = t
    If inMax < Int32.MaxValue Then Return staticRandomGenerator.Next(inMin, inMax + 1)
    ' now max = Int32.MaxValue, so we need to work around Microsoft's quirk of an exclusive max parameter.
    If inMin > Int32.MinValue Then Return staticRandomGenerator.Next(inMin - 1, inMax) + 1 ' okay, this was the easy one.
    ' now min and max give full range of integer, but Random.Next() does not give us an option for the full range of integer.
    ' so we need to use Random.NextBytes() to give us 4 random bytes, then convert that to our random int.
    Dim bytes(3) As Byte ' 4 bytes, 0 to 3
    staticRandomGenerator.NextBytes(bytes) ' 4 random bytes
    Return BitConverter.ToInt32(bytes, 0) ' return bytes converted to a random Int32
End Function

Unable to create a constant value of type Only primitive types or enumeration types are supported in this context

In my case, I was able to resolve the issue by doing the following:

I changed my code from this:

var r2 = db.Instances.Where(x => x.Player1 == inputViewModel.InstanceList.FirstOrDefault().Player2 && x.Player2 == inputViewModel.InstanceList.FirstOrDefault().Player1).ToList();

To this:

var p1 = inputViewModel.InstanceList.FirstOrDefault().Player1;
var p2 = inputViewModel.InstanceList.FirstOrDefault().Player2;
var r1 = db.Instances.Where(x => x.Player1 == p1 && x.Player2 == p2).ToList();

Connect to network drive with user name and password

The best way to do this is to p/invoke WNetUseConnection.

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)] 
private class NETRESOURCE
{ 
        public int dwScope = 0;
        public int dwType = 0;
        public int dwDisplayType = 0;
        public int dwUsage = 0;
        public string lpLocalName = "";
        public string lpRemoteName = "";
        public string lpComment = "";
        public string lpProvider = "";
}


[DllImport("Mpr.dll")] 
private static extern int WNetUseConnection(
            IntPtr hwndOwner,
            NETRESOURCE lpNetResource,
            string lpPassword,
            string lpUserID,
            int dwFlags,
            string lpAccessName,
            string lpBufferSize,
            string lpResult
        );

Example code here.

How to include view/partial specific styling in AngularJS

@sz3, funny enough today I had to do exactly what you were trying to achieve: 'load a specific CSS file only when a user access' a specific page. So I used the solution above.

But I am here to answer your last question: 'where exactly should I put the code. Any ideas?'

You were right including the code into the resolve, but you need to change a bit the format.

Take a look at the code below:

.when('/home', {
  title:'Home - ' + siteName,
  bodyClass: 'home',
  templateUrl: function(params) {
    return 'views/home.html';
  },
  controler: 'homeCtrl',
  resolve: {
    style : function(){
      /* check if already exists first - note ID used on link element*/
      /* could also track within scope object*/
      if( !angular.element('link#mobile').length){
        angular.element('head').append('<link id="home" href="home.css" rel="stylesheet">');
      }
    }
  }
})

I've just tested and it's working fine, it injects the html and it loads my 'home.css' only when I hit the '/home' route.

Full explanation can be found here, but basically resolve: should get an object in the format

{
  'key' : string or function()
} 

You can name the 'key' anything you like - in my case I called 'style'.

Then for the value you have two options:

  • If it's a string, then it is an alias for a service.

  • If it's function, then it is injected and the return value is treated as the dependency.

The main point here is that the code inside the function is going to be executed before before the controller is instantiated and the $routeChangeSuccess event is fired.

Hope that helps.

Describe table structure

In MySQL you can use DESCRIBE <table_name>

CMD: How do I recursively remove the "Hidden"-Attribute of files and directories

just type

attrib -h -r -s /s /d j:*.*

where j is the drive letter... unlocks all the locked stuff in j drive

if u want to make it specific..then go to a specific location using cmd and then type

attrib -h -r -s /s /d "foldername"

it can also be used to lock drives or folders just alter "-" with "+"

attrib +h +r +s /s /d "foldername"

How to list all properties of a PowerShell object

You can also use:

Get-WmiObject -Class "Win32_computersystem" | Select *

This will show the same result as Format-List * used in the other answers here.

The most efficient way to remove first N elements in a list?

Python lists were not made to operate on the beginning of the list and are very ineffective at this operation.

While you can write

mylist = [1, 2 ,3 ,4]
mylist.pop(0)

It's very inefficient.


If you only want to delete items from your list, you can do this with del:

del mylist[:n]

Which is also really fast:

In [34]: %%timeit
help=range(10000)
while help:
    del help[:1000]
   ....:
10000 loops, best of 3: 161 µs per loop

If you need to obtain elements from the beginning of the list, you should use collections.deque by Raymond Hettinger and its popleft() method.

from collections import deque

deque(['f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j'])

>>> d.pop()                          # return and remove the rightmost item
'j'
>>> d.popleft()                      # return and remove the leftmost item
'f'

A comparison:

list + pop(0)

In [30]: %%timeit
   ....: help=range(10000)
   ....: while help:
   ....:     help.pop(0)
   ....:
100 loops, best of 3: 17.9 ms per loop

deque + popleft()

In [33]: %%timeit
help=deque(range(10000))
while help:
    help.popleft()
   ....:
1000 loops, best of 3: 812 µs per loop

use localStorage across subdomains

If you're using the iframe and postMessage solution just for this particular problem, I think it might be less work (both code-wise and computation-wise) to just store the data in a subdomain-less cookie and, if it's not already in localStorage on load, grab it from the cookie.

Pros:

  • Doesn't need the extra iframe and postMessage set up.

Cons:

  • Will make the data available across all subdomains (not just www) so if you don't trust all the subdomains it may not work for you.
  • Will send the data to the server on each request. Not great, but depending on your scenario, maybe still less work than the iframe/postMessage solution.
  • If you're doing this, why not just use the cookies directly? Depends on your context.
  • 4K max cookie size, total across all cookies for the domain (Thanks to Blake for pointing this out in comments)

I agree with other commenters though, this seems like it should be a specifiable option for localStorage so work-arounds aren't required.

android: how to use getApplication and getApplicationContext from non activity / service class

In order to avoid to pass this argument i use class derived from Application

public class MyApplication extends Application {

private static Context sContext;

@Override
public void onCreate() {
    super.onCreate();
    sContext=   getApplicationContext();

}

public static Context getContext() {
    return sContext;
}

and invoke MyApplication.getContext() in Helper classes.

Don't forget to update the manifest.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> 
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
package="com.example"> 
      <application 
       android:name=".MyApplication"
       android:allowBackup="true" 
       android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher" 
       android:label="@string/app_name"> 
         <activity....>
            ......
         </activity>
     </application> 
</manifest>

Unable to generate an explicit migration in entity framework

In my case (using MS Visual Studio), it was as simple as restarting Visual Studio.

node.js: read a text file into an array. (Each line an item in the array.)

use readline (documentation). here's an example reading a css file, parsing for icons and writing them to json

var results = [];
  var rl = require('readline').createInterface({
    input: require('fs').createReadStream('./assets/stylesheets/_icons.scss')
  });


  // for every new line, if it matches the regex, add it to an array
  // this is ugly regex :)
  rl.on('line', function (line) {
    var re = /\.icon-icon.*:/;
    var match;
    if ((match = re.exec(line)) !== null) {
      results.push(match[0].replace(".",'').replace(":",''));
    }
  });


  // readline emits a close event when the file is read.
  rl.on('close', function(){
    var outputFilename = './icons.json';
    fs.writeFile(outputFilename, JSON.stringify(results, null, 2), function(err) {
        if(err) {
          console.log(err);
        } else {
          console.log("JSON saved to " + outputFilename);
        }
    });
  });

Convert Json Array to normal Java list

Using Java Streams you can just use an IntStream mapping the objects:

JSONArray array = new JSONArray(jsonString);
List<String> result = IntStream.range(0, array.length())
        .mapToObj(array::get)
        .map(Object::toString)
        .collect(Collectors.toList());

jQuery: find element by text

Fellas, I know this is old but hey I've this solution which I think works better than all. First and foremost overcomes the Case Sensitivity that the jquery :contains() is shipped with:

var text = "text";

var search = $( "ul li label" ).filter( function ()
{
    return $( this ).text().toLowerCase().indexOf( text.toLowerCase() ) >= 0;
}).first(); // Returns the first element that matches the text. You can return the last one with .last()

Hope someone in the near future finds it helpful.

Django Rest Framework File Upload

def post(self,request):
        serializer = ProductSerializer(data=request.DATA, files=request.FILES)
        if serializer.is_valid():
            serializer.save()
            return Response(serializer.data)

Counting array elements in Python

The method len() returns the number of elements in the list.

Syntax:

len(myArray)

Eg:

myArray = [1, 2, 3]
len(myArray)

Output:

3

Substring in VBA

You can first find the position of the string in this case ":"

'position = InStr(StringToSearch, StringToFind)
position = InStr(StringToSearch, ":")

Then use Left(StringToCut, NumberOfCharacterToCut)

Result = Left(StringToSearch, position -1)

POST request with JSON body

If you do not want to use CURL, you could find some examples on stackoverflow, just like this one here: How do I send a POST request with PHP?. I would recommend you watch a few tutorials on how to use GET and POST methods within PHP or just take a look at the php.net manual here: httprequest::send. You can find a lot of tutorials: HTTP POST from PHP, without cURL and so on...

Stretch child div height to fill parent that has dynamic height

The solution is to use display: table-cell to bring those elements inline instead of using display: inline-block or float: left.

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_x000D_
div#container {_x000D_
  padding: 20px;_x000D_
  background: #F1F1F1_x000D_
}_x000D_
.content {_x000D_
  width: 150px;_x000D_
  background: #ddd;_x000D_
  padding: 10px;_x000D_
  display: table-cell;_x000D_
  vertical-align: top;_x000D_
}_x000D_
.text {_x000D_
  font-family: 12px Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;_x000D_
  color: #555;_x000D_
}
_x000D_
<div id="container">_x000D_
  <div class="content">_x000D_
    <h1>Title 1</h1>_x000D_
_x000D_
    <div class="text">Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text._x000D_
      <br>Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text._x000D_
      <br>Sample Text._x000D_
      <br>_x000D_
    </div>_x000D_
  </div>_x000D_
  <div class="content">_x000D_
    <h1>Title 2</h1>_x000D_
_x000D_
    <div class="text">Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text. Sample Text.</div>_x000D_
  </div>_x000D_
</div>
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Working Fiddle

How do I work with a git repository within another repository?

Consider using subtree instead of submodules, it will make your repo users life much easier. You may find more detailed guide in Pro Git book.

Where Is Machine.Config?

In your asp.net app use this

using System.Configuration;
Response.Write(ConfigurationManager.OpenMachineConfiguration().FilePath);

How to convert Observable<any> to array[]

You will need to subscribe to your observables:

this.CountryService.GetCountries()
    .subscribe(countries => {
        this.myGridOptions.rowData = countries as CountryData[]
    })

And, in your html, wherever needed, you can pass the async pipe to it.

Looping through a Scripting.Dictionary using index/item number

Using d.Keys()(i) method is a very bad idea, because on each call it will re-create a new array (you will have significant speed reduction).

Here is an analogue of Scripting.Dictionary called "Hash Table" class from @TheTrick, that support such enumerator: http://www.cyberforum.ru/blogs/354370/blog2905.html

Dim oDict As clsTrickHashTable

Sub aaa()
    Set oDict = New clsTrickHashTable

    oDict.Add "a", "aaa"
    oDict.Add "b", "bbb"

    For i = 0 To oDict.Count - 1
        Debug.Print oDict.Keys(i) & " - " & oDict.Items(i)
    Next
End Sub

Exception thrown in catch and finally clause

The logic is clear till finish printing out 13. Then the exception thrown in q() is caught by catch (Exception i) in main() and a new MyEx2() is ready to be thrown. However, before throwing the exception, the finally block have to be executed first. Then the output becomes 132 and finally asks to thrown another exception new MyEx1().

As a method cannot throw more than one Exception, it will always throw the latest Exception. In other words, if both catch and finally blocks try to throw Exception, then the Exception in catch is swallowed and only the exception in finally will be thrown.

Thus, in this program, Exception MyEx2 is swallowed and MyEx1 is thrown. This Exception is thrown out of main() and no longer caught, thus JVM stops and the final output is 132Exception in thread main MyExc1.

In essence, if you have a finally in a try/catch clause, a finally will be executed AFTER catching the exception, but BEFORE throwing any caught exception, and ONLY the lastest exception would be thrown in the end.

Requested registry access is not allowed

You Could Do The same as abatishchev but without the UAC

<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
<assemblyIdentity version="1.0.0.0" name="MyApplication.app"/>
 <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
   <security>
    <requestedPrivileges xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
    </requestedPrivileges>
    </security>
  </trustInfo>
</assembly>

Basic authentication with fetch?

This is not directly related to the initial issue, but probably will help somebody.

I faced same issue when was trying to send similar request using domain account. So mine issue was in not escaped character in login name.

Bad example:

'ABC\username'

Good example:

'ABC\\username'

Difference between `Optional.orElse()` and `Optional.orElseGet()`

Take these two scenarios:

Optional<Foo> opt = ...
Foo x = opt.orElse( new Foo() );
Foo y = opt.orElseGet( Foo::new );

If opt doesn't contain a value, the two are indeed equivalent. But if opt does contain a value, how many Foo objects will be created?

P.s.: of course in this example the difference probably wouldn't be measurable, but if you have to obtain your default value from a remote web service for example, or from a database, it suddenly becomes very important.

How can I save a screenshot directly to a file in Windows?

You can code something pretty simple that will hook the PrintScreen and save the capture in a file.

Here is something to start to capture and save to a file. You will just need to hook the key "Print screen".

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
public class CaptureScreen
{

    static public void Main(string[] args)
    {

        try
        {
            Bitmap capture = CaptureScreen.GetDesktopImage();
            string file = Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, "screen.gif");
            ImageFormat format = ImageFormat.Gif;
            capture.Save(file, format);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e);
        }

    }

    public static Bitmap GetDesktopImage()
    {
        WIN32_API.SIZE size;

        IntPtr  hDC = WIN32_API.GetDC(WIN32_API.GetDesktopWindow()); 
        IntPtr hMemDC = WIN32_API.CreateCompatibleDC(hDC);

        size.cx = WIN32_API.GetSystemMetrics(WIN32_API.SM_CXSCREEN);
        size.cy = WIN32_API.GetSystemMetrics(WIN32_API.SM_CYSCREEN);

        m_HBitmap = WIN32_API.CreateCompatibleBitmap(hDC, size.cx, size.cy);

        if (m_HBitmap!=IntPtr.Zero)
        {
            IntPtr hOld = (IntPtr) WIN32_API.SelectObject(hMemDC, m_HBitmap);
            WIN32_API.BitBlt(hMemDC, 0, 0,size.cx,size.cy, hDC, 0, 0, WIN32_API.SRCCOPY);
            WIN32_API.SelectObject(hMemDC, hOld);
            WIN32_API.DeleteDC(hMemDC);
            WIN32_API.ReleaseDC(WIN32_API.GetDesktopWindow(), hDC);
            return System.Drawing.Image.FromHbitmap(m_HBitmap); 
        }
        return null;
    }

    protected static IntPtr m_HBitmap;
}

public class WIN32_API
{
    public struct SIZE
    {
        public int cx;
        public int cy;
    }
    public  const int SRCCOPY = 13369376;
    public  const int SM_CXSCREEN=0;
    public  const int SM_CYSCREEN=1;

    [DllImport("gdi32.dll",EntryPoint="DeleteDC")]
    public static extern IntPtr DeleteDC(IntPtr hDc);

    [DllImport("gdi32.dll",EntryPoint="DeleteObject")]
    public static extern IntPtr DeleteObject(IntPtr hDc);

    [DllImport("gdi32.dll",EntryPoint="BitBlt")]
    public static extern bool BitBlt(IntPtr hdcDest,int xDest,int yDest,int wDest,int hDest,IntPtr hdcSource,int xSrc,int ySrc,int RasterOp);

    [DllImport ("gdi32.dll",EntryPoint="CreateCompatibleBitmap")]
    public static extern IntPtr CreateCompatibleBitmap(IntPtr hdc,  int nWidth, int nHeight);

    [DllImport ("gdi32.dll",EntryPoint="CreateCompatibleDC")]
    public static extern IntPtr CreateCompatibleDC(IntPtr hdc);

    [DllImport ("gdi32.dll",EntryPoint="SelectObject")]
    public static extern IntPtr SelectObject(IntPtr hdc,IntPtr bmp);

    [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint="GetDesktopWindow")]
    public static extern IntPtr GetDesktopWindow();

    [DllImport("user32.dll",EntryPoint="GetDC")]
    public static extern IntPtr GetDC(IntPtr ptr);

    [DllImport("user32.dll",EntryPoint="GetSystemMetrics")]
    public static extern int GetSystemMetrics(int abc);

    [DllImport("user32.dll",EntryPoint="GetWindowDC")]
    public static extern IntPtr GetWindowDC(Int32 ptr);

    [DllImport("user32.dll",EntryPoint="ReleaseDC")]
    public static extern IntPtr ReleaseDC(IntPtr hWnd,IntPtr hDc);
}

Update Here is the code to hook the PrintScreen (and other key) from C#:

Hook code

Determine Whether Integer Is Between Two Other Integers?

if 10000 <= number <= 30000:
    pass

For details, see the docs.

How can I use a custom font in Java?

Here is how I did it!

//create the font

try {
    //create the font to use. Specify the size!
    Font customFont = Font.createFont(Font.TRUETYPE_FONT, new File("Fonts\\custom_font.ttf")).deriveFont(12f);
    GraphicsEnvironment ge = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment();
    //register the font
    ge.registerFont(customFont);
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
} catch(FontFormatException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

//use the font
yourSwingComponent.setFont(customFont);

join on multiple columns

The other queries are all going base on any ONE of the conditions qualifying and it will return a record... if you want to make sure the BOTH columns of table A are matched, you'll have to do something like...

select 
      tA.Col1,
      tA.Col2,
      tB.Val
   from
      TableA tA
         join TableB tB
            on  ( tA.Col1 = tB.Col1 OR tA.Col1 = tB.Col2 )
            AND ( tA.Col2 = tB.Col1 OR tA.Col2 = tB.Col2 )

C Program to find day of week given date

As reported also by Wikipedia, in 1990 Michael Keith and Tom Craver published an expression to minimise the number of keystrokes needed to enter a self-contained function for converting a Gregorian date into a numerical day of the week.

The expression does preserve neither y nor d, and returns a zero-based index representing the day, starting with Sunday, i.e. if the day is Monday the expression returns 1.

A code example which uses the expression follows:

int d    = 15   ; //Day     1-31
int m    = 5    ; //Month   1-12`
int y    = 2013 ; //Year    2013` 

int weekday  = (d += m < 3 ? y-- : y - 2, 23*m/9 + d + 4 + y/4- y/100 + y/400)%7;  

The expression uses the comma operator, as discussed in this answer.

Enjoy! ;-)

How do I call paint event?

In a method of your Form or Control, you have 3 choices:

this.Invalidate();  // request a delayed Repaint by the normal MessageLoop system    
this.Update();      // forces Repaint of invalidated area 
this.Refresh();     // Combines Invalidate() and Update()

Normally, you would just call Invalidate() and let the system combine that with other Screen updates. If you're in a hurry you should call Refresh() but then you run the risk that it will be repainted several times consecutively because of other controls (especially the Parent) Invalidating.

The normal way Windows (Win32 and WinForms.Net) handles this is to wait for the MessageQueue to run empty and then process all invalidated screen areas. That is efficient because when something changes that usually cascades into other things (controls) changing as well.

The most common scenario for Update() is when you change a property (say, label1.Text, which will invalidate the Label) in a for-loop and that loop is temporarily blocking the Message-Loop. Whenever you use it, you should ask yourself if you shouldn't be using a Thread instead. But the answer is't always Yes.

How to update nested state properties in React

I take very seriously the concerns already voiced around creating a complete copy of your component state. With that said, I would strongly suggest Immer.

import produce from 'immer';

<Input
  value={this.state.form.username}
  onChange={e => produce(this.state, s => { s.form.username = e.target.value }) } />

This should work for React.PureComponent (i.e. shallow state comparisons by React) as Immer cleverly uses a proxy object to efficiently copy an arbitrarily deep state tree. Immer is also more typesafe compared to libraries like Immutability Helper, and is ideal for Javascript and Typescript users alike.


Typescript utility function

function setStateDeep<S>(comp: React.Component<any, S, any>, fn: (s: 
Draft<Readonly<S>>) => any) {
  comp.setState(produce(comp.state, s => { fn(s); }))
}

onChange={e => setStateDeep(this, s => s.form.username = e.target.value)}

How to style SVG with external CSS?

You can do what you want, with one (important) caveat: the paths within your symbol can't be styled independently via external CSS -- you can only set the properties for the entire symbol with this method. So, if you have two paths in your symbol and want them to have different fill colors, this won't work, but if you want all your paths to be the same, this should work.

In your html file, you want something like this:

<style>
  .fill-red { fill: red; }
  .fill-blue { fill: blue; }
</style>

<a href="//www.example.com/">
  <svg class="fill-red">
    <use xlink:href="images/icons.svg#example"></use>
  </svg>
</a>

And in the external SVG file you want something like this:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
   <symbol id="example" viewBox="0 0 256 256">
    <path d="M120.... />
  </symbol>
</svg>

Swap the class on the svg tag (in your html) from fill-red to fill-blue and ta-da... you have blue instead of red.

You can partially get around the limitation of being able to target the paths separately with external CSS by mixing and matching the external CSS with some in-line CSS on specific paths, since the in-line CSS will take precedence. This approach would work if you're doing something like a white icon against a colored background, where you want to change the color of the background via the external CSS but the icon itself is always white (or vice-versa). So, with the same HTML as before and something like this svg code, you'll get you a red background and a white foreground path:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <symbol id="example" viewBox="0 0 256 256">
    <path class="background" d="M120..." />
    <path class="icon" style="fill: white;" d="M20..." />
  </symbol>
</svg>

Why can't Python parse this JSON data?

There are two types in this parsing.

  1. Parsing data from a file from a system path
  2. Parsing JSON from remote URL.

From a file, you can use the following

import json
json = json.loads(open('/path/to/file.json').read())
value = json['key']
print json['value']

This arcticle explains the full parsing and getting values using two scenarios.Parsing JSON using Python

How to disable the back button in the browser using JavaScript

history.pushState(null, null, document.title);
window.addEventListener('popstate', function () {
    history.pushState(null, null, document.title);
});

This script will overwrite attempts to navigate back and forth with the state of the current page.


Update:

Some users have reported better success with using document.URL instead of document.title:

history.pushState(null, null, document.URL);
window.addEventListener('popstate', function () {
    history.pushState(null, null, document.URL);
});

"unary operator expected" error in Bash if condition

Took me a while to find this but note that if you have a spacing error you will also get the same error:

[: =: unary operator expected

Correct:

if [ "$APP_ENV" = "staging" ]

vs

if ["$APP_ENV" = "staging" ]

As always setting -x debug variable helps to find these:

set -x

Angular2 RC5: Can't bind to 'Property X' since it isn't a known property of 'Child Component'

If you use the Angular CLI to create your components, let's say CarComponent, it attaches app to the selector name (i.e app-car) and this throws the above error when you reference the component in the parent view. Therefore you either have to change the selector name in the parent view to let's say <app-car></app-car> or change the selector in the CarComponent to selector: 'car'

How to strip comma in Python string

Use replace method of strings not strip:

s = s.replace(',','')

An example:

>>> s = 'Foo, bar'
>>> s.replace(',',' ')
'Foo  bar'
>>> s.replace(',','')
'Foo bar'
>>> s.strip(',') # clears the ','s at the start and end of the string which there are none
'Foo, bar'
>>> s.strip(',') == s
True

Ruby Array find_first object?

Do you need the object itself or do you just need to know if there is an object that satisfies. If the former then yes: use find:

found_object = my_array.find { |e| e.satisfies_condition? }

otherwise you can use any?

found_it = my_array.any?  { |e| e.satisfies_condition? }

The latter will bail with "true" when it finds one that satisfies the condition. The former will do the same, but return the object.

Selenium: Can I set any of the attribute value of a WebElement in Selenium?

You would have to use the JavascriptExecutor class:

WebDriver driver; // Assigned elsewhere
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
js.executeScript("document.getElementById('//id of element').setAttribute('attr', '10')");

MySQL, Concatenate two columns

You can use php built in CONCAT() for this.

SELECT CONCAT(`name`, ' ', `email`) as password_email FROM `table`;

change filed name as your requirement

then the result is

enter image description here

and if you want to concat same filed using other field which same then

SELECT filed1 as category,filed2 as item, GROUP_CONCAT(CAST(filed2 as CHAR)) as item_name FROM `table` group by filed1 

then this is output enter image description here

Getting rid of bullet points from <ul>

Put

<style type="text/css">
 ul#otis {
     list-style-type: none;
   }
</style>

immediately before the list to test it out. Or

<ul style="list-style-type: none;">

How can I check for Python version in a program that uses new language features?

Sets became part of the core language in Python 2.4, in order to stay backwards compatible. I did this back then, which will work for you as well:

if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
    from sets import Set as set

Create a txt file using batch file in a specific folder

This code written above worked for me as well. Although, you can use the code I am writing here:

@echo off

@echo>"d:\testing\dblank.txt

If you want to write some text to dblank.txt then add the following line in the end of your code

@echo Writing text to dblank.txt> dblank.txt

Cast to generic type in C#

As mentioned, you cannot cast it directly. One possible solution is to have those generic types inherit from a non-generic interface, in which case you can still invoke methods on it without reflection. Using reflection, you can pass the mapped object to any method expecting it, then the cast will be performed for you. So if you have a method called Accept expecting a MessageProcessor as a parameter, then you can find it and invoke it dynamically.

How to select data from 30 days?

Short version for easy use:

SELECT * 
FROM [TableName] t
WHERE t.[DateColumnName] >= DATEADD(month, -1, GETDATE())

DATEADD and GETDATE are available in SQL Server starting with 2008 version. MSDN documentation: GETDATE and DATEADD.

Formatting code in Notepad++

The latest plugin is tidy2, which can be installed through Plugins>Plugin Manager>Show Plugin Manager.

I suggest editing config 1 and setting quote-marks: no, especially if you have script that makes use of quotes.

Also, tidying more than once can result in inserting ampersands the first time and then replacing the ampersands the second time. You may want to play with the config to get it to where you need it.

How should the ViewModel close the form?

Here is the simple bug free solution (with source code), It is working for me.

  1. Derive your ViewModel from INotifyPropertyChanged

  2. Create a observable property CloseDialog in ViewModel

    public void Execute()
    {
        // Do your task here
    
        // if task successful, assign true to CloseDialog
        CloseDialog = true;
    }
    
    private bool _closeDialog;
    public bool CloseDialog
    {
        get { return _closeDialog; }
        set { _closeDialog = value; OnPropertyChanged(); }
    }
    
    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
    
    private void OnPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName]string property = "")
    {
        if (PropertyChanged != null)
        {
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(property));
        }
    }
    

    }

  3. Attach a Handler in View for this property change

        _loginDialogViewModel = new LoginDialogViewModel();
        loginPanel.DataContext = _loginDialogViewModel;
        _loginDialogViewModel.PropertyChanged += OnPropertyChanged;
    
  4. Now you are almost done. In the event handler make DialogResult = true

    protected void OnPropertyChanged(object sender, PropertyChangedEventArgs args)
    {
        if (args.PropertyName == "CloseDialog")
        {
            DialogResult = true;
        }
    }
    

MySQL: When is Flush Privileges in MySQL really needed?

Just to give some examples. Let's say you modify the password for an user called 'alex'. You can modify this password in several ways. For instance:

mysql> update* user set password=PASSWORD('test!23') where user='alex'; 
mysql> flush privileges;

Here you used UPDATE. If you use INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE on grant tables directly you need use FLUSH PRIVILEGES in order to reload the grant tables.

Or you can modify the password like this:

mysql> set password for 'alex'@'localhost'= password('test!24');

Here it's not necesary to use "FLUSH PRIVILEGES;" If you modify the grant tables indirectly using account-management statements such as GRANT, REVOKE, SET PASSWORD, or RENAME USER, the server notices these changes and loads the grant tables into memory again immediately.

Variables declared outside function

Unlike languages that employ 'true' lexical scoping, Python opts to have specific 'namespaces' for variables, whether it be global, nonlocal, or local. It could be argued that making developers consciously code with such namespaces in mind is more explicit, thus more understandable. I would argue that such complexities make the language more unwieldy, but I guess it's all down to personal preference.

Here are some examples regarding global:-

>>> global_var = 5
>>> def fn():
...     print(global_var)
... 
>>> fn()
5
>>> def fn_2():
...     global_var += 2
...     print(global_var)
... 
>>> fn_2()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in fn_2
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'global_var' referenced before assignment
>>> def fn_3():
...     global global_var
...     global_var += 2
...     print(global_var)
... 
>>> fn_3()
7

The same patterns can be applied to nonlocal variables too, but this keyword is only available to the latter Python versions.

In case you're wondering, nonlocal is used where a variable isn't global, but isn't within the function definition it's being used. For example, a def within a def, which is a common occurrence partially due to a lack of multi-statement lambdas. There's a hack to bypass the lack of this feature in the earlier Pythons though, I vaguely remember it involving the use of a single-element list...

Note that writing to variables is where these keywords are needed. Just reading from them isn't ambiguous, thus not needed. Unless you have inner defs using the same variable names as the outer ones, which just should just be avoided to be honest.

Swift: Reload a View Controller

In Swift 4:

self.view.layoutIfNeeded()

How to put a symbol above another in LaTeX?

Use \overset{above}{main} in math mode. In your case, \overset{a}{\#}.

YYYY-MM-DD format date in shell script

I use $(date +"%Y-%m-%d") or $(date +"%Y-%m-%d %T") with time and hours.

Angular 2 / 4 / 5 not working in IE11

What worked for me is I followed the following steps to improve my application perfomance in IE 11 1.) In Index.html file, add the following CDN's

<script src="https://npmcdn.com/[email protected] 
 beta.17/es6/dev/src/testing/shims_for_IE.js"></script>
<script 
src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/classlist/1.2.201711092/classList.min.js"></script>

2.) In polyfills.ts file and add the following import:

import 'core-js/client/shim';

How do AX, AH, AL map onto EAX?

The below snippet examines EAX using GDB.

    (gdb) info register eax
    eax            0xaa55   43605
    (gdb) info register ax
    ax             0xaa55   -21931
    (gdb) info register ah
    ah             0xaa -86
    (gdb) info register al
    al             0x55 85
  1. EAX - Full 32 bit value
  2. AX - lower 16 bit value
  3. AH - Bits from 8 to 15
  4. AL - lower 8 bits of EAX/AX

Resize height with Highcharts

I had a similar problem with height except my chart was inside a bootstrap modal popup, which I'm already controlling the size of with css. However, for some reason when the window was resized horizontally the height of the chart container would expand indefinitely. If you were to drag the window back and forth it would expand vertically indefinitely. I also don't like hard-coded height/width solutions.

So, if you're doing this in a modal, combine this solution with a window resize event.

// from link
$('#ChartModal').on('show.bs.modal', function() {
    $('.chart-container').css('visibility', 'hidden');
});

$('#ChartModal').on('shown.bs.modal.', function() {
    $('.chart-container').css('visibility', 'initial');
    $('#chartbox').highcharts().reflow()
    //added
    ratio = $('.chart-container').width() / $('.chart-container').height();
});

Where "ratio" becomes a height/width aspect ratio, that will you resize when the bootstrap modal resizes. This measurement is only taken when he modal is opened. I'm storing ratio as a global but that's probably not best practice.

$(window).on('resize', function() {
    //chart-container is only visible when the modal is visible.
    if ( $('.chart-container').is(':visible') ) {
        $('#chartbox').highcharts().setSize( 
            $('.chart-container').width(),
            ($('.chart-container').width() / ratio),
            doAnimation = true );
    }       
});

So with this, you can drag your screen to the side (resizing it) and your chart will maintain its aspect ratio.

Widescreen

enter image description here

vs smaller

enter image description here

(still fiddling around with vw units, so everything in the back is too small to read lol!)

Get checkbox value in jQuery

Just to clarify things:

$('#checkbox_ID').is(":checked")

Will return 'true' or 'false'

Why do we need to use flatMap?

People tend to over complicate things by giving the definition which says:

flatMap transform the items emitted by an Observable into Observables, then flatten the emissions from those into a single Observable

I swear this definition still confuses me but I am going to explain it in the simplest way which is by using an example

Our Situation: we have an observable which returns data(simple URL) that we are going to use to make an HTTP call that will return an observable containing the data we need so you can visualize the situation like this:

Observable 1
    |_
       Make Http Call Using Observable 1 Data (returns Observable_2)
            |_
               The Data We Need

so as you can see we can't reach the data we need directly so the first way to retrieve the data we can use just normal subscriptions like this:

Observable_1.subscribe((URL) => {
         Http.get(URL).subscribe((Data_We_Need) => {
                  console.log(Data_We_Need);
          });
});

this works but as you can see we have to nest subscriptions to get our data this currently does not look bad but imagine we have 10 nested subscriptions that would become unmaintainable.

so a better way to handle this is just to use the operator flatMap which will do the same thing but makes us avoid that nested subscription:

Observable_1
    .flatMap(URL => Http.get(URL))
    .subscribe(Data_We_Need => console.log(Data_We_Need));

ImportError: No module named 'django.core.urlresolvers'

For those who might be trying to create a Travis Build, the default path from which Django is installed from the requirements.txt file points to a repo whose django_extensions module has not been updated. The only workaround, for now, is to install from the master branch using pip. That is where the patch is made. But for now, we'll have to wait.

You can try this in the meantime, it might help

- pip install git+https://github.com/chibisov/drf-extensions.git@master

- pip install git+https://github.com/django-extensions/django-extensions.git@master

Difference between numeric, float and decimal in SQL Server

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

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

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

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

more useful information

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

Exact Numeric Data Types Approximate Numeric Data Types

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

How to append multiple values to a list in Python

Other than the append function, if by "multiple values" you mean another list, you can simply concatenate them like so.

>>> a = [1,2,3]
>>> b = [4,5,6]
>>> a + b
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Export data from Chrome developer tool

if you right click on any of the rows you can export the item or the entire data set as HAR which appears to be a JSON format.

It shouldn't be terribly difficult to script up something to transform that to a csv if you really need it in excel, but if you're already scripting you might as well just use the script to ask your questions of the data.

If anyone knows how to drive the "load page, export data" part of the process from the command line I'd be quite interested in hearing how

How can I pass a username/password in the header to a SOAP WCF Service

There is probably a smarter way, but you can add the headers manually like this:

var client = new IdentityProofingService.IdentityProofingWSClient();

using (new OperationContextScope(client.InnerChannel))
{
    OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageHeaders.Add(
        new SecurityHeader("UsernameToken-49", "12345/userID", "password123"));
    client.invokeIdentityService(new IdentityProofingRequest());
}

Here, SecurityHeader is a custom implemented class, which needs a few other classes since I chose to use attributes to configure the XML serialization:

public class SecurityHeader : MessageHeader
{
    private readonly UsernameToken _usernameToken;

    public SecurityHeader(string id, string username, string password)
    {
        _usernameToken = new UsernameToken(id, username, password);
    }

    public override string Name
    {
        get { return "Security"; }
    }

    public override string Namespace
    {
        get { return "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd"; }
    }

    protected override void OnWriteHeaderContents(XmlDictionaryWriter writer, MessageVersion messageVersion)
    {
        XmlSerializer serializer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(UsernameToken));
        serializer.Serialize(writer, _usernameToken);
    }
}


[XmlRoot(Namespace = "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd")]
public class UsernameToken
{
    public UsernameToken()
    {
    }

    public UsernameToken(string id, string username, string password)
    {
        Id = id;
        Username = username;
        Password = new Password() {Value = password};
    }

    [XmlAttribute(Namespace = "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd")]
    public string Id { get; set; }

    [XmlElement]
    public string Username { get; set; }

    [XmlElement]
    public Password Password { get; set; }
}

public class Password
{
    public Password()
    {
        Type = "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-username-token-profile-1.0#PasswordText";
    }

    [XmlAttribute]
    public string Type { get; set; }

    [XmlText]
    public string Value { get; set; }
}

I have not added the Nonce bit to the UsernameToken XML, but it is very similar to the Password one. The Created element also needs to be added still, but it's a simple [XmlElement].

Is there a way to break a list into columns?

If you can support it CSS Grid is probably the cleanest way for making a one-dimensional list into a two column layout with responsive interiors.

_x000D_
_x000D_
ul {_x000D_
  max-width: 400px;_x000D_
  display: grid;_x000D_
  grid-template-columns: 50% 50%;_x000D_
  padding-left: 0;_x000D_
  border: 1px solid blue;_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
li {_x000D_
  list-style: inside;_x000D_
  border: 1px dashed red;_x000D_
  padding: 10px;_x000D_
}
_x000D_
<ul>_x000D_
  <li>1</li>_x000D_
  <li>2</li>_x000D_
  <li>3</li>_x000D_
  <li>4</li>_x000D_
  <li>5</li>_x000D_
  <li>6</li>_x000D_
  <li>7</li>_x000D_
  <li>8</li>_x000D_
  <li>9</li>_x000D_
<ul>
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These are the two key lines which will give you your 2 column layout

display: grid;
grid-template-columns: 50% 50%;

View HTTP headers in Google Chrome?

For Version 78.0.3904.87, OS = Windows 7, 64 bit PC

Steps:

  1. Press F12
  2. Select Network Tab
  3. Select XHR
  4. Under Name --> you can see all the XHR requests made.
  5. To view Request Headers of a particular XHR request, click on that request. All details about that XHR request will appear on right hand side.

Commit empty folder structure (with git)

Simply add file named as .keep in images folder.you can now stage and commit and also able to add folder to version control.

Create a empty file in images folder $ touch .keep

$ git status

On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.

Untracked files:
  (use "git add ..." to include in what will be committed)

    images/

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

$ git add .

$ git commit -m "adding empty folder"

Difference between long and int data types

The long must be at least the same size as an int, and possibly, but not necessarily, longer.

On common 32-bit systems, both int and long are 4-bytes/32-bits, and this is valid according to the C++ spec.

On other systems, both int and long long may be a different size. I used to work on a platform where int was 2-bytes, and long was 4-bytes.

How to rotate a div using jQuery

EDIT: Updated for jQuery 1.8

Since jQuery 1.8 browser specific transformations will be added automatically. jsFiddle Demo

var rotation = 0;

jQuery.fn.rotate = function(degrees) {
    $(this).css({'transform' : 'rotate('+ degrees +'deg)'});
    return $(this);
};

$('.rotate').click(function() {
    rotation += 5;
    $(this).rotate(rotation);
});

EDIT: Added code to make it a jQuery function.

For those of you who don't want to read any further, here you go. For more details and examples, read on. jsFiddle Demo.

var rotation = 0;

jQuery.fn.rotate = function(degrees) {
    $(this).css({'-webkit-transform' : 'rotate('+ degrees +'deg)',
                 '-moz-transform' : 'rotate('+ degrees +'deg)',
                 '-ms-transform' : 'rotate('+ degrees +'deg)',
                 'transform' : 'rotate('+ degrees +'deg)'});
    return $(this);
};

$('.rotate').click(function() {
    rotation += 5;
    $(this).rotate(rotation);
});

EDIT: One of the comments on this post mentioned jQuery Multirotation. This plugin for jQuery essentially performs the above function with support for IE8. It may be worth using if you want maximum compatibility or more options. But for minimal overhead, I suggest the above function. It will work IE9+, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and many others.


Bobby... This is for the people who actually want to do it in the javascript. This may be required for rotating on a javascript callback.

Here is a jsFiddle.

If you would like to rotate at custom intervals, you can use jQuery to manually set the css instead of adding a class. Like this! I have included both jQuery options at the bottom of the answer.

HTML

<div class="rotate">
    <h1>Rotatey text</h1>
</div>

CSS

/* Totally for style */
.rotate {
    background: #F02311;
    color: #FFF;
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    text-align: center;
    font: normal 1em Arial;
    position: relative;
    top: 50px;
    left: 50px;
}

/* The real code */
.rotated {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(45deg);  /* Chrome, Safari 3.1+ */
    -moz-transform: rotate(45deg);  /* Firefox 3.5-15 */
    -ms-transform: rotate(45deg);  /* IE 9 */
    -o-transform: rotate(45deg);  /* Opera 10.50-12.00 */
    transform: rotate(45deg);  /* Firefox 16+, IE 10+, Opera 12.10+ */
}

jQuery

Make sure these are wrapped in $(document).ready

$('.rotate').click(function() {
    $(this).toggleClass('rotated');
});

Custom intervals

var rotation = 0;
$('.rotate').click(function() {
    rotation += 5;
    $(this).css({'-webkit-transform' : 'rotate('+ rotation +'deg)',
                 '-moz-transform' : 'rotate('+ rotation +'deg)',
                 '-ms-transform' : 'rotate('+ rotation +'deg)',
                 'transform' : 'rotate('+ rotation +'deg)'});
});

How to divide two columns?

Presumably, those columns are integer columns - which will be the reason as the result of the calculation will be of the same type.

e.g. if you do this:

SELECT 1 / 2

you will get 0, which is obviously not the real answer. So, convert the values to e.g. decimal and do the calculation based on that datatype instead.

e.g.

SELECT CAST(1 AS DECIMAL) / 2

gives 0.500000

What are the differences among grep, awk & sed?

I just want to mention a thing, there are many tools can do text processing, e.g. sort, cut, split, join, paste, comm, uniq, column, rev, tac, tr, nl, pr, head, tail.....

they are very handy but you have to learn their options etc.

A lazy way (not the best way) to learn text processing might be: only learn grep , sed and awk. with this three tools, you can solve almost 99% of text processing problems and don't need to memorize above different cmds and options. :)

AND, if you 've learned and used the three, you knew the difference. Actually, the difference here means which tool is good at solving what kind of problem.

a more lazy way might be learning a script language (python, perl or ruby) and do every text processing with it.

JavaScriptSerializer.Deserialize - how to change field names

There is no standard support for renaming properties in JavaScriptSerializer however you can quite easily add your own:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
using System.Reflection;

public class JsonConverter : JavaScriptConverter
{
    public override object Deserialize(IDictionary<string, object> dictionary, Type type, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
    {
        List<MemberInfo> members = new List<MemberInfo>();
        members.AddRange(type.GetFields());
        members.AddRange(type.GetProperties().Where(p => p.CanRead && p.CanWrite && p.GetIndexParameters().Length == 0));

        object obj = Activator.CreateInstance(type);

        foreach (MemberInfo member in members)
        {
            JsonPropertyAttribute jsonProperty = (JsonPropertyAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(member, typeof(JsonPropertyAttribute));

            if (jsonProperty != null && dictionary.ContainsKey(jsonProperty.Name))
            {
                SetMemberValue(serializer, member, obj, dictionary[jsonProperty.Name]);
            }
            else if (dictionary.ContainsKey(member.Name))
            {
                SetMemberValue(serializer, member, obj, dictionary[member.Name]);
            }
            else
            {
                KeyValuePair<string, object> kvp = dictionary.FirstOrDefault(x => string.Equals(x.Key, member.Name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase));

                if (!kvp.Equals(default(KeyValuePair<string, object>)))
                {
                    SetMemberValue(serializer, member, obj, kvp.Value);
                }
            }
        }

        return obj;
    }


    private void SetMemberValue(JavaScriptSerializer serializer, MemberInfo member, object obj, object value)
    {
        if (member is PropertyInfo)
        {
            PropertyInfo property = (PropertyInfo)member;                
            property.SetValue(obj, serializer.ConvertToType(value, property.PropertyType), null);
        }
        else if (member is FieldInfo)
        {
            FieldInfo field = (FieldInfo)member;
            field.SetValue(obj, serializer.ConvertToType(value, field.FieldType));
        }
    }


    public override IDictionary<string, object> Serialize(object obj, JavaScriptSerializer serializer)
    {
        Type type = obj.GetType();
        List<MemberInfo> members = new List<MemberInfo>();
        members.AddRange(type.GetFields());
        members.AddRange(type.GetProperties().Where(p => p.CanRead && p.CanWrite && p.GetIndexParameters().Length == 0));

        Dictionary<string, object> values = new Dictionary<string, object>();

        foreach (MemberInfo member in members)
        {
            JsonPropertyAttribute jsonProperty = (JsonPropertyAttribute)Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(member, typeof(JsonPropertyAttribute));

            if (jsonProperty != null)
            {
                values[jsonProperty.Name] = GetMemberValue(member, obj);
            }
            else
            {
                values[member.Name] = GetMemberValue(member, obj);
            }
        }

        return values;
    }

    private object GetMemberValue(MemberInfo member, object obj)
    {
        if (member is PropertyInfo)
        {
            PropertyInfo property = (PropertyInfo)member;
            return property.GetValue(obj, null);
        }
        else if (member is FieldInfo)
        {
            FieldInfo field = (FieldInfo)member;
            return field.GetValue(obj);
        }

        return null;
    }


    public override IEnumerable<Type> SupportedTypes
    {
        get 
        {
            return new[] { typeof(DataObject) };
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Field | AttributeTargets.Property)]
public class JsonPropertyAttribute : Attribute
{
    public JsonPropertyAttribute(string name)
    {
        Name = name;
    }

    public string Name
    {
        get;
        set;
    }
}

The DataObject class then becomes:

public class DataObject
{
    [JsonProperty("user_id")]
    public int UserId { get; set; }

    [JsonProperty("detail_level")]
    public DetailLevel DetailLevel { get; set; }
}

I appreicate this might be a little late but thought other people wanting to use the JavaScriptSerializer rather than the DataContractJsonSerializer might appreciate it.

Security of REST authentication schemes

REST means working with the standards of the web, and the standard for "secure" transfer on the web is SSL. Anything else is going to be kind of funky and require extra deployment effort for clients, which will have to have encryption libraries available.

Once you commit to SSL, there's really nothing fancy required for authentication in principle. You can again go with web standards and use HTTP Basic auth (username and secret token sent along with each request) as it's much simpler than an elaborate signing protocol, and still effective in the context of a secure connection. You just need to be sure the password never goes over plain text; so if the password is ever received over a plain text connection, you might even disable the password and mail the developer. You should also ensure the credentials aren't logged anywhere upon receipt, just as you wouldn't log a regular password.

HTTP Digest is a safer approach as it prevents the secret token being passed along; instead, it's a hash the server can verify on the other end. Though it may be overkill for less sensitive applications if you've taken the precautions mentioned above. After all, the user's password is already transmitted in plain-text when they log in (unless you're doing some fancy JavaScript encryption in the browser), and likewise their cookies on each request.

Note that with APIs, it's better for the client to be passing tokens - randomly generated strings - instead of the password the developer logs into the website with. So the developer should be able to log into your site and generate new tokens that can be used for API verification.

The main reason to use a token is that it can be replaced if it's compromised, whereas if the password is compromised, the owner could log into the developer's account and do anything they want with it. A further advantage of tokens is you can issue multiple tokens to the same developers. Perhaps because they have multiple apps or because they want tokens with different access levels.

(Updated to cover implications of making the connection SSL-only.)

HTML input arrays

As far as I know, there isn't anything on the HTML specs because browsers aren't supposed to do anything different for these fields. They just send them as they normally do and PHP is the one that does the parsing into an array, as do other languages.

What does a question mark represent in SQL queries?

What you are seeing is a parameterized query. They are frequently used when executing dynamic SQL from a program.

For example, instead of writing this (note: pseudocode):

ODBCCommand cmd = new ODBCCommand("SELECT thingA FROM tableA WHERE thingB = 7")
result = cmd.Execute()

You write this:

ODBCCommand cmd = new ODBCCommand("SELECT thingA FROM tableA WHERE thingB = ?")
cmd.Parameters.Add(7)
result = cmd.Execute()

This has many advantages, as is probably obvious. One of the most important: the library functions which parse your parameters are clever, and ensure that strings are escaped properly. For example, if you write this:

string s = getStudentName()
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM students WHERE (name = '" + s + "')"
cmd.Execute()

What happens when the user enters this?

Robert'); DROP TABLE students; --

(Answer is here)

Write this instead:

s = getStudentName()
cmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM students WHERE name = ?"
cmd.Parameters.Add(s)
cmd.Execute()

Then the library will sanitize the input, producing this:

"SELECT * FROM students where name = 'Robert''); DROP TABLE students; --'"

Not all DBMS's use ?. MS SQL uses named parameters, which I consider a huge improvement:

cmd.Text = "SELECT thingA FROM tableA WHERE thingB = @varname"
cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@varname", 7)
result = cmd.Execute()

How to declare or mark a Java method as deprecated?

Take a look at the @Deprecated annotation.

How to call window.alert("message"); from C#?

I'm not sure if I understand but I'm guessing that you're trying to show a MessageBox from ASP.Net?

If so, this code project article might be helpful: Simple MessageBox functionality in ASP.NET

Apply global variable to Vuejs

you can use Vuex to handle all your global data

What's the regular expression that matches a square bracket?

How about using backslash \ in front of the square bracket. Normally square brackets match a character class.

Convert unsigned int to signed int C

To understand why, you need to know that the CPU represents signed numbers using the two's complement (maybe not all, but many).

    byte n = 1; //0000 0001 =  1
    n = ~n + 1; //1111 1110 + 0000 0001 = 1111 1111 = -1

And also, that the type int and unsigned int can be of different sized depending on your CPU. When doing specific stuff like this:

   #include <stdint.h>
   int8_t ibyte;
   uint8_t ubyte;
   int16_t iword;
   //......

Is there a JavaScript strcmp()?

How about:

String.prototype.strcmp = function(s) {
    if (this < s) return -1;
    if (this > s) return 1;
    return 0;
}

Then, to compare s1 with 2:

s1.strcmp(s2)

How to use pip with python 3.4 on windows?

"py -m pip install requests" works fine with Windows and its up gradation. Just change the path after installing Python 3.4 in the command prompt and type in "py -m pip install requests"command prompt. pip install

Pointer vs. Reference

My rule of thumb is:

Use pointers if you want to do pointer arithmetic with them (e.g. incrementing the pointer address to step through an array) or if you ever have to pass a NULL-pointer.

Use references otherwise.

How to uninstall a Windows Service when there is no executable for it left on the system?

Remove Windows Service via Registry

Its very easy to remove a service from registry if you know the right path. Here is how I did that:

  1. Run Regedit or Regedt32

  2. Go to the registry entry "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services"

  3. Look for the service that you want delete and delete it. You can look at the keys to know what files the service was using and delete them as well (if necessary).

Delete Windows Service via Command Window

Alternatively, you can also use command prompt and delete a service using following command:

sc delete

You can also create service by using following command

sc create "MorganTechService" binpath= "C:\Program Files\MorganTechSPace\myservice.exe"

Note: You may have to reboot the system to get the list updated in service manager.

Concatenate two slices in Go

I think it's important to point out and to know that if the destination slice (the slice you append to) has sufficient capacity, the append will happen "in-place", by reslicing the destination (reslicing to increase its length in order to be able to accommodate the appendable elements).

This means that if the destination was created by slicing a bigger array or slice which has additional elements beyond the length of the resulting slice, they may get overwritten.

To demonstrate, see this example:

a := [10]int{1, 2}
fmt.Printf("a: %v\n", a)

x, y := a[:2], []int{3, 4}
fmt.Printf("x: %v, y: %v\n", x, y)
fmt.Printf("cap(x): %v\n", cap(x))

x = append(x, y...)
fmt.Printf("x: %v\n", x)

fmt.Printf("a: %v\n", a)

Output (try it on the Go Playground):

a: [1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
x: [1 2], y: [3 4]
cap(x): 10
x: [1 2 3 4]
a: [1 2 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0]

We created a "backing" array a with length 10. Then we create the x destination slice by slicing this a array, y slice is created using the composite literal []int{3, 4}. Now when we append y to x, the result is the expected [1 2 3 4], but what may be surprising is that the backing array a also changed, because capacity of x is 10 which is sufficient to append y to it, so x is resliced which will also use the same a backing array, and append() will copy elements of y into there.

If you want to avoid this, you may use a full slice expression which has the form

a[low : high : max]

which constructs a slice and also controls the resulting slice's capacity by setting it to max - low.

See the modified example (the only difference is that we create x like this: x = a[:2:2]:

a := [10]int{1, 2}
fmt.Printf("a: %v\n", a)

x, y := a[:2:2], []int{3, 4}
fmt.Printf("x: %v, y: %v\n", x, y)
fmt.Printf("cap(x): %v\n", cap(x))

x = append(x, y...)
fmt.Printf("x: %v\n", x)

fmt.Printf("a: %v\n", a)

Output (try it on the Go Playground)

a: [1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]
x: [1 2], y: [3 4]
cap(x): 2
x: [1 2 3 4]
a: [1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0]

As you can see, we get the same x result but the backing array a did not change, because capacity of x was "only" 2 (thanks to the full slice expression a[:2:2]). So to do the append, a new backing array is allocated that can store the elements of both x and y, which is distinct from a.

Error:Conflict with dependency 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305'

METHOD 1: I deleted the androidTestCompile on espresso-core line which was automatically included in a new project. Then my Android Studio compiles clean.

The androidTestCompile is in "build.gradle (Module:app)":

dependencies {
    ...
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
    })
    ...
}

I don't know whether this deletion will have any problem down the road, but it surely works for my current project now.

METHOD 2: Adding an exclude on findbugs works too:

dependencies {
    ...
    androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
        exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
        exclude group: 'com.google.code.findbugs'
    })
    ...
}

METHOD 3: Forcing compiling with a specific version:

(In the following I force it to compile with the higher version.)

dependencies {
    ...
    androidTestCompile 'com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305:3.0.0'
    ...
}

How to get the Full file path from URI

The PathUtil method will be only working in below oreo and if it is oreo than it is likely to crash because in oreo we will not get the id but the entire path in data.getData() so all u need to do is create a file from uri and get its path from getPath() and split it.below is the working code:-

Uri uri = data.getData(); 
File file = new File(uri.getPath());//create path from uri
final String[] split = file.getPath().split(":");//split the path.
filePath = split[1];//assign it to a string(your choice).

The above code will work in oreo and if it is below oreo than PathUtil will work.Thanks!

String filePath=PathUtil.getPath(context,yourURI);

PathUtil.java

import android.annotation.SuppressLint; 
import android.content.ContentUris; 
import android.content.Context; 
import android.database.Cursor; 
import android.net.Uri; 
import android.os.Build; 
import android.os.Environment; 
import android.provider.DocumentsContract;
import android.provider.MediaStore;

import java.net.URISyntaxException;

/**
 * Created by Aki on 1/7/2017.
 */

public class PathUtil {
    /*
     * Gets the file path of the given Uri.
     */
    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
    public static String getPath(Context context, Uri uri) throws URISyntaxException {
        final boolean needToCheckUri = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 19;
        String selection = null;
        String[] selectionArgs = null;
        // Uri is different in versions after KITKAT (Android 4.4), we need to
        // deal with different Uris.
        if (needToCheckUri && DocumentsContract.isDocumentUri(context.getApplicationContext(), uri)) {
            if (isExternalStorageDocument(uri)) {
                final String docId = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);
                final String[] split = docId.split(":");
                return Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() + "/" + split[1];
            } else if (isDownloadsDocument(uri)) {
                final String id = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);
                uri = ContentUris.withAppendedId(
                        Uri.parse("content://downloads/public_downloads"), Long.valueOf(id));
            } else if (isMediaDocument(uri)) {
                final String docId = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);
                final String[] split = docId.split(":");
                final String type = split[0];
                if ("image".equals(type)) {
                    uri = MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
                } else if ("video".equals(type)) {
                    uri = MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
                } else if ("audio".equals(type)) {
                    uri = MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI;
                }
                selection = "_id=?";
                selectionArgs = new String[]{ split[1] };
            }
        }
        if ("content".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
            String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA };
            Cursor cursor = null;
            try {
                cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, projection, selection, selectionArgs, null);
                int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
                if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                    return cursor.getString(column_index);
                }
            } catch (Exception e) {
            }
        } else if ("file".equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
            return uri.getPath();
        }
        return null;
    }


    /**
     * @param uri The Uri to check.
     * @return Whether the Uri authority is ExternalStorageProvider.
     */
    public static boolean isExternalStorageDocument(Uri uri) {
        return "com.android.externalstorage.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
    }

    /**
     * @param uri The Uri to check.
     * @return Whether the Uri authority is DownloadsProvider.
     */
    public static boolean isDownloadsDocument(Uri uri) {
        return "com.android.providers.downloads.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
    }

    /**
     * @param uri The Uri to check.
     * @return Whether the Uri authority is MediaProvider.
     */
    public static boolean isMediaDocument(Uri uri) {
        return "com.android.providers.media.documents".equals(uri.getAuthority());
    }
}

http://localhost:8080/ Access Error: 404 -- Not Found Cannot locate document: /

your 8080 port is already used by another application 1/ you can try to find out which app is using it, using "netstat -aon" and stop the process; 2/ you can go to server.xml and change from port 8080 to another one (ex: 8081)

Detect and exclude outliers in Pandas data frame

Since I haven't seen an answer that deal with numerical and non-numerical attributes, here is a complement answer.

You might want to drop the outliers only on numerical attributes (categorical variables can hardly be outliers).

Function definition

I have extended @tanemaki's suggestion to handle data when non-numeric attributes are also present:

from scipy import stats

def drop_numerical_outliers(df, z_thresh=3):
    # Constrains will contain `True` or `False` depending on if it is a value below the threshold.
    constrains = df.select_dtypes(include=[np.number]) \
        .apply(lambda x: np.abs(stats.zscore(x)) < z_thresh, reduce=False) \
        .all(axis=1)
    # Drop (inplace) values set to be rejected
    df.drop(df.index[~constrains], inplace=True)

Usage

drop_numerical_outliers(df)

Example

Imagine a dataset df with some values about houses: alley, land contour, sale price, ... E.g: Data Documentation

First, you want to visualise the data on a scatter graph (with z-score Thresh=3):

# Plot data before dropping those greater than z-score 3. 
# The scatterAreaVsPrice function's definition has been removed for readability's sake.
scatterAreaVsPrice(df)

Before - Gr Liv Area Versus SalePrice

# Drop the outliers on every attributes
drop_numerical_outliers(train_df)

# Plot the result. All outliers were dropped. Note that the red points are not
# the same outliers from the first plot, but the new computed outliers based on the new data-frame.
scatterAreaVsPrice(train_df)

After - Gr Liv Area Versus SalePrice

Simple IEnumerator use (with example)

public IEnumerable<string> Appender(IEnumerable<string> strings)
{
  List<string> myList = new List<string>();
  foreach(string str in strings)
  {
      myList.Add(str + "roxxors");
  }
  return myList;
}

or

public IEnumerable<string> Appender(IEnumerable<string> strings)
{
  foreach(string str in strings)
  {
      yield return str + "roxxors";
  }
}

using the yield construct, or simply

var newCollection = strings.Select(str => str + "roxxors"); //(*)

or

var newCollection = from str in strings select str + "roxxors"; //(**)

where the two latter use LINQ and (**) is just syntactic sugar for (*).

Difference of two date time in sql server

Ok we all know the answer involves DATEDIFF(). But that gives you only half the result you may be after. What if you want to get the results in human-readable format, in terms of Minutes and Seconds between two DATETIME values?

The CONVERT(), DATEADD() and of course DATEDIFF() functions are perfect for a more easily readable result that your clients can use, instead of a number.

i.e.

CONVERT(varchar(5), DATEADD(minute, DATEDIFF(MINUTE, date1, date2), 0), 114) 

This will give you something like:

HH:MM

If you want more precision, just increase the VARCHAR().

CONVERT(varchar(12), DATEADD(minute, DATEDIFF(MINUTE, date1, date2), 0), 114) 

HH:MM.SS.MS

PHP function overloading

PHP does not support overloading for now. Hope this will be implemented in the other versions like other programming languages.

Checkout this library, This will allow you to use PHP Overloading in terms of closures. https://github.com/Sahil-Gulati/Overloading

JQuery add class to parent element

$(this.parentNode).addClass('newClass');

java.sql.SQLException Parameter index out of range (1 > number of parameters, which is 0)

You will get this error when you call any of the setXxx() methods on PreparedStatement, while the SQL query string does not have any placeholders ? for this.

For example this is wrong:

String sql = "INSERT INTO tablename (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (val1, val2, val3)";
// ...

preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
preparedStatement.setString(1, val1); // Fail.
preparedStatement.setString(2, val2);
preparedStatement.setString(3, val3);

You need to fix the SQL query string accordingly to specify the placeholders.

String sql = "INSERT INTO tablename (col1, col2, col3) VALUES (?, ?, ?)";
// ...

preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement(sql);
preparedStatement.setString(1, val1);
preparedStatement.setString(2, val2);
preparedStatement.setString(3, val3);

Note the parameter index starts with 1 and that you do not need to quote those placeholders like so:

String sql = "INSERT INTO tablename (col1, col2, col3) VALUES ('?', '?', '?')";

Otherwise you will still get the same exception, because the SQL parser will then interpret them as the actual string values and thus can't find the placeholders anymore.

See also:

Run a Command Prompt command from Desktop Shortcut

The solutions turned out to be very simple.

  1. Open text edit

  2. Write the command, save as .bat.

  3. Double click the file created and the command automatically starts running in command-prompt.

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Mean filter for smoothing images in Matlab

h = fspecial('average', n);
filter2(h, img);

See doc fspecial: h = fspecial('average', n) returns an averaging filter. n is a 1-by-2 vector specifying the number of rows and columns in h.

How do I make a "div" button submit the form its sitting in?

onClick="javascript:this.form.submit();">

this in div onclick don't have attribute form, you may try this.parentNode.submit() or document.forms[0].submit() will do

Also, onClick, should be onclick, some browsers don't work with onClick

How to add a line to a multiline TextBox?

You have to use the AppendText method of the textbox directly. If you try to use the Text property, the textbox will not scroll down as new line are appended.

textBox1.AppendText("Hello" + Environment.NewLine);

Connecting client to server using Socket.io

You need to make sure that you add forward slash before your link to socket.io:

<script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>

Then in the view/controller just do:

var socket = io.connect()

That should solve your problem.

CSS flexbox not working in IE10

IE10 has uses the old syntax. So:

display: -ms-flexbox; /* will work on IE10 */
display: flex; /* is new syntax, will not work on IE10 */

see css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox:

(tweener) means an odd unofficial syntax from [2012] (e.g. display: flexbox;)

How to reliably open a file in the same directory as a Python script

After trying all of this solutions, I still had different problems. So what I found the simplest way was to create a python file: config.py, with a dictionary containing the file's absolute path and import it into the script. something like

import config as cfg 
import pandas as pd 
pd.read_csv(cfg.paths['myfilepath'])

where config.py has inside:

paths = {'myfilepath': 'home/docs/...'}

It is not automatic but it is a good solution when you have to work in different directory or different machines.

How to prevent XSS with HTML/PHP?

Basically you need to use the function htmlspecialchars() whenever you want to output something to the browser that came from the user input.

The correct way to use this function is something like this:

echo htmlspecialchars($string, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');

Google Code University also has these very educational videos on Web Security:

Can I use library that used android support with Androidx projects.

I had a problem like this before, it was the gradle.properties file doesn't exist, only the gradle.properties.txt , so i went to my project folder and i copied & pasted the gradle.properties.txt file but without .txt extension then it finally worked.

Getting request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource

Basically, to make a cross domain AJAX requests, the requested server should allow the cross origin sharing of resources (CORS). You can read more about that from here: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/cors/

In your scenario, you are setting the headers in the client which in fact needs to be set into http://localhost:8080/app server side code.

If you are using PHP Apache server, then you will need to add following in your .htaccess file:

Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin "*"

How do I set the default locale in the JVM?

In the answers here, up to now, we find two ways of changing the JRE locale setting:

  • Programatically, using Locale.setDefault() (which, in my case, was the solution, since I didn't want to require any action of the user):

    Locale.setDefault(new Locale("pt", "BR"));
    
  • Via arguments to the JVM:

    java -jar anApp.jar -Duser.language=pt-BR
    

But, just as reference, I want to note that, on Windows, there is one more way of changing the locale used by the JRE, as documented here: changing the system-wide language.

Note: You must be logged in with an account that has Administrative Privileges.

  1. Click Start > Control Panel.

  2. Windows 7 and Vista: Click Clock, Language and Region > Region and Language.

    Windows XP: Double click the Regional and Language Options icon.

    The Regional and Language Options dialog box appears.

  3. Windows 7: Click the Administrative tab.

    Windows XP and Vista: Click the Advanced tab.

    (If there is no Advanced tab, then you are not logged in with administrative privileges.)

  4. Under the Language for non-Unicode programs section, select the desired language from the drop down menu.

  5. Click OK.

    The system displays a dialog box asking whether to use existing files or to install from the operating system CD. Ensure that you have the CD ready.

  6. Follow the guided instructions to install the files.

  7. Restart the computer after the installation is complete.

Certainly on Linux the JRE also uses the system settings to determine which locale to use, but the instructions to set the system-wide language change from distro to distro.