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index() returns first index of the matching value. Remember that arrays are zero-indexed. my_array = array('i', [1,2,3,4,5]) print(my_array.index(5)) # 5 my_array = array('i', [1,2,3,3,5]) print(my_array.index(3)) # 3 Note in that second example that only one index was returned, even though...

You are able to append a string to a character array using fromstring() my_char_array = array('c', ['g','e','e','k']) my_char_array.fromstring("stuff") print(my_char_array) #array('c', 'geekstuff')

Sometimes, if an action should be bind to a collection view's cell selection, you have to implement the UICollectionViewDelegate protocol. Let's say the collection view is inside a UIViewController MyViewController. Objective-C In your MyViewController.h declares that it implements the UICollecti...

An interface is declared like a class, but without access modifiers (public, private, ...). Also, no definitions are allowed, so variables and constants can't be used. Interfaces should always have an Unique Identifier, which can be generated by pressing Ctrl + Shift + G. IRepository = interface ...

When using the DllImport attribute you have to know the correct dll and method name at compile time. If you want to be more flexible and decide at runtime which dll and methods to load, you can use the Windows API methods LoadLibrary(), GetProcAddress() and FreeLibrary(). This can be helpful if the ...

A mixin is just a module that can be added (mixed in) to a class. one way to do it is with the extend method. The extend method adds methods of the mixin as class methods. module SomeMixin def foo puts "foo!" end end class Bar extend SomeMixin def baz puts "...

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Get NSData from Hexadecimal String + (NSData *)dataFromHexString:(NSString *)string { string = [string lowercaseString]; NSMutableData *data= [NSMutableData new]; unsigned char whole_byte; char byte_chars[3] = {'\0','\0','\0'}; int i = 0; int length = (int) string.len...

Often times, it is helpful to evaluate multiple expressions and to return the result from the first or second form rather than the last. This is easy to accomplish using let and, for instance: (let ((form1-result form1)) form2 form3 ;; ... form-n-1 form-n form1-result) Because...

Node Version Manager (nvm) greatly simplifies the management of Node.js versions, their installation, and removes the need for sudo when dealing with packages (e.g. npm install ...). Fish Shell (fish) "is a smart and user-friendly command line shell for OS X, Linux, and the rest of the family&...

Every Windows Phone project contains App.cs class: public sealed partial class App : Application This class is your global application context. General Application class usage: App entry point, particularly for various activation contracts. Application lifecycle management. Application g...

Perl supports many kinds of conditional statements (statements that are based on boolean results). The most common conditional statements are if-else, unless, and ternary statements. given statements are introduced as a switch-like construct from C-derived languages and are available in versions Per...

In most scripting languages, if a function call fails, it may throw an exception and stop execution of the program. Bash commands do not have exceptions, but they do have exit codes. A non-zero exit code signals failure, however, a non-zero exit code will not stop execution of the program. This can...

The behaviour of virtual functions in constructors and destructors is often confusing when first encountered. #include <iostream> using namespace std; class base { public: base() { f("base constructor"); } ~base() { f("base destructor"); } virtual co...

Any nullable type is a generic type. And any nullable type is a value type. There are some tricks which allow to effectively use the result of the Nullable.GetUnderlyingType method when creating code related to reflection/code-generation purposes: public static class TypesHelper { public stat...

Redis configuration: Install redis (2.4+ required) Install phpredis Install the Magento extension Cm_Cache_Backend_Redis (only for Magento 1.7 and below) Edit your app/etc/local.xml: <global> ... <cache> <backend>Cm_Cache_Backend_Redis</backend> <b...

The addition and multiplication have equivalents in this type algebra. They correspond to the tagged unions and product types. data Sum a b = A a | B b data Prod a b = Prod a b We can see how the number of inhabitants of every type corresponds to the operations of the algebra. Equivalently, we...

The auto keyword by itself represents a value type, similar to int or char. It can be modified with the const keyword and the & symbol to represent a const type or a reference type, respectively. These modifiers can be combined. In this example, s is a value type (its type will be inferred as s...

This code sends a simple text-only email to [email protected] EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @profile_name = 'The Profile Name', @recipients = '[email protected]', @body = 'This is a simple email sent from SQL Server.', @subject = 'Simple email'

This attaches the results of the query SELECT * FROM Users and sends it to [email protected] EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @profile_name = 'The Profile Name', @recipients = '[email protected]', @query = 'SELECT * FROM Users', @subject = 'List of users', ...