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Compiler Definitions

Compiler definitions run platform specific code. Using them you can make small differences between various platforms. Trigger Game Center achievements on apple devices and google play achievements on Android devices. Change the icons in menus (windows logo in windows, Linux penguin in Linux). P...

unity3d • Multiplatform development

mcparallelDo

The mcparallelDo package allows for the evaluation of R code asynchronously on Unix-alike (e.g. Linux and MacOSX) operating systems. The underlying philosophy of the package is aligned with the needs of exploratory data analysis rather than coding. For coding asynchrony, consider the future packag...

R Language • Parallel processing

The role of placeholders in "enter" selections

What is an enter selection? In D3.js, when one binds data to DOM elements, three situations are possible: The number of elements and the number of data points are the same; There are more elements than data points; There are more data points than elements; In the situation #3, all the data ...

d3.js • Selections

Inheritance of Singleton Class

Subclassing also Subclasses Singleton Class class Example end Example.singleton_class #=> #<Class:Example> def Example.foo :example end class SubExample < Example end SubExample.foo #=> :example SubExample.singleton_class.superclass #=> #<Class:Example> ...

Ruby Language • Singleton Class

Message Propagation with Singleton Class

Instances never contain a method they only carry data. However we can define a singleton class for any object including an instance of a class. When a message is passed to an object (method is called) Ruby first checks if a singleton class is defined for that object and if it can reply to that mess...

Ruby Language • Singleton Class

Reopening (monkey patching) Singleton Classes

There are three ways to reopen a Singleton Class Using class_eval on a singleton class. Using class << block. Using def to define a method on the object's singleton class directly class Example end Example.singleton_class.class_eval do def foo :foo end end Example.fo...

Ruby Language • Singleton Class

Product collection - with attributes

//all attributes $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product') ->getCollection() ->addAttributeToSelect('*'); //specific attributes $collection = Mage::getModel('catalog/product') ->getCollection() ->addAttributeToSelect('name'); //certain attributes are special...

magento • Get Products from Database

Primitive to Primitive conversion table

ValueConverted To StringConverted To NumberConverted To Booleanundefinded"undefined"NaNfalsenull"null"0falsetrue"true"1false"false"0NaN"NaN"false"" empty string0false" "0true"2.4" (numeric)2.4true"test" (non nu...

JavaScript • Variable coercion/conversion

Deleting a derived object via a pointer to a base class that doesn't have a virtual destructor.

class base { }; class derived: public base { }; int main() { base* p = new derived(); delete p; // The is undefined behavior! } In section [expr.delete] §5.3.5/3 the standard says that if delete is called on an object whose static type does not have a virtual destructor: if the...

C++ • Undefined Behavior

Copy, move or delete found line

A lot of users find themselves in a situation where they just want to copy, move or delete a line quickly and return to where they were. Usually, if you'd want to move a line which contains the word lot below the current line you'd type something like: /lot<Esc>dd<C-o>p But to boost...

vim • Tips and tricks to boost productivity

When to use a Static variable

A Static variable declared locally is not destructed and does not lose its value when the Sub procedure is exited. Subsequent calls to the procedure do not require re-initialization or assignment although you may want to 'zero' any remembered value(s). These are particularly useful when late bindin...

VBA • Declaring Variables

List files and folders

To list files and folders inside current directory, we use ls command: user@host:/$ ls bin boot cdrom dev etc home initrd.img lib lib64 lost+found media mnt opt proc root run sbin srv sys tmp usr var vmlinuz ls prints folder structure in simple view, color coded by type....

Ubuntu • Basic Terminal commands

Animate at a specified interval (add a new rectangle every 1 second)

This example adds a new rectangle to the canvas every 1 second (== a 1 second interval) Annotated Code: <!doctype html> <html> <head> <style> body{ background-color:white; } #canvas{border:1px solid red; } </style> <script> window.onload=(functio...

html5-canvas • Animation

Don't draw animations in your event handlers (a simple sketch app)

During mousemove you get flooded with 30 mouse events per second. You might not be able to redraw your drawings at 30 times per second. Even if you can, you're probably wasting computing power by drawing when the browser is not ready to draw (wasted == across display refresh cycles). Therefore it m...

html5-canvas • Animation

Dialects of Lisp and their implementations

Invented by John McCarthy around 1958, Lisp (List Processor) has continued to grow into an entire family of languages. Since StackOverflow is more about practical programming problems, typically problems will involve actual Lisp dialects or derived languages and their implementations. Problems that...

lisp • Getting started with lisp

Searching for files by patterns in name/contents

A common and task of someone using the Linux Command Line (shell) is to search for files/directories with a certain name or containing certain text. There are 2 commands you should familiarise yourself with in order to accomplish this: Find files by name find /var/www -name '*.css' This will...

GNU/Linux • Getting started with GNU/Linux

Go Clean

go clean will clean up any temporary files created when invoking go build on a program. It will also clean files left over from Makefiles.

Go • The Go Command

Default value of nullable types is null

public class NullableTypesExample { static int? _testValue; public static void Main() { if(_testValue == null) Console.WriteLine("null"); else Console.WriteLine(_testValue.ToString()); } } Output: null

C# Language • Nullable types

Master and Detail View interaction using Delegates in Objective C

UISplitViewController must be the rootViewController of your application. AppDelegate.m - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions { // Override point for customization after application launch. self.window = [[UIWindow alloc] i...

iOS • UISplitViewController

Creating a Pair and accessing the elements

Pair allows us to treat two objects as one object. Pairs can be easily constructed with the help of template function std::make_pair. Alternative way is to create pair and assign its elements (first and second) later. #include <iostream> #include <utility> int main() { std::p...

C++ • std::pair