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Print environment information before build

The following is handy to have in build logs that identifies the build machine, and some parameters; simply make you main task depend on this task to print it before every build.  <target name="environment"> <!-- Get the current ti...

ant • Getting started with ant

Operations that return NaN

Mathematical operations on values other than numbers return NaN. "a" + 1 "b" * 3 "cde" - "e" [1, 2, 3] * 2 An exception: Single-number arrays. [2] * [3] // Returns 6 Also, remember that the + operator concatenates strings. "a" + "b&...

JavaScript • Built-in Constants

Math library functions that return NaN

Generally, Math functions that are given non-numeric arguments will return NaN. Math.floor("a") The square root of a negative number returns NaN, because Math.sqrt does not support imaginary or complex numbers. Math.sqrt(-1)

JavaScript • Built-in Constants

Basic usage getting content between buffers and clearing

Output buffering allows you to store any textual content (Text, HTML) in a variable and send to the browser as one piece at the end of your script. By default, php sends your content as it interprets it. <?php // Turn on output buffering ob_start(); // Print some output to the buffer (via...

PHP • Output Buffering

Running output buffer before any content

ob_start(); $user_count = 0; foreach( $users as $user ) { if( $user['access'] != 7 ) { continue; } ?> <li class="users user-<?php echo $user['id']; ?>"> <a href="<?php echo $user['link']; ?>"> <?php echo $user...

PHP • Output Buffering

Using Output buffer to store contents in a file, useful for reports, invoices etc

<?php ob_start(); ?> <html> <head> <title>Example invoice</title> </head> <body> <h1>Invoice #0000</h1> <h2>Cost: &pound;15,000</h2> ... </body> </html> <?php...

PHP • Output Buffering

Introduction to WordPress

WordPress [WP] is an open source Content Management System for building apps, websites, and blogs. WP is written in PHP and uses MySQL as the data store for the user content and configuration. It has a rich ecosystem of plugins and themes and enjoys a vibrant open source community, good documentatio...

WordPress • Getting started with WordPress

Limit and Offset relationship

Considering the following users table: idusername1User12User23User34User45User5 In order to constrain the number of rows in the result set of a SELECT query, the LIMIT clause can be used together with one or two positive integers as arguments (zero included). LIMIT clause with one argument When ...

MySQL • Limit and Offset

General Pattern that does most commonly asked about tasks

The following is how to properly use the java.util.Scanner class to interactively read user input from System.in correctly( sometimes referred to as stdin, especially in C, C++ and other languages as well as in Unix and Linux). It idiomatically demonstrates the most common things that are requested ...

Java Language • Scanner

Precondition and Postcondition

One use case for assertion is precondition and postcondition. This can be very useful to maintain invariant and design by contract. For a example a length is always zero or positive so this function must return a zero or positive value. #include <stdio.h> /* Uncomment to disable `assert()`...

C Language • Assertion

Hello World with C Extension

The following C source file (which we will call hello.c for demonstration purposes) produces an extension module named hello that contains a single function greet(): #include <Python.h> #include <stdio.h> #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3 #define IS_PY3K #endif static PyObject *hell...

Python Language • Writing extensions

Comparison operators

You can overload all comparison operators: == and != > and < >= and <= The recommended way to overload all those operators is by implementing only 2 operators (== and <) and then using those to define the rest. Scroll down for explanation Overloading outside of class/struct: ...

C++ • Operator Overloading

Conversion operators

You can overload type operators, so that your type can be implicitly converted into the specified type. The conversion operator must be defined in a class/struct: operator T() const { /* return something */ } Note: the operator is const to allow const objects to be converted. Example: struct ...

C++ • Operator Overloading

Function call operator

You can overload the function call operator (): Overloading must be done inside of a class/struct: //R -> Return type //Types -> any different type R operator()(Type name, Type2 name2, ...) { //Do something //return something } //Use it like this (R is return type, a and b a...

C++ • Operator Overloading

Convert formatted string representation of date to Date object

This method can be used to convert a formatted string representation of a date into a Date object. /** * Parses the date using the given format. * * @param formattedDate the formatted date string * @param dateFormat the date format which was used to create the string. ...

Java Language • Date Class

Simple Assertion

An assertion is a statement used to assert that a fact must be true when that line of code is reached. Assertions are useful for ensuring that expected conditions are met. When the condition passed to an assertion is true, there is no action. The behavior on false conditions depends on compiler fl...

C Language • Assertion

Static Assertion

C11 Static assertions are used to check if a condition is true when the code is compiled. If it isn't, the compiler is required to issue an error message and stop the compiling process. A static assertion is one that is checked at compile time, not run time. The condition must be a constant expres...

C Language • Assertion

Searching for a file by name or extension

To find files/directories with a specific name, relative to pwd: $ find . -name "myFile.txt" ./myFile.txt To find files/directories with a specific extension, use a wildcard: $ find . -name "*.txt" ./myFile.txt ./myFile2.txt To find files/directories matching one of ma...

Bash • Find

What is a lambda expression?

A lambda expression provides a concise way to create simple function objects. A lambda expression is a prvalue whose result object is called closure object, which behaves like a function object. The name 'lambda expression' originates from lambda calculus, which is a mathematical formalism invented...

C++ • Lambdas

Finding file by access / modification time

On an ext filesystem, each file has a stored Access, Modification, and (Status) Change time associated with it - to view this information you can use stat myFile.txt; using flags within find, we can search for files that were modified within a certain time range. To find files that have been modifi...

Bash • Find