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"123.50".to_f #=> 123.5 Float("123.50") #=> 123.5 However, there is a difference when the string is not a valid Float: "something".to_f #=> 0.0 Float("something") # ArgumentError: invalid value for Float(): "something"

1/2 #=> 0 Since we are dividing two integers, the result is an integer. To solve this problem, we need to cast at least one of those to Float: 1.0 / 2 #=> 0.5 1.to_f / 2 #=> 0.5 1 / Float(2) #=> 0.5 Alternatively, fdiv may be used to return the floating point result of di...

The git clone command is used to copy an existing Git repository from a server to the local machine. For example, to clone a GitHub project: cd <path where you'd like the clone to create a directory> git clone https://github.com/username/projectname.git To clone a BitBucket project: cd ...

In its most simple form, an if condition can be used like this: var i = 0; if (i < 1) { console.log("i is smaller than 1"); } The condition i < 1 is evaluated, and if it evaluates to true the block that follows is executed. If it evaluates to false, the block is skipped....

Consider a database with the following two tables. Employees table: IdFNameLNameDeptId1JamesSmith32JohnJohnson4 Departments table: IdName1Sales2Marketing3Finance4IT Simple select statement * is the wildcard character used to select all available columns in a table. When used as a substitute f...

The JSONSerialization class is built into Apple's Foundation framework. 2.2 Read JSON The JSONObjectWithData function takes NSData, and returns AnyObject. You can use as? to convert the result to your expected type. do { guard let jsonData = "[\"Hello\", \"JSON\"]&q...

An enum provides a set of related values: enum Direction { case up case down case left case right } enum Direction { case up, down, left, right } Enum values can be used by their fully-qualified name, but you can omit the type name when it can be inferred: let dir = Dire...

Enum cases can contain one or more payloads (associated values): enum Action { case jump case kick case move(distance: Float) // The "move" case has an associated distance } The payload must be provided when instantiating the enum value: performAction(.jump) performA...

Normally, enums can't be recursive (because they would require infinite storage): enum Tree<T> { case leaf(T) case branch(Tree<T>, Tree<T>) // error: recursive enum 'Tree<T>' is not marked 'indirect' } The indirect keyword makes the enum store its payload with...

This example assumes Ruby and Ruby on Rails have already been installed properly. If not, you can find how to do it here. Open up a command line or terminal. To generate a new rails application, use rails new command followed by the name of your application: $ rails new my_app If you want to c...

Logical OR (||), reading left to right, will evaluate to the first truthy value. If no truthy value is found, the last value is returned. var a = 'hello' || ''; // a = 'hello' var b = '' || []; // b = [] var c = '' || undefined; // c = undefined var d = 1 |...

Standard While Loop A standard while loop will execute until the condition given is false: var i = 0; while (i < 100) { console.log(i); i++; } Expected output: 0 1 ... 99 Decremented loop var i = 100; while (i > 0) { console.log(i); i--; /* equivalent to i...

Continuing a "for" Loop When you put the continue keyword in a for loop, execution jumps to the update expression (i++ in the example): for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) { if (i === 1) { continue; } console.log(i); } Expected output: 0 2 Continuing a While...

Using the def statement is the most common way to define a function in python. This statement is a so called single clause compound statement with the following syntax: def function_name(parameters): statement(s) function_name is known as the identifier of the function. Since a function def...

Functions can return a value that you can use directly: def give_me_five(): return 5 print(give_me_five()) # Print the returned value # Out: 5 or save the value for later use: num = give_me_five() print(num) # Print the saved returned value # Out: 5 or use the value f...

Decorators augment the behavior of other functions or methods. Any function that takes a function as a parameter and returns an augmented function can be used as a decorator. # This simplest decorator does nothing to the function being decorated. Such # minimal decorators can occasionally be used ...

Decorators normally strip function metadata as they aren't the same. This can cause problems when using meta-programming to dynamically access function metadata. Metadata also includes function's docstrings and its name. functools.wraps makes the decorated function look like the original function b...

A decorator takes just one argument: the function to be decorated. There is no way to pass other arguments. But additional arguments are often desired. The trick is then to make a function which takes arbitrary arguments and returns a decorator. Decorator functions def decoratorfactory(message): ...

Sometimes you don't want to have your function accessible/stored as a variable. You can create an Immediately Invoked Function Expression (IIFE for short). These are essentially self-executing anonymous functions. They have access to the surrounding scope, but the function itself and any internal va...

When you define a function, it creates a scope. Everything defined within the function is not accessible by code outside the function. Only code within this scope can see the entities defined inside the scope. function foo() { var a = 'hello'; console.log(a); // => 'hello' } consol...