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IA-32 assembly, GAS, cdecl calling convention

# make this routine available outside this translation unit .globl string_to_integer string_to_integer: # function prologue push %ebp mov %esp, %ebp push %esi # initialize result (%eax) to zero xor %eax, %eax # fetch pointer to the string mov 8(%ebp), %e...

Intel x86 Assembly Language & Microarchitecture • Converting decimal strings to integers

Inheriting from classes and abstract classes

Disclaimer: the examples presented here are only for the purpose of showing the use of abstract classes and inheritance and may not necessarily be of a practical use. Also, there is no sich thing as polymorphic in MATLAB and therefore the use of abstract classes is limited. This example is to show w...

MATLAB Language • Object-Oriented Programming

Friend class

A whole class may be declared as friend. Friend class declaration means that any member of the friend may access private and protected members of the declaring class: class Accesser { public: void private_accesser1(); void private_accesser2(); }; class PrivateHolder { public: P...

C++ • Friend keyword

finalize() method

This is a protected and non-static method of the Object class. This method is used to perform some final operations or clean up operations on an object before it gets removed from the memory. According to the doc, this method gets called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collecti...

Java Language • Object Class Methods and Constructor

Extract extension from file name

Fast and short way to extract extension from file name in JavaScript will be: function get_extension(filename) { return filename.slice((filename.lastIndexOf('.') - 1 >>> 0) + 2); } It works correctly both with names having no extension (e.g. myfile) or starting with . dot (e.g. .h...

JavaScript • Data Manipulation

Wait for DOM to be loaded

Use DOMContentLoaded when the <script> code interacting with DOM is included in the <head> section. If not wrapped inside the DOMContentLoaded callback, the code will throw errors like Cannot read something of null document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function(event) { ...

DOM • Getting started with DOM

Import function from unmanaged C++ DLL

Here is an example of how to import a function that is defined in an unmanaged C++ DLL. In the C++ source code for "myDLL.dll", the function add is defined: extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) int __stdcall add(int a, int b) { return a + b; } Then it can be included into ...

C# Language • Interoperability

Grid of Subplots using subplot

""" ================================================================================ CREATE A 2 BY 2 GRID OF SUB-PLOTS WITHIN THE SAME FIGURE. ================================================================================ """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt ...

matplotlib • Multiple Plots

Multiple Lines/Curves in the Same Plot

""" ================================================================================ DRAW MULTIPLE LINES IN THE SAME PLOT ================================================================================ """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt ...

matplotlib • Multiple Plots

Extending Rectangle adding new stylable properties

JavaFX 8 The following example demonstrates how to add custom properties that can be styled from css to a custom Node. Here 2 DoublePropertys are added to the Rectangle class to allow setting the width and height from CSS. The following CSS could be used for styling the custom node: StyleableRe...

javafx • CSS

Strings and Lists

It's important to know how CMake distinguishes between lists and plain strings. When you write: set(VAR "a b c") you create a string with the value "a b c". But when you write this line without quotes: set(VAR a b c) You create a list of three items instead: "a", &q...

cmake • Variables and Properties

How to configure build types in the build.gradle

You can create and configure build types in the module-level build.gradle file inside the android {} block. android { ... defaultConfig {...} buildTypes { release { minifyEnabled true proguardFiles getDefaultProguar...

android-gradle • Configure Build Types

Visible

Can be used to show/hide DOM elements. Similar to using if, except that visible will still build the element and set display:none. <div data-bind="visible: shouldShowMessage"> You will see this message only when "shouldShowMessage" holds a true value. </div> ...

knockout.js • Bindings - Text and appearance

Akka hello world (Scala)

Add akka-actor dependency (SBT example) libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.akka" % "akka-actor_2.11" % "2.4.8" Create actor classes: Actor for string output: class OutputActor extends Actor { override def receive: Receive = { case message => p...

akka • Hello world

Always define and set references to all Workbooks and Sheets

When working with multiple open Workbooks, each of which may have multiple Sheets, it’s safest to define and set reference to all Workbooks and Sheets. Don't rely on ActiveWorkbook or ActiveSheet as they might be changed by the user. The following code example demonstrates how to copy a range from...

excel-vba • VBA Best Practices

Installation or Setup

Gnuplot is a portable command-line driven graphing utility. This example will show how to setup gnuplot in the various platforms. Windows Download the latest version of the installer from gnuplot site. Run the downloaded file and allow it to run as administrator if requested On the ...

Gnuplot • Getting started with Gnuplot

Show help file

The Help Class encapsulates the HTML Help 1.0 engine. You can use the Help object to show compiled Help files (.chm) or HTML files in the HTML Help format. Compiled Help files provide table of contents, index, search, and keyword links in pages. Shortcuts work only in compiled Help files. You can ge...

winforms • Help Integration

Delete row(s) from the table

To delete all rows from the table //get writable database SQLiteDatabase db = openHelper.getWritableDatabase(); db.delete(TABLE_NAME, null, null); db.close(); To delete all rows from the table and get the count of the deleted row in return value //get writable database SQLiteDatabase db =...

Android • SQLite

Ubuntu Installation via Manual Download and Configuration

Download your preferred version from Lightbend with curl: curl -O http://downloads.lightbend.com/scala/2.xx.x/scala-2.xx.x.tgz Unzip the tar file to /usr/local/share or /opt/bin: unzip scala-2.xx.x.tgz mv scala-2.xx.x /usr/local/share/scala Add the PATH to ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile or ...

Scala Language • Setting up Scala

XOR Linked List

A XOR Linked list is also called a Memory-Efficient Linked List. It is another form of a doubly linked list. This is highly dependent on the XOR logic gate and its properties. Why is this called the Memory-Efficient Linked List? This is called so because this uses less memory than a traditional d...

data-structures • Linked List