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Creating a Class

Class Car Private wheels_ Private distances_ ' Property getter Public Property Get Wheels() Wheels = wheels_ End Property ' Property setter Public Property Let Wheels(v) wheels_ = v End Property ' Parameterless Constructo...

vbscript • Using Classes

Using a Class Instance

' Initialize the object Dim myCar Set myCar = new Car ' Setting a property myCar.Wheels = 4 ' Getting a property value wscript.echo myCar.Wheels ' Using a subroutine in a class myCar.Drive 10 myCar.Drive 12 ' Using a function in a class wscript.echo myCar.GetTotalDistance() ' r...

vbscript • Using Classes

Global Factory Function to Emulate a Parameterized Constructor

' Making a factory with parameter to the class Public Function new_Car(wheels) Set new_Car = New Car new_Car.Wheels = wheels End Function ' Creating a car through a factory Dim semiTrailer Set semiTrailer = new_Car(18)

vbscript • Using Classes

Conversion Specifiers for printing

Conversion SpecifierType of ArgumentDescriptioni, dintprints decimaluunsigned intprints decimalounsigned intprints octalxunsigned intprints hexadecimal, lower-caseXunsigned intprints hexadecimal, upper-casefdoubleprints float with a default precision of 6, if no precision is given (lower-case used f...

C Language • Formatted Input/Output

Load HTML string

Web views are useful to load locally generated HTML strings. NSString *html = @"<!DOCTYPE html><html><body>Hello World</body></html>"; [webView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:nil]; Swift let htmlString = "<h1>My First Heading</h1><p&gt...

iOS • UIWebView

Assignment with %<>%

The magrittr package contains a compound assignment infix-operator, %<>%, that updates a value by first piping it into one or more rhs expressions and then assigning the result. This eliminates the need to type an object name twice (once on each side of the assignment operator <-). %<&gt...

R Language • Pipe operators (%>% and others)

Installing R

You might wish to install RStudio after you have installed R. RStudio is a development environment for R that simplifies many programming tasks. Windows only: Visual Studio (starting from version 2015 Update 3) now features a development environment for R called R Tools, that includes a live inter...

R Language • Getting started with R Language

Designing and drawing a Bezier Path

This example shows the process from designing the shape you want to drawing it on a view. A specific shap is used but the concepts you learn can be applied to any shape. How to draw a Bézier path in a custom view These are the main steps: Design the outline of the shape you want. Divide the ou...

iOS • UIBezierPath

Getting and Setting the Cursor Postition

Useful information The very beginning of the text field text: let startPosition: UITextPosition = textView.beginningOfDocument The very end of the text field text: let endPosition: UITextPosition = textView.endOfDocument The currently selected range: let selectedRange: UITextRange? = textV...

iOS • UITextView

Creating a UIBarButtonItem in the Interface Builder

The example below shows how to add a navigation bar button (called a UIBarButtonItem) in the Interface Builder. Add a Navigation Controller to your Storyboard Select your View Controller and then in the Xcode menu choose Editor > Embed In > Navigation Controller. Alternatively, you could ...

iOS • UIBarButtonItem

Make an Image tappable by adding a TapGestureRecognizer

There are a couple of default recognizers available in Xamarin.Forms, one of them is the TapGestureRecognizer. You can add them to virtually any visual element. Have a look at a simple implementation which binds to an Image. Here is how to do it in code. var tappedCommand = new Command(() => {...

Xamarin.Forms • Gestures

Zoom an Image with the Pinch gesture

In order to make an Image (or any other visual element) zoomable we have to add a PinchGestureRecognizer to it. Here is how to do it in code: var pinchGesture = new PinchGestureRecognizer(); pinchGesture.PinchUpdated += (s, e) => { // Handle the pinch }; image.GestureRecognizers.Add(pi...

Xamarin.Forms • Gestures

Show all of the zoomed Image content with the PanGestureRecognizer

When you have a zoomed Image (or other content) you may want to drag around the Image to show all of its content in the zoomed in state. This can be achieved by implementing the PanGestureRecognizer. From code this looks like so: var panGesture = new PanGestureRecognizer(); panGesture.PanUpdated...

Xamarin.Forms • Gestures

Basic Binding to ViewModel

EntryPage.xaml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" xmlns:vm="clr-namespace:MyAssembly.ViewModel;a...

Xamarin.Forms • Data Binding

Key Naming Schemes

For clarity and maintainability, it is often recommended to develop a system or schema for naming your Redis keys. Here are some examples of common and maintainable systems for naming your keys: user:10134 user:10134:favorites user:10134:friends user:10134:friends-of-friends user:10134 user:...

redis • Redis Keys

Adding a map in Xamarin.Forms (Xamarin Studio)

You can simply use the native map APIs on each platform with Xamarin Forms. All you need is to download the Xamarin.Forms.Maps package from nuget and install it to each project (including the PCL project). Maps Initialization First of all you have to add this code to your platform-specific project...

Xamarin.Forms • Working with Maps

Finding a string within a string

Using the System.String.Contains you can find out if a particular string exists within a string. The method returns a boolean, true if the string exists else false. string s = "Hello World"; bool stringExists = s.Contains("ello"); //stringExists =true as the string contains t...

C# Language • String Manipulation

Removing (Trimming) white-space from a string

The System.String.Trim method can be used to remove all leading and trailing white-space characters from a string: string s = " String with spaces at both ends "; s = s.Trim(); // s = "String with spaces at both ends" In addition: To remove white-space only fro...

C# Language • String Manipulation

Replacing a string within a string

Using the System.String.Replace method, you can replace part of a string with another string. string s = "Hello World"; s = s.Replace("World", "Universe"); // s = "Hello Universe" All the occurrences of the search string are replaced: string s = "He...

C# Language • String Manipulation

Splitting a string using a delimiter

Use the System.String.Split method to return a string array that contains substrings of the original string, split based on a specified delimiter: string sentence = "One Two Three Four"; string[] stringArray = sentence.Split(' '); foreach (string word in stringArray) { Console.W...

C# Language • String Manipulation