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Functions can take parameters so that their functionality can be modified. Parameters are given as a comma separated list with their types and names defined. func magicNumber(number1: Int) { print("\(number1) Is the magic number") } Note: The \(number1) syntax is basic String I...

Functions can return values by specifying the type after the list of parameters. func findHypotenuse(a: Double, b: Double) -> Double { return sqrt((a * a) + (b * b)) } let c = findHypotenuse(3, b: 5) //c = 5.830951894845301 Functions can also return multiple values using tuples. f...

For Alerts since iOS 8, you would use a UIAlertController but for versions before, you would have used a UIAlertView, which is now deprecated. 8.0 var alert = UIAlertController.Create(title, message, UIAlertControllerStyle.Alert); alert.AddAction(UIAlertAction.Create(otherTitle, UIAlertActionStyl...

To pass data from the current view controller to the next new view controller (not a previous view controller) using segues, first create a segue with an identifier in the relevant storyboard. Override your current view controller's prepareForSegue method. Inside the method check for the segue you j...

In iOS 8 Apple introduced the self sizing cell. Layout your UITableViewCells with Autolayout explicitly and UITableView takes care of the rest for you. Row height is calculated automatically, by default rowHeight value is UITableViewAutomaticDimension. UITableView property estimatedRowHeight is use...

We can make an AJAX request to Stack Exchange's API to retrieve a list of the top JavaScript questions for the month, then present them as a list of links. If the request fails or the returns an API error, our promise error handling displays the error instead. 6 View live results on HyperWeb. c...

Install Meteor On OS X and Linux Install the latest official Meteor release from your terminal: $ curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh On Windows Download the official Meteor installer here. Create your app Once you've installed Meteor, create a project: $ meteor create myapp Run i...

In order to begin building with PayPal APIs, you have to create an application to obtain a client ID and secret. Go to https://developer.paypal.com/developer/applications/, sign in, and click on "Create App", as shown below: Next, enter an application name, select the sandbox testing a...

When testing you PayPal integration on sandbox, you'll need to have sandbox user accounts set up to use to go through the payment flow. Go to https://developer.paypal.com/developer/accounts/, log in using your PayPal account, and click on "Create Account", as below: Enter in the accoun...

cat file.txt will print the contents of a file. If the file contains non-ASCII characters, you can display those characters symbolically with cat -v. This can be quite useful for situations where control characters would otherwise be invisible. cat -v unicode.txt Very often, for interactive ...

Use the --number flag to print line numbers before each line. Alternatively, -n does the same thing. $ cat --number file 1 line 1 2 line 2 3 4 line 4 5 line 5 To skip empty lines when counting lines, use the --number-nonblank, or simply -b. $ cat -b file 1 line 1 2 line ...

man <command> This will show the manual page for the specified command. For example, man ping will show: PING(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PING(8) NAME ping -- send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts SYNOPSIS ping [-AaCDdfno...

$url = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/sharing/share_folder" $req = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create($url) $req.headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" $req.Method = "POST" $req.ContentType = "application/json" $enc = [system...

$url = "https://api.dropboxapi.com/2/users/get_current_account" $req = [System.Net.HttpWebRequest]::Create($url) $req.headers["Authorization"] = "Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" $req.Method = "POST" $res = $req.GetResponse() Write-Host "Response Sta...

This is how to send an SMS text message from a US number using Twilio's Node.js SDK. First you need to install the Node.js client using: npm install twilio Then, you have to create an account on their website. Once you have an account, you'll need the account SID and auth token that you can fi...

Static method can be inherited similar to normal methods, however unlike normal methods it is impossible to create "abstract" methods in order to force static method overriding. Writing a method with the same signature as a static method in a super class appears to be a form of overriding,...

int a; printf("%d", a); The variable a is an int with automatic storage duration. The example code above is trying to print the value of an uninitialized variable (a was never initialized). Automatic variables which are not initialized have indeterminate values; accessing these can le...

Consider the below list comprehension: >>> def f(x): ... import time ... time.sleep(.1) # Simulate expensive function ... return x**2 >>> [f(x) for x in range(1000) if f(x) > 10] [16, 25, 36, ...] This results in two calls to f(x) for 1,000 values of...

This code creates a sticky footer. When the content doesn't reach the end of the viewport, the footer sticks to the bottom of the viewport. When the content extends past the bottom of the viewport, the footer is also pushed out of the viewport. View Result HTML: <div class="header"&gt...

Undoing a merge not yet pushed to a remote If you haven't yet pushed your merge to the remote repository then you can follow the same procedure as in undo the commit although there are some subtle differences. A reset is the simplest option as it will undo both the merge commit and any commits add...