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Iterating over the entries of a hash table with maphash

(defun print-entry (key value) (format t "~A => ~A~%" key value)) (maphash #'print-entry *my-table*) ;; => NIL Using maphash allows to iterate over the entries of a hash table. The order of iteration is unspecified. The first argument is a function accepting two parameters: ...

common-lisp • Hash tables

Transformative extractors

Extractor behavior can be used to derive arbitrary values from their input. This can be useful in scenarios where you want to be able to act on the results of a transformation in the event that the transformation is successful. Consider as an example the various user name formats usable in a Window...

Scala Language • Extractors

Map and Filter Over A Collection

Map 'Mapping' across a collection uses the map function to transform each element of that collection in a similar way. The general syntax is: val someFunction: (A) => (B) = ??? collection.map(someFunction) You can provide an anonymous function: collection.map((x: T) => /*Do something wi...

Scala Language • Collections

Using Single Slots

Single slots are used when a child component only defines one slot within its template. The page component above uses a single slot to distribute content. An example of the page component's template using a single slot is below: <html> <head> <title>Page Title</t...

Vue.js • Slots

What are slots?

Slots offer a convenient way of distributing content from a parent component to a child component. This content can be anything from text, HTML or even other components. It can be helpful sometimes to think of slots as a means of injecting content directly into a child component's template. Slots ...

Vue.js • Slots

Using Named Slots

Named slots work similarly to single slots but instead allow you to distribute content to different regions within your child component template. Take the page component from the previous example but modify it's template so it is as follows: <html> <head> <title>Pag...

Vue.js • Slots

Deploying your application

Make sure you are in the directory that contains your Rails app, then create an app on Heroku. $ heroku create example Creating ⬢ example... done https://example.herokuapp.com/ | https://git.heroku.com/example.git The first URL of the ouput, http://example.herokuapp.com, is the location the ap...

Ruby on Rails • Deploying a Rails app on Heroku

Check matching fields in two files

Given these two CSV files: $ cat file1 1,line1 2,line2 3,line3 4,line4 $ cat file2 1,line3 2,line4 3,line5 4,line6 To print those lines in file2 whose second column occurs also in the first file we can say: $ awk -F, 'FNR==NR {lines[$2]; next} $2 in lines' file1 file2 1,line3 2,line4...

awk • Two-file processing

Checking the syntax of a script with "-n"

The -n flag enables you to check the syntax of a script without having to execute it: ~> $ bash -n testscript.sh testscript.sh: line 128: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"' testscript.sh: line 130: syntax error: unexpected end of file

Bash • Debugging

Installation or Setup

Download and install the WiX Toolset from wixtoolset.org. The installer for the WiX Toolset provides also the integration with Visual Studio, after the installation you should be able to create WiX specific projects. Warnings Admin rights are needed. Some versions of WiX are compatible only with...

wix • Getting started with wix

Installation or Setup

Detailed instructions on getting asp.net-identity set up or installed.

asp.net-identity • Getting started with asp.net-identity

Use latest Gradle version

The Gradle team works regularly on improving the performance of different aspects of Gradle builds. If you’re using an old version of Gradle, you’re missing out on the benefits of that work. Try upgrading to the latest version of Gradle to see what kind of impact it has. Doing so is low risk because...

gradle • Gradle Performance

Split routes into multiple files

If your routes file is overwhelmingly big, you can put your routes in multiple files and include each of the files with Ruby’s require_relative method: config/routes.rb: YourAppName::Application.routes.draw do require_relative 'routes/admin_routes' require_relative 'routes/sidekiq_routes' ...

Ruby on Rails • Routing

Ignoring return values of library functions

Almost every function in C standard library returns something on success, and something else on error. For example, malloc will return a pointer to the memory block allocated by the function on success, and, if the function failed to allocate the requested block of memory, a null pointer. So you sho...

C Language • Common pitfalls

Installation or Setup

On Windows Download the Visual Studio Code installer for Windows. Once it is downloaded, run the installer (VSCodeSetup-version.exe). This will only take a minute. By default, VS Code is installed under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft VS Code for a 64-bit machine. Note: .NET Framework 4.5.2...

vscode • Getting started with vscode

Core Extensions: String Access

String#at Returns a substring of a string object. Same interface as String#[]. str = "hello" str.at(0) # => "h" str.at(1..3) # => "ell" str.at(-2) # => "l" str.at(-2..-1) # => "lo" str.at(5) # => nil str.at(5..-...

Ruby on Rails • ActiveSupport

Core Extensions: String to Date/Time Conversion

String#to_time Converts a string to a Time value. The form parameter can be either :utc or :local, defaults to :local. "13-12-2012".to_time # => 2012-12-13 00:00:00 +0100 "06:12".to_time # => 2012-12-13 06:12:00 +0100 "2012-12-13 06...

Ruby on Rails • ActiveSupport

Core Extensions: String Exclusion

String#exclude? The inverse of String#include? "hello".exclude? "lo" # => false "hello".exclude? "ol" # => true "hello".exclude? ?h # => false

Ruby on Rails • ActiveSupport

Core Extensions: String Filters

String#squish Returns a version of the given string without leading or trailing whitespace, and combines all consecutive whitespace in the interior to single spaces. Destructive version squish! operates directly on the string instance. Handles both ASCII and Unicode whitespace. %{ Multi-line ...

Ruby on Rails • ActiveSupport

Core Extensions: String Inflection

String#pluralize Returns of plural form of the string. Optionally takes a count parameter and returns singular form if count == 1. Also accepts a locale parameter for language-specific pluralization. 'post'.pluralize # => "posts" 'octopus'.pluralize # => &quot...

Ruby on Rails • ActiveSupport