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You can define a new class using the class keyword. class MyClass end Once defined, you can create a new instance using the .new method somevar = MyClass.new # => #<MyClass:0x007fe2b8aa4a18>

math.log(x) gives the natural (base e) logarithm of x. math.log(math.e) # 1.0 math.log(1) # 0.0 math.log(100) # 4.605170185988092 math.log can lose precision with numbers close to 1, due to the limitations of floating-point numbers. In order to accurately calculate logs close to 1, ...

There is a problem when using optional arguments with a mutable default type (described in Defining a function with optional arguments), which can potentially lead to unexpected behaviour. Explanation This problem arises because a function's default arguments are initialised once, at the point whe...

Python 2.x2.3 In Python 2.x, to continue a line with print, end the print statement with a comma. It will automatically add a space. print "Hello,", print "World!" # Hello, World! Python 3.x3.0 In Python 3.x, the print function has an optional end parameter that is what...

The simplest way to iterate over a file line-by-line: with open('myfile.txt', 'r') as fp: for line in fp: print(line) readline() allows for more granular control over line-by-line iteration. The example below is equivalent to the one above: with open('myfile.txt', 'r') as fp: ...

The following variables set up the below example: var COOKIE_NAME = "Example Cookie"; /* The cookie's name. */ var COOKIE_VALUE = "Hello, world!"; /* The cookie's value. */ var COOKIE_PATH = "/foo/bar"; /* The cookie's path. */ var COOKIE_EXPIRES; ...

The following examples will use this array to demonstrate accessing values var exampleArray:[Int] = [1,2,3,4,5] //exampleArray = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] To access a value at a known index use the following syntax: let exampleOne = exampleArray[2] //exampleOne = 3 Note: The value at index two is th...

A hash in Ruby is an object that implements a hash table, mapping keys to values. Ruby supports a specific literal syntax for defining hashes using {}: my_hash = {} # an empty hash grades = { 'Mark' => 15, 'Jimmy' => 10, 'Jack' => 10 } A hash can also be created using the standard new...

A quick way to make a copy of an array (as opposed to assigning a variable with another reference to the original array) is: arr[:] Let's examine the syntax. [:] means that start, end, and slice are all omitted. They default to 0, len(arr), and 1, respectively, meaning that subarray that we are ...

You can use slices to very easily reverse a str, list, or tuple (or basically any collection object that implements slicing with the step parameter). Here is an example of reversing a string, although this applies equally to the other types listed above: s = 'reverse me!' s[::-1] # '!em esrever...

By default, the math.log function calculates the logarithm of a number, base e. You can optionally specify a base as the second argument. import math import cmath math.log(5) # = 1.6094379124341003 # optional base argument. Default is math.e math.log(5, math.e) # = 1.6094379124341003 ...

A practical use case of a generator is to iterate through values of an infinite series. Here's an example of finding the first ten terms of the Fibonacci Sequence. def fib(a=0, b=1): """Generator that yields Fibonacci numbers. `a` and `b` are the seed values""" ...

You can include another Git repository as a folder within your project, tracked by Git: $ git submodule add https://github.com/jquery/jquery.git You should add and commit the new .gitmodules file; this tells Git what submodules should be cloned when git submodule update is run.

When you clone a repository that uses submodules, you'll need to initialize and update them. $ git clone --recursive https://github.com/username/repo.git This will clone the referenced submodules and place them in the appropriate folders (including submodules within submodules). This is equivale...

A delegate is a common design pattern used in Cocoa and CocoaTouch frameworks, where one class delegates responsibility for implementing some functionality to another. This follows a principle of separation of concerns, where the framework class implements generic functionality while a separate dele...

One method is available for counting the number of occurrences of a sub-string in another string, str.count. str.count(sub[, start[, end]]) str.count returns an int indicating the number of non-overlapping occurrences of the sub-string sub in another string. The optional arguments start and end ...

After starting a merge, you might want to stop the merge and return everything to its pre-merge state. Use --abort: git merge --abort

This example uses the Cars Table from the Example Databases. UPDATE Cars SET Status = 'READY' This statement will set the 'status' column of all rows of the 'Cars' table to "READY" because it does not have a WHERE clause to filter the set of rows.

The general syntax for declaring a one-dimensional array is type arrName[size]; where type could be any built-in type or user-defined types such as structures, arrName is a user-defined identifier, and size is an integer constant. Declaring an array (an array of 10 int variables in this case) i...

Sometimes it's necessary to set an array to zero, after the initialization has been done. #include <stdlib.h> /* for EXIT_SUCCESS */ #define ARRLEN (10) int main(void) { int array[ARRLEN]; /* Allocated but not initialised, as not defined static or global. */ size_t i; for(i ...