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An unsigned integer, or uint, is a numeric datatype that only can hold positive integers. Like it's name suggests, it represents an unsigned 32-bit integer. The uint keyword itself is an alias for the Common Type System type System.UInt32. This datatype is present in mscorlib.dll, which is implicitl...

A common pattern is to use an inline, or trailing, if or unless: puts "x is less than 5" if x < 5 This is known as a conditional modifier, and is a handy way of adding simple guard code and early returns: def save_to_file(data, filename) raise "no filename given" if fi...

Add/remove fields in existing tables Create a migration by running: rails generate migration AddTitleToCategories title:string This will create a migration that adds a title column to a categories table: class AddTitleToCategories < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0] def change add_column...

preg_match checks whether a string matches the regular expression. $string = 'This is a string which contains numbers: 12345'; $isMatched = preg_match('%^[a-zA-Z]+: [0-9]+$%', $string); var_dump($isMatched); // bool(true) If you pass in a third parameter, it will be populated with the matchi...

NSString has a length property to get the number of characters. NSString *string = @"example"; NSUInteger length = string.length; // length equals 7 As in the Splitting Example, keep in mind that NSString uses UTF-16 to represent characters. The length is actually just the numbe...

This is the Python 2 syntax, note the commas , on the raise and except lines: Python 2.x2.3 try: raise IOError, "input/output error" except IOError, exc: print exc In Python 3, the , syntax is dropped and replaced by parenthesis and the as keyword: try: raise IOErro...

Rails uses sqlite3 as the default database, but you can generate a new rails application with a database of your choice. Just add the -d option followed by the name of the database. $ rails new MyApp -T -d postgresql This is a (non-exhaustive) list of available database options: mysql oracle...

Suppose you have a repository structure like this: examples/ output.log src/ <files not shown> output.log README.md output.log in the examples directory is valid and required for the project to gather an understanding while the one beneath src/ is created while debugging a...

To convert a String to uppercase, use uppercaseString: NSString *myString = @"Emphasize this"; NSLog(@"%@", [myString uppercaseString]; // @"EMPHASIZE THIS" To convert a String to lowercase, use lowercaseString: NSString *myString = @"NORMALIZE this"; N...

Strings are compared for equality using isEqualToString: The == operator just tests for object identity and does not compare the logical values of objects, so it can't be used: NSString *stringOne = @"example"; NSString *stringTwo = [stringOne mutableCopy]; BOOL objectsAreIdentical =...

The checked out file will overwrite not yet commited changes you did in this file. This command will check out the file file.example (which is located in the directory path/to/) and overwrite any changes you might have made to this file. git checkout some-branch path/to/file some-branch can be ...

To develop an application for iOS, you should start with an application called Xcode. There are other alternative tools you can use, but Xcode is Apple's official tool. Note, however, that it only runs on macOS. The latest official version is Xcode 8.3.3 with Xcode 9 (currently in beta) due to be re...

As of Tensorflow version 1.0 installation has become much easier to perform. At minimum to install TensorFlow one needs pip installed on their machine with a python version of at least 2.7 or 3.3+. pip install --upgrade tensorflow # for Python 2.7 pip3 install --upgrade tensorflow # for ...

There are two ways to connect to a MySQL/MariaDB server, depending on your infrastructure. Standard (TCP/IP) connection $dsn = 'mysql:dbname=demo;host=server;port=3306;charset=utf8'; $connection = new \PDO($dsn, $username, $password); // throw exceptions, when SQL error is caused $connection-...

Lists can be created in multiple ways. The recommended way is to use a List literal: var vegetables = ['broccoli', 'cabbage']; The List constructor can be used as well: var fruits = new List(); If you prefer stronger typing, you can also supply a type parameter in one of the following ways:...

Sets can be created via the constructor: var ingredients = new Set(); ingredients.addAll(['gold', 'titanium', 'xenon']);

Maps can be created in multiple ways. Using the constructor, you can create a new map as follow: var searchTerms = new Map(); Types for the key and value can also be defined using generics: var nobleGases = new Map<int, String>(); var nobleGases = <int, String>{}; Maps can othe...

When working with multi-module projects, it is helpful to centralize dependencies in a single location rather than having them spread across many build files, especially for common libraries such as the Android support libraries and the Firebase libraries. One recommended way is to separate the Gra...

To print a listing of the Error Code descriptions to the Immediate Window, pass it to the Debug.Print function: Private Sub ListErrCodes() Debug.Print "List Error Code Descriptions" For i = 0 To 65535 e = Error(i) If e <> "Application-defined or obje...

Detailed instructions on getting google-maps set up or installed.