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Use try-finally to avoid leaking resources (such as memory) in case an exception occurs during execution. The procedure below saves a string in a file and prevents the TStringList from leaking. procedure SaveStringToFile(const aFilename: TFilename; const aString: string); var SL: TStringList; ...

Command line arguments passed to awk are stored in the internal array ARGV of ARGC elements. The first element of the array is the program name. For example: awk 'BEGIN { for (i = 0; i < ARGC; ++i) { printf "ARGV[%d]=\"%s\"\n", i, ARGV[i] } }' arg1 arg2 arg3 ...

Build.VERSION_CODES is an enumeration of the currently known SDK version codes. In order to conditionally run code based on the device's Android version, use the TargetApi annotation to avoid Lint errors, and check the build version before running the code specific to the API level. Here is an exa...

If you ever need an array that consists of extra arguments that you may or may not expect to have, apart from the ones you specifically declared, you can use the array rest parameter inside the arguments declaration as follows: Example 1, optional arguments into an array: function printArgs(arg1, ...

Adding a Fragment Statically File: activity_main.xml <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="fill_parent" > <fragment android:id=&qu...

Don't you hate it when interfaces pollute you class with too many members you don't even care about? Well I got a solution! Explicit Implementations public interface IMessageService { void OnMessageRecieve(); void SendMessage(); string Result { get; set; } int Encoding { get; se...

Strings Array When selecting a value in the select dropdown and providing an array of strings, the selected value will be bound to the select element's value property as a string that we can display using string interpolation. export class MyViewModel { animals = []; favouriteAnimal = nu...

When using show.bind the element remains in the page and is either hidden or visible through the use of display:none or display:block behind the scenes. export class MyViewModel { isVisible = false; } <template> <div show.bind="isVisible"><strong>I can be b...

Unlike show.bind when using if.bind the element will be removed from the page if the supplied binding value is false or added into the page if the value is true. export class MyViewModel { isVisible = false; } <template> <div if.bind="isVisible"><strong>If ...

The difference in months between two dates can be found using the MONTHS_BETWEEN( date1, date2 ): SELECT MONTHS_BETWEEN( DATE '2016-03-10', DATE '2015-03-10' ) AS difference FROM DUAL; Outputs: DIFFERENCE ---------- 12 If the difference includes part months then it will return the ...

Premise The most confusing thing surrounding pointer syntax in C and C++ is that there are actually two different meanings that apply when the pointer symbol, the asterisk (*), is used with a variable. Example Firstly, you use * to declare a pointer variable. int i = 5; /* 'p' is a pointer to a...

Strings can be assigned directly to byte arrays and visa-versa. Remember that Strings are stored in a Multi-Byte Character Set (see Remarks below) so only every other index of the resulting array will be the portion of the character that falls within the ASCII range. Dim bytes() As Byte Dim exampl...

Suppose you have two lists: A and B, and you need to find the elements that exist in both lists. You can do it by just invoking the method List.retainAll(). Example: public static void main(String[] args) { List<Integer> numbersA = new ArrayList<>(); List<Integer> numb...

Intent: Define an interface for creating an object, but let sub classes decide which class to instantiate. Factory Method lets a class defer instantiation to sub classes. UML diagram: Product: It defines an interface of the objects the Factory method creates. ConcreteProduct: Implements Produc...

The Builder pattern allows you to create an instance of a class with many optional variables in an easy to read way. Consider the following code: public class Computer { public GraphicsCard graphicsCard; public Monitor[] monitors; public Processor processor; public Memory[] r...

Input.acceleration is used to read the accelerometer sensor. It returns Vector3 as a result which contains x,y and z axis values in 3D space. void Update() { Vector3 acclerometerValue = rawAccelValue(); Debug.Log("X: " + acclerometerValue.x + " Y: " + acclerometerV...

You can add public methods to a DataObject using the extension mechanism, for example: class MyMemberExtension extends DataExtension { public function getHashId() { return sha1($this->owner->ID); } } When applied to the Member class, the example above would return...

You can provide help for message box in different ways. You can configure a MessageBox to show a Help button or not. Also you can configure MessageBox in a way that when the user requests for help by click on Help button or by pressing F1, it show a CHM file or navigate to a URL or perform a custom ...

Using raw values directly from the accelerometer sensor to move or rotate a GameObject can cause problems such as jerky movements or vibrations. It is recommended to smooth out the values before using them. In fact, values from the accelerometer sensor should always be smoothed out before use. This ...

Assignment arguments appear at the end of an awk invocation, in the same area as file variables, both -v assignments and argument assignments must match the following regular expression. (assuming a POSIX locale) ^[[:alpha:]_][[:alnum:]_]*= The following example assumes a file file containing th...