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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...

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...

"string".upcase # => "STRING" "STRING".downcase # => "string" "String".swapcase # => "sTRING" "string".capitalize # => "String" These four methods do not modify the original receiver. For exampl...

interface IFoo { } class Foo : IFoo { } class Bar : IFoo { } var item0 = new Foo(); var item1 = new Foo(); var item2 = new Bar(); var item3 = new Bar(); var collection = new IFoo[] { item0, item1, item2, item3 }; Using OfType var foos = collection.OfType<Foo>(); // result: IEnum...

Special care needs to be taken when there is a possibility that an array become an empty array when it comes to logical operators. It is often expected that if all(A) is true then any(A) must be true and if any(A) is false, all(A) must also be false. That is not the case in MATLAB with empty arrays....

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 =...

Modules can have a special variable named __all__ to restrict what variables are imported when using from mymodule import *. Given the following module: # mymodule.py __all__ = ['imported_by_star'] imported_by_star = 42 not_imported_by_star = 21 Only imported_by_star is imported when usi...

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-...

Installing package manager Homebrew brew Paste that at a Terminal prompt. /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)" Installing Xcode IDE Download it using link below or find it on Mac App Store https://developer.apple.com/down...

Objective-C CGRect myFrame = CGRectMake(0, 0, 320, 35) UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:myFrame]; //Alternative way of defining the frame UIView *view = [[UIView alloc] init]; CGRect myFrame = view.frame; myFrame.size.width = 320; myFrame.size.height = 35; myFrame.origin.x = 0;...

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...

The % wildcard appended to the beginning or end (or both) of a string will allow 0 or more of any character before the beginning or after the end of the pattern to match. Using '%' in the middle will allow 0 or more characters between the two parts of the pattern to match. We are going to use this...