Why doesn't list have safe "get" method like dictionary?
Why doesn't list have a safe "get" method like dictionary? ``` >>> d = {'a':'b'} >>> d['a'] 'b' >>> d['c'] KeyError: 'c' >>> d.get('c', 'fail') 'fail' >>> l = [1] >>> l[10] IndexError: list index ou...
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- 17 Sep at 21:58
Convert UTC Epoch to local date
I have been fighting with this for a bit now. I’m trying to convert epoch to a date object. The epoch is sent to me in UTC. Whenever you pass `new Date()` an epoch, it assumes it’s local epoch. I trie...
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- 24 Oct at 10:23
What is the shortcut in IntelliJ IDEA to find method / functions?
I know that + is to find classes and it is very useful. But what about methods?
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- 12 Apr at 10:34
A weighted version of random.choice
I needed to write a weighted version of random.choice (each element in the list has a different probability for being selected). This is what I came up with: ``` def weightedChoice(choices): """...
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- 26 Jan at 12:31
jQuery change class name
I want to change the class of a td tag given the td tag's id: ``` <td id="td_id" class="change_me"> ... ``` I want to be able to do this while inside the click event of some other dom object. How ...
How do I delete multiple rows in Entity Framework (without foreach)
I want to delete several items from a table using Entity Framework. There is no foreign key / parent object, so I can't handle this with `OnDeleteCascade`. Right now I'm doing this: ``` var widgets = ...
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- 10 Feb at 16:12
How to sort a NSArray alphabetically?
How can I sort an array filled with `[UIFont familyNames]` into alphabetical order?
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- 30 Nov at 11:42
Could not establish trust relationship for SSL/TLS secure channel -- SOAP
I have a simple web service call, generated by a .NET (C#) 2.0 Windows app, via the web service proxy generated by Visual Studio, for a web service also written in C# (2.0). This has worked for severa...
How to load up CSS files using Javascript?
Is it possible to import css stylesheets into a html page using Javascript? If so, how can it be done? P.S the javascript will be hosted on my site, but I want users to be able to put in the `<head>`...
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- 22 Feb at 13:48
Equivalent of typedef in C#
Is there a typedef equivalent in C#, or someway to get some sort of similar behaviour? I've done some googling, but everywhere I look seems to be negative. Currently I have a situation similar to the ...
What are Java command line options to set to allow JVM to be remotely debugged?
I know there's some `JAVA_OPTS` to set to remotely debug a Java program. What are they and what do they mean ?
In Angular, how do you determine the active route?
`[routerLinkActive]`[this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/37947435/1480995) In an Angular application (current in the 2.0.0-beta.0 release as I write this), how do you determine what the current...
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How do I prevent the error "Index signature of object type implicitly has an 'any' type" when compiling typescript with noImplicitAny flag enabled?
I always compile TypeScript with the flag `--noImplicitAny`. This makes sense as I want my type checking to be as tight as possible. My problem is that with the following code I get the error: ``` Ind...
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- 27 May at 04:19
How can I use environment variables in docker-compose?
I would like to be able to use environment variables inside , with values passed in at the time of `docker-compose up`. This is the example. I am doing this today with a basic `docker run` command, wh...
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- 17 Feb at 01:30
react-router - pass props to handler component
I have the following structure for my React.js application using [React Router](https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router): ``` var Dashboard = require('./Dashboard'); var Comments = require('./C...
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"continue" in cursor.forEach()
I'm building an app using meteor.js and MongoDB and I have a question about `cursor.forEach()`. I want to check some conditions in the beginning of each `forEach` iteration and then skip the element i...
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- 12 Dec at 15:50
Android - Launcher Icon Size
For `HDPI`, `XHDPI`, etc. what should be the ideal size of the launcher icon? Should I have to create `9-Patch` images for the icon to scale automatically, or would it be better to create separate ico...
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- 8 Jul at 18:58
Objective-C ARC: strong vs retain and weak vs assign
There are two new memory management attributes for properties introduced by ARC, `strong` and `weak`. Apart from `copy`, which is obviously something completely different, `strong``retain``weak``assi...
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- 1 Apr at 18:32
Keyboard shortcut for Jump to Previous View Location (Navigate back/forward) in IntelliJ IDEA
I know ++ is used to go to the location of the last edit. But I want to jump to whichever location I was most recently at, not necessarily one where I edited anything. For example, if I jumped to a ...
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- 3 May at 22:2
When should I use Lazy<T>?
I found this article about `Lazy`: [Laziness in C# 4.0 – Lazy](http://sankarsan.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/laziness-in-c-4-0-lazyt/) What is the best practice to have best performance using Lazy object...
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- 7 Sep at 00:21
How to check if a string contains an element from a list in Python
I have something like this: ``` extensionsToCheck = ['.pdf', '.doc', '.xls'] for extension in extensionsToCheck: if extension in url_string: print(url_string) ``` I am wondering what w...
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- 16 Jun at 09:53
How can I remove three characters at the end of a string in PHP?
How can I remove three characters at the end of a string in PHP? "abcabcabc" would become "abcabc"!
What does LayoutInflater in Android do?
What is the use of [LayoutInflater](http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/LayoutInflater.html) in Android?
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- 20 Jun at 09:12
Find string between two substrings
How do I find a string between two substrings (`'123STRINGabc' -> 'STRING'`)? My current method is like this: ``` >>> start = 'asdf=5;' >>> end = '123jasd' >>> s = 'asdf=5;iwantthis123jasd' >>> prin...
How to use Boost in Visual Studio 2010
What is a good step by step explanation on how to use the Boost library in an empty project in Visual Studio?
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- 6 Jun at 19:17