How do I show a console output/window in a forms application?
To get stuck in straight away, a very basic example: ``` using System; using System.Windows.Forms; class test { static void Main() { Console.WriteLine("test"); MessageBox.S...
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What is the string length of a GUID?
I want to create a varchar column in SQL that should contain `N'guid'` while `guid` is a generated GUID by .NET ([Guid.NewGuid](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.guid.newguid)) - cla...
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How to make input type= file Should accept only pdf and xls
I used `<input type= "file" name="Upload" >` Now I would like to restrict this by accepting only .pdf and .xls files. When I click the submit button it should validate this. And when I click the fi...
*.h or *.hpp for your class definitions
I've always used a `*.h` file for my class definitions, but after reading some boost library code, I realised they all use `*.hpp`. I've always had an aversion to that file extension, I think mainly b...
How do I add a newline to command output in PowerShell?
I run the following code using PowerShell to get a list of add/remove programs from the registry: ``` Get-ChildItem -path hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall ` | ForEach-Obj...
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Subtract days from a DateTime
I have the following code in my C# program. ``` DateTime dateForButton = DateTime.Now; dateForButton = dateForButton.AddDays(-1); // ERROR: un-representable DateTime ``` Whenever I run it, I ge...
How do I disable a href link in JavaScript?
I have a tag `<a href="#"> Previous </a> 1 2 3 4 <a href="#"> Next </a>` and in some conditions I want this tag to be completely disabled. ``` if (n_index != n_pages) a = a+'<li><a href="#" on...
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Get properties and values from unknown object
From the world of PHP I have decided to give C# a go. I've had a search but can't seem to find the answer of how to do the equivalent to this. ``` $object = new Object(); $vars = get_class_vars(get_...
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- 10 Nov at 13:11
Difference in months between two dates
How to calculate the difference in months between two dates in C#? Is there is equivalent of VB's `DateDiff()` method in C#. I need to find difference in months between two dates that are years apart...
Not class selector in jQuery
Is there a simple selector expression to not select elements with a specific class? ``` <div class="first-foo" /> <div class="first-moo" /> <div class="first-koo" /> <div class="first-bar second-foo"...
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- 6 Jan at 10:51
Visual Studio Code: How to show line endings
How can I display lineendings (CR,LF) in Visual Studio Code (not in Visual Studio)? At the moment there is only the little statusbar menu which display/change the line ending if the actual file. But s...
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What is the preferred syntax for initializing a dict: curly brace literals {} or the dict() function?
I'm putting in some effort to learn Python, and I am paying close attention to common coding standards. This may seem like a pointlessly nit-picky question, but I am trying to focus on best-practices...
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- 24 Nov at 04:0
How to make a great R reproducible example
When discussing performance with colleagues, teaching, sending a bug report or searching for guidance on mailing lists and here on Stack Overflow, a [reproducible example](https://stackoverflow.com/he...
What's the difference between git clone --mirror and git clone --bare
The git clone help page has this to say about `--mirror`: > Set up a mirror of the remote repository. This implies `--bare`. But doesn't go into detail about how the `--mirror` clone is different fr...
How to list all databases in the mongo shell?
I know how to [list all collections in a particular database](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8866041/how-to-list-all-collections-in-the-mongo-shell), but how do I list all available databases in ...
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- 10 Feb at 05:6
ASP.NET Core Web API exception handling
I am using ASP.NET Core for my new REST API project after using regular ASP.NET Web API for many years. I don't see any good way to handle exceptions in ASP.NET Core Web API. I tried to implement an e...
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Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in
I am getting this PHP error, what does it mean? ``` Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in C:\xampp\htdocs\mywebsite\reddit_vote_tut\src\votes.php on line 41 ``` From this code: ``` <?php include("confi...
Where are the python modules stored?
I have recently started learning Python and I have 2 questions relating to modules. 1. Is there a way to obtain a list of Python modules available (i.e. installed) on a machine? 2. I am using Ubuntu...
How to see full query from SHOW PROCESSLIST?
When I issue `SHOW PROCESSLIST` query, only the first 100 characters of the running SQL query are returned in the info column. Is it possible to change MySQL config or issue a different kind of reques...
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jQuery click events firing multiple times
I'm attempting to write a video poker game in Javascript as a way of getting the basics of it down, and I've run into a problem where the jQuery click event handlers are firing multiple times. They'r...
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- 24 Jul at 19:0
How would I get everything before a : in a string Python
I am looking for a way to get all of the letters in a string before a : but I have no idea on where to start. Would I use regex? If so how? ``` string = "Username: How are you today?" ``` Can someo...
Explaining Python's '__enter__' and '__exit__'
I saw this in someone's code. What does it mean? ``` def __enter__(self): return self def __exit__(self, type, value, tb): self.stream.close() ``` --- ``` from __future__ i...
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How to convert a UTC datetime to a local datetime using only standard library?
I have a python `datetime` instance that was created using `datetime.utcnow()` and persisted in database. For display, I would like to convert the `datetime` instance retrieved from the database to lo...
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Apply multiple functions to multiple groupby columns
The [docs](http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/dev/groupby.html#applying-multiple-functions-at-once) show how to apply multiple functions on a groupby object at a time using a dict with the output co...
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