How can I force division to be floating point? Division keeps rounding down to 0?
I have two integer values `a` and `b`, but I need their ratio in floating point. I know that `a < b` and I want to calculate `a / b`, so if I use integer division I'll always get 0 with a remainder o...
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- 13 Oct at 18:12
IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level
When I compile the Python code below, I get > IndentationError: unindent does not match any outer indentation level --- ``` import sys def Factorial(n): # Return factorial result = 1 for i...
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- 26 Nov at 22:35
Which exception should I raise on bad/illegal argument combinations in Python?
I was wondering about the best practices for indicating invalid argument combinations in Python. I've come across a few situations where you have a function like so: ``` def import_to_orm(name, save=...
RGB to hex and hex to RGB
How to convert colors in RGB format to hex format and vice versa? For example, convert `'#0080C0'` to `(0, 128, 192)`.
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- 14 Aug at 11:25
TypeError: 'module' object is not callable
``` File "C:\Users\Administrator\Documents\Mibot\oops\blinkserv.py", line 82, in __init__ self.serv = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_STREAM) TypeError: 'module' object is not callable ``` Why am I getting t...
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- 17 Dec at 18:22
How do I preview stash contents in Git?
I want to inspect a stash and find out what changes it would make if I applied it to working tree in its current state. I know I can do a git diff on the stash, but this shows me all the differences b...
How to find out if an item is present in a std::vector?
All I want to do is to check whether an element exists in the vector or not, so I can deal with each case. ``` if ( item_present ) do_this(); else do_that(); ```
Regular expression for alphanumeric and underscores
Is there a regular expression which checks if a string contains only upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and underscores?
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- 17 Oct at 19:47
Remove ALL white spaces from text
``` $("#topNav" + $("#breadCrumb2nd").text().replace(" ", "")).addClass("current"); ``` This is a snippet from my code. I want to add a class to an ID after getting another ID's text property. The p...
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- 15 Dec at 19:54
How to remove spaces from a string using JavaScript?
How to remove spaces in a string? For instance: ``` '/var/www/site/Brand new document.docx' ``` ``` '/var/www/site/Brandnewdocument.docx' ```
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- 19 May at 03:40
What killed my process and why?
My application runs as a background process on Linux. It is currently started at the command line in a Terminal window. Recently a user was executing the application for a while and it died mysteriou...
Python int to binary string?
Are there any canned Python methods to convert an Integer (or Long) into a binary string in Python? There are a myriad of dec2bin() functions out on Google... But I was hoping I could use a built-in ...
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- 13 Feb at 02:15
What is the difference between GitHub and gist?
What is the purpose of gist and how is it different from regular code sharing/maintaining using GitHub? [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gTtGt.png)
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- 10 Nov at 13:52
Delete first character of string if it is 0
I want to delete the first character of a string, if the first character is a 0. The 0 can be there more than once. Is there a simple function that checks the first character and deletes it if it is...
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- 9 Apr at 14:44
How to read all files in a folder from Java?
How to read all the files in a folder through Java? It doesn't matter which API.
How do you handle multiple submit buttons in ASP.NET MVC Framework?
Is there some easy way to handle multiple submit buttons from the same form? For example: ``` <% Html.BeginForm("MyAction", "MyController", FormMethod.Post); %> <input type="submit" value="Send" /> <...
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- 26 Feb at 21:14
How to fix a locale setting warning from Perl
When I run `perl`, I get the warning: How do I fix it?
How to define hash tables in Bash?
What is the equivalent of [Python dictionaries](https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/datastructures.html#dictionaries) but in Bash (should work across OS X and Linux).
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- 17 Feb at 05:26
What is a stack trace, and how can I use it to debug my application errors?
Sometimes when I run my application it gives me an error that looks like: ``` Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at com.example.myproject.Book.getTitle(Book.java:16) ...
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- 22 Mar at 16:16
IntelliJ: Never use wildcard imports
Is there a way to tell IntelliJ never to use wildcard imports? Under 'Settings > Code Style > Imports', I can see that you can specify the 'class count' prior to IntelliJ using wildcard imports. Howe...
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- 27 Oct at 13:49
What is the difference between declarative and imperative paradigm in programming?
I have been searching the web looking for a definition for and programming that would shed some light for me. However, the language used at some of the resources that I have found is daunting - for ...
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- 15 Jan at 11:14
node.js remove file
How do I delete a file with node.js? [http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_rename_oldpath_newpath_callback](http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html#fs_fs_rename_oldpath_newpath_callback) I don't see a remove c...
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- 22 Feb at 13:51
How to output numbers with leading zeros in JavaScript?
Is there a way to prepend leading zeros to numbers so that it results in a string of fixed length? For example, `5` becomes `"05"` if I specify 2 places.
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- 17 Jan at 01:47
How to fix committing to the wrong Git branch?
I just made a perfectly good commit to the wrong branch. How do I undo the last commit in my master branch and then take those same changes and get them into my upgrade branch?
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- 18 Jul at 07:12
Concatenate two slices in Go
I'm trying to combine the slice `[1, 2]` and the slice `[3, 4]`. How can I do this in Go? I tried: ``` append([]int{1,2}, []int{3,4}) ``` but got: ``` cannot use []int literal (type []int) as typ...
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- 14 Oct at 07:5