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How do you get the index of the current iteration of a foreach loop?
Is there some rare language construct I haven't encountered (like the few I've learned recently, some on Stack Overflow) in C# to get a value representing the current iteration of a foreach loop?
For instance, I currently do something like this…
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Can I hide the HTML5 number input’s spin box?
Is there a consistent way across browsers to hide the new spin boxes that some browsers (such as Chrome) render for HTML input of type number? I am looking for a CSS or JavaScript method to prevent the up/down arrows from appearing.
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How to list branches that contain a given commit?
How can I query git to find out which branches contain a given commit? gitk will usually list the branches, unless there are too many, in which case it just says "many (38)" or something like that. I need to know the full list, or at least whether…
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How to install Java 8 on Mac
Editors note: This question was asked in 2014, and the answers may be outdated.
I want to do some programming with the latest JavaFX, which requires Java 8. I'm using IntelliJ 13 CE and Mac OS X 9 Mavericks. I ran Oracle's Java 8 installer, and…
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Count the number of occurrences of a character in a string
How do I count the number of occurrences of a character in a string?
e.g. 'a' appears in 'Mary had a little lamb' 4 times.
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How to clear the canvas for redrawing
After experimenting with composite operations and drawing images on the canvas I'm now trying to remove images and compositing. How do I do this?
I need to clear the canvas for redrawing other images; this can go on for a while so I don't think…
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Converting array to list in Java
How do I convert an array to a list in Java?
I used the Arrays.asList() but the behavior (and signature) somehow changed from Java SE 1.4.2 (docs now in archive) to 8 and most snippets I found on the web use the 1.4.2 behaviour.
For example:
int[]…
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How to execute a JavaScript function when I have its name as a string
I have the name of a function in JavaScript as a string. How do I convert that into a function pointer so I can call it later?
Depending on the circumstances, I may need to pass various arguments into the method too.
Some of the functions may take…
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Reference - What does this error mean in PHP?
What is this?
This is a number of answers about warnings, errors, and notices you might encounter while programming PHP and have no clue how to fix them. This is also a Community Wiki, so everyone is invited to participate adding to and maintaining…
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In TypeScript, what is the ! (exclamation mark / bang) operator when dereferencing a member?
When looking at the source code for a tslint rule, I came across the following statement:
if (node.parent!.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ObjectLiteralExpression) {
return;
}
Notice the ! operator after node.parent. Interesting!
I first tried compiling…
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Converting 'ArrayList to 'String[]' in Java
How might I convert an ArrayList object to a String[] array in Java?
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How can I develop for iPhone using a Windows development machine?
Is there any way to tinker with the iPhone SDK on a Windows machine? Are there plans for an iPhone SDK version for Windows?
The only other way I can think of doing this is to run a Mac VM image on a VMWare server running on Windows, although I'm not…
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How do I return dictionary keys as a list in Python?
With Python 2.7, I can get dictionary keys, values, or items as a list:
>>> newdict = {1:0, 2:0, 3:0}
>>> newdict.keys()
[1, 2, 3]
With Python >= 3.3, I get:
>>> newdict.keys()
dict_keys([1, 2, 3])
How do I get a plain list of keys with Python 3?
user2015601
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How can I sanitize user input with PHP?
Is there a catchall function somewhere that works well for sanitizing user input for SQL injection and XSS attacks, while still allowing certain types of HTML tags?
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Could not find a part of the path ... bin\roslyn\csc.exe
I am trying to run an ASP.NET MVC (model-view-controller) project retrieved from TFS (Team Foundation Server) source control. I have added all assembly references and I am able to build and compile successfully without any error or warning.
But I…
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