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String creation in java

In java String can be created by using new operator or by using + and +=. So, does all these string creation techniques check whether the string already exist in the string pool. If they dint then which String creation technique will check the pool. ...

My strstr() returning null even if the string to be found is at the index 0

I implemented strstr() myself,the code works fine for all strings but when the string lies in the first index of the string,it returns null. #include<stdio.h> const char* mystrstr(const char *str1, const char *str2); int main() { const char *str1="chal bhai nikal"; const char *str2="c",*result; result=mystrstr(str1,str2); if(*resu...

Why might string concatenation prefix each concatenation with garbage?

I'm pretty new to C, so I apologize if this is pretty standard knowledge.. I have a function like so, where I am appending a bunch of C-style strings together and outputting it: char *example(int n, int days, int years){ char *ret; if (n < 5) { ret = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*256); sprintf(ret, "There are %d da...

check my xml response

Can someone check a xml reply string. User said it is not XML compatible and has bad header. When I do a view source, I see this <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <response><task_no_added>54</task_no_added><errorMessage></errorMessage></response> http://tinyurl.com/22jrq6v Here is header info found in firebug.....

String replace in var with jQuery.

Hi, I am having trouble trying to get all my form data and break it down for debugging. I just want to replace the "&" with a new line. var formData = $("#customer_details_form").serialize(); var debugData = formData.text().replace(/&/g,'\n'); Thanks ...

Java: Double % formatting question for printf

%s is a string in printf, and %d is a decimal I thought...yet when putting in writer.printf("%d dollars is the balance of %s\r\n", bal, nm); ..an exception is thrown telling me that %d != lang.double. Ideas? ...

Replace a string on php

Hi All, I am using a function that converts INR to USD. I am using this function: function convertCurrency($from_Currency,$to_Currency,$amount) { $amount = urlencode($amount); $from_Currency = urlencode($from_Currency); $to_Currency = urlencode($to_Currency); $url = "http://www.google.com/ig/calculat...

C# Switch-case string starting with....

Is there any way to make a case condition in a switch statement where you say if a string begins with something? ex Switch (mystring) { case("abc")://String begins with abc (abcd or abc1 or abcz or abc.. or abc will fall in this condition). //Do Something break; default: break; } UPDATE Other strings can be di...

How to make a Python string out of non-ascii "bytes"

I need to create a Python string consisting of non-ascii bytes to be used as a command buffer in a C module. I can do that if I write the string by hand: mybuffer = "\x00\x00\x10" But I cannot figure out how to create the string on the fly if I have a set of integers which will become the bytes in the string. Concatenating an integer ...

How do I translate strings using Java?

I want a translation routine that allows me to translate any character to any other character or set of characters efficiently. The obvious way seems to be to use the value of a character from the input string as an index into a 256-entry translation array. Given an initial array where each entry is set to its value, e.g. hex'37' would ...

Removing extra "empty" characters from byte array and converting to a string

I was working on this for a while and did not find anything about this on here, so I thought I would post my solution for criticism/usefulness. import java.lang.*; public class Concat { public static void main(String[] args) { byte[] buf = new byte[256]; int lastGoodChar=0; //fill it up for example o...

Unused strings in resource file (C#/silverlight)

Hi, We have a silverlight project; all the text messages are located in a .resx resource file. Since the project has a long history and there were a lot of changes, many strings are orphaned (no longer in use). Now we are going to translate the project into several languages and I do not want to waste the money on unused text translat...

What's the best way to compress or encode a list of numbers into a single alphanumeric string?

What's the best way to compress or encode a list of numbers of arbitrary length and sizes into a single alphanumeric string? The goal is to be able to convert something like 1,5,8,3,20,212,42 into something like a8D1jN to be used in a URL, and then back to 1,5,8,3,20,212,42. For the resulting string I'm fine with any number and any asc...

how to detect strings that end with a number

i am trying to parse out a string and in some cases there is an extra " - [some number]" at the end. for example, instead of showing Technologist it shows Technologist - 23423 i dont want to just check or split on "-" because there are other names that do have a "-" in them can anyone think of a clean way of removing this extr...

JavaScript replace all / with \ in a string?

Hello, I have a javascript file that is ran through a windows job using cscript. However, I can't seem to fix this thing to work correctly. Inside the file, it basically takes a URL and transforms it to a UNC path. ex: http://mysite.com/document1.htm to \myserver\document1.htm However, I can't seem to get the /'s to goto \'s and am ...

convert string to integer in c++

Hello I know it was asked many times but I hadn't found answer to my specific question. I want to convert only string that contains only decimal numbers: For example 256 is OK but 256a is not. Could it be done without checking the string? Thanks ...

Splitting C++ Strings Onto Multiple Lines (Code Syntax, Not Parsing)

Not to be confused with how to split a string parsing wise, e.g.: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/236129/how-to-split-a-string I am a bit confused as to how to split a string onto multiple lines in c++. This sounds like a simple question, but take the following example: #include <iostream> #include <string> main() { //Gives error...

Generate multiple Strings based on the number of times repeated

I have a straing ab and there is counter array which contains number of times repeated for each charater. Say repeated[a]=2 and repeated[b]=2. Then the possible strings to be generated are ab,aab,aabb,abb. I am looking for solution which will work for moderarelty high input size. Any algorthims for this would be highly helpfull. Thanks ...

what is the problem with my http GET ??

in VBA i am creating a URL: URL = "http://api.local.yahoo.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=" & yahoo & "&street=" & street & "&city=" & city & "&state=" & state & "&zip=" & zip for example it sets itself to equal this: http://api.local.yahoo.com/MapsService/V1/geocode?appid=username123&amp;street=1893 n. clyde morris blvd &city=dayto...

jQuery - animate() properties

Hi I'm using jQuery's animate function like this: var css1 = { display: "block", marginTop: 20 }; var direction = "marginTop"; $(element).animate(css1, 150, 'swing'); Notice the marginTop property above. Well I want to replace that with the direction variable, but it doesn't work for some reason. Does anyone know w...