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text from a file turned into a variable?

If I made a program that stores strings on a text file using the "list"-function(#include ), and then I want to copy all of the text from that file and call it something(so I can tell the program to type in all of the text I copied somewhere by using that one variable to refer to the text), do I use a string,double,int or what do I decla...

How to skew a textfield, still being able to change antialias ? actionscript3

I found out how to skew an textfield using the code in a previous question: link But if I use this technique, I can't change antialias for the text, or I don't know how. My aim is to build a scrollable textfield in a skewed shape: link Because I can't change antialias or pixelhinting there isn't a smooth animation... Any suggestions ? ...

Javascript text Resize

Without getting into the "should a text resizer be used or not" debate, I'd like some help with this...suffice to say that my clientele are from and older generation and may be sight impaired... My script isn't functioning, and I'm not sure why. It's not live yet, so here's what I'm working with: function fsize(size,unit,id){ ...

Convert array to CSV/TSV-formated string in Python.

Python provides csv.DictWriter for outputting CSV to a file. What is the simplest way to output CSV to a string or to stdout? For example, given a 2D array like this: [["a b c", "1,2,3"], ["i \"comma-heart\" you", "i \",heart\" u, too"]] return the following string: "a b c, \"1, 2, 3\"\n\"i \"\"comma-heart\"\" you\", \"i \"\",heart...

A Tkinter StringVar() Question

I would like to create a StringVar() that looks something like this: someText = "The Spanish Inquisition" #Here's a normal variable whose value I will change eventually TkEquivalent = StringVar() #and here's the StringVar() TkEquivalent.set(string(someText)) #and here I set it equal to the normal variable. When someText changes, t...

Can I use regular expressions with String.Replace in C#?

For example I have code below string txt="I have strings like West, and West; and west, and Western." I would like to replace the word west or West with some other word. But I would like not to replace West in Western. Can I use regular expression in string.replace? I used inputText.Replace("(\\sWest.\\s)",temp); It dos not wor...

How do I check if a SQL Server 2005 TEXT column is not null or empty using LINQ To Entities?

Hi there guys I'm new to LINQ and I'm trying to check whether a TEXT column is null or empty (as String.IsNullOrEmpty). from c in ... ... select new { c.Id, HasBio = !String.IsNullOrEmpty(c.bio) } Trying to use the above query produces an SqlException: Argument data type text is invalid for ar...

How to vertically align text in a button with a background drawable?

I had a simple button set up with a background image defined like android:background="?attr/button" where ?attr/button was a reference to a simple 9-patch png. Everything worked fine, text in the button was aligned correctly. Then I needed to have a different background for a pressed state of the button. So I changed that to android...

How to convert a numeric variable to a string in MATLAB

A=rand(10) B=find(A>98) How do you have text saying "There were 2 elements found" where the 2 is general i.e. it isn't text, so that if I changed B=find(A>90) it would automatically no longer be 2. ...

vb.net, How can I limit a textchanged event for a textbox to keyboard input only?

Hi everyone, Please allow me to explain what I have and what I am trying to achieve. I have a textbox (called txtb1) and a button under it (called btn_browse) on a winform in a vb.net project. When the user clicks the button a folder browser dialog appears. The user selects his desired folder and when he/she clicks 'ok' the dialog clo...

DirectX text at (x,y,z)

In OpenGL, you can actually draw text with an XYZ position, and it will appear at that location, but in a fixed size. If anyone's played MechWarrior 2, they used it there for nav points. The text had a 3d position, but it always appeared a fixed size. The nav point was actually a bit of text at that exact point in space. Other than t...

h3 tag text/image replacement, does this hurt seo?

I'm trying to "replace" text with an image in all of my h3 tags. I want the image to be in the html to avoid multiple h3 classes as this is being done for a portfolio and there will be about 10 h3 tags on the page. My image is 156x44. My question is, will this be viewed as an attempt to hide, stuff keywords by google for seo purposes? If...

Split file with PHP and generate contents

How do I split the content below into separate files without the placeholder tags. I'd also like to take the text inside the placeholder tags and place them inside a new contents file. <div class='placeholder'>The First Chapter</div> This is some text. <div class='placeholder'>The Second Chapter</div> This is some more text. <div c...

Generic Text Only printer driver mangles control codes

If an escape character (or most other characters < 0x20) is sent to the generic / text only printer it gets printed as a period. Using the code in the WinDDK is it possible to 'correct' this behaviour so that it passes it through unmodified? The general scenario for this is that some application ('user app') outputs a document to a win...

In LaTeX prefer figures on text-heavy pages.

Hi LaTeX seems to have a preference for placing figures together on a page, and placing surrounding text on a separate page. Can I somehow change that balance a bit, as I prefer figures to break up the text to avoid too black text-heavy pages. Example: \section{Some section} [Half a page of text] \begin{figure} [...] \captio...

Postgres: Convert varchar to text

I screwed up and created a column as a varchar(255) where that is no longer sufficient. I've read that varchar has no performance benefits over text on Postgres, and so would like to convert the varchar to a text column in a safe way that preserves the data. What's the best way for me to do this? ...

What is the efficient way to find some pattern in a big text?

I want to extract email addresses from a large text file. what is the best way to do it? My idea is to find '@' in the text and use "Regex" to find email address into substring at (for example) 256 chars before this position and length of 512. P.S.: Straightforwardly I want to know the best and most efficient way to find some pattern (...

C# - Reading in text file; parsing for specific text

I have a text data file which contains text like this: "[category.type.group.subgroup]" - "2934:10,4388:20,3949:30" "[category.type.group.subgroup]" - "2934:10,4388:20,3949:30" "[category.type.group.subgroup]" - "2934:10,4388:20,3949:30" "[category.type.group.subgroup]" - "2934:10,4388:20,3949:30" 34i23042034002340 ----- "[category.ty...

Detect and remove noise text

Hi, giving a database table with huge data in it, what is the best practice to remove noise text such as : fghfghfghfg qsdqsdqsd rtyrtyrty that noise is stored into the "name" field. I'm working on data with Java standard structures. ...

Pull specific information from a long list with Perl

The file that I've got to work with here is the result of an LDAP extraction but I need to ultimately get the information formatted over to something that a spreadsheet can use. So, the data is as follows: DataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataData DataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataDataData ...