A string is a sequence of zero or more characters. It is commonly used to represent text or a sequence of bytes.

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Convert this.tb.Text = DateTime

Maybe a dumb question, but why does this not work? Convert.ToDateTime(this.tb_start_date.Text) = DateTime.Now.AddDays(-90) I know you can't just = a string to a DateTime, but I thought having the ...
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Convert double to String in Java [duplicate]

I am to convert a double value to a String. double d=12345678.999; String str = String.valueOf(d); or, just plain String str = ""+d; Does it, however in the exponent form-- returning the String ...
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Split characters from a list of tuples?

Im new at python and i have the following list of n tuples: [('Mi', 'dp1css'), ('colega', 'nccs000'), ('me', 'pp1cs000'), ('ayuda', 'ncfs000'), ('a', 'sps00'), ('programar', None), ('cosas<', ...
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How to pass an array of strings through a COM (C++) API

We have a COM API for our application (which is written in VC++) which exposes a few functionalities so that the users can automate their tasks. Now, I'm required to add a new method in that, which ...
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what does backward-slash b do in Python?

what is the purpose of backward-slash b in python, I ran print "\"foo\bar" in the python interpreter and got this result: >>>print "\"foo\bar" "foar
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How to split a window title?

I'm currently making a program that will list all windows open of a certain application. The application is called "Tibia" and it's a game. When you login to a character, the window title changes to ...
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C++ find method not working

I am quite new to c++ so my apologies for the lack if knowledge,however for some reason, my find method isn't working. Any help would be great, here is the code I'm using. www.pastie.org/9434690 ...
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How to check membership of string-type items in a set in Python 3 [duplicate]

I'm creating a 4x4 sudoku solver, and now I need to check if the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 are in every line/column/square of the sudoku. Here you have the code (the sudoku is an incorrect one for problem ...
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How to extract substring in Groovy?

I have a Groovy method that currently works but is real ugly/hacky looking: def parseId(String str) { System.out.println("str: " + str) int index = href.indexOf("repositoryId") ...
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How can I use regex pattern to replace this following string

How can I use regex pattern to replace this following string The result is {A or D} or {Ef or G}. to The result is {AD} or {EfG}. Just need to remove that _or_ in brackets.
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message displayed when trying to run

error : Error: no resource found that matches the given name (at "hint" with value "@string/edit_message") <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" ...
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Regex to not allow String Start or End With Special Character and should not have consecutive special characters

I want to set a password in my application. Password should not start and end with special characters and special characters can be added between the string. It may have special characters, But it ...
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String comparison fails in Fortran 90 using TCP

Some of you may have read my previous question about TCP with Fortran from a few days ago. I got the issue I was having resolved but have now run into a new issue. When I try to compare a string ...
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NSRegularExpression conditionals to find terminated and non-terminated strings

Does NSRegularExpression support conditional inside the pattern? I seem to not get the desired effect when I use the following expression to match strings within quotes and strings that are missing an ...
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How to convert Swift Character to String?

I want to return the first letter of a String as a String instead of as a Character: func firstLetter() -> String { return self.title[0] } However, with the above I get Character is not ...
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Simple text coding/decoding Excel VBA

I have made nice macro that will send login details to API which will return as response security string that is used for sending further commands to API and executing them. I am a bit worried about ...
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Getting the minimum value for multiple string values R

Bare with me, I'm working with a juvenile crime database and need to report the onset offending age. I currently have the names and age at offending, many of the subjects are repeat offenders and I ...
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“??*” C++ escape sequence

Note that the * in the title is meant to be a placeholder, in my case the culprit was ??[. I just came over C++ (also "C") escape sequences, formed by double question marks. What was this ever used ...
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Insert “-” in String Lua

i am working on generating License keys in LUA. I want to separate the characters with the "-" of every 5 set of character. the number of character will remain 40 Always. so far i have found one code ...
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String Comparison - Replacing Word in Char Array

I'm writing a function that accepts a char array containing the title of a book as parameter, the following then has to take place: Extra white spaces between words need to be removed [DONE]** Text ...
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Properties file read java and putting result to string

I have been coding a chat program with login, but to transfer username from login class to chat class I'm using .properties file. And I want to get prop.getProperty("username") into string ...
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How to separate special string in android

I need to Bold and italic where is start of the special character in the sentence(only @,#). @ --> bold and italic # --> bold Example: Google Plus style #ListViews are all the rage these ...
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Python Log Parsing [on hold]

I am new to parsing in Python. I have a log file of the following format: <20>1 2008-12-18T09:46:28.806-07:00 NET-RT - RT_FLOW_CREATE [[email protected] source-address="192.168.30.170" ...
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method in java to count the length of each word in a string [on hold]

i want the output to be: the cats sat on a mat: There are 0 words of length 0 There are 1 words of length 1 There are 1 words of length 2 There are 3 words of length 3 There are 1 words of length ...
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Reloading a url in JAVA

public class ReadIp{ String nextLine; public int getIP() throws MalformedURLException, IOException { try { URL url = null; URLConnection urlConn = null; ...
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Need to break up and get values using String Manupulation

I need to draw a dynamic graph i.e. monitoring a Linux machine Server. Below is the result output of the Linux machine server, using this I will draw a graph. 02:54:09 PM kbmemfree kbmemused ...
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Why does this Java code output that?

I do not understand the output of this code: public class StringDemo{ public static void main(String args[]) { String blank = ""; String comma = ...
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How would I go about splitting a sentence in Java [duplicate]

I am attempting to split a sentence that is being printed to the console in order to avoid cut offs like so @ 80 chars: Welcome to fancy! A text based rpg. Perhaps you could tell us your name brave ...
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Extracting and storing characters from String

I want to write a program that reads an English word and stores it in "char" form like this: "Apple" --> "A", "p", "p", "l", "e" How can I do this?
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Declare String in class or method

I just started thinking about this but can not come up with whats best. The string declared will only be used in one method and will never be changed. Should the string be declared in the method or as ...
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Does the std::string::resize() method manages the terminating character?

I am copying some data from a stream into a string, so I thought about resizing the string with the actual number of characters plus one for the terminating one, like this: std::istringstream stream ...
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Comparing two strings in excel sheets [on hold]

I have two strings as follows. I am using jxl api to write in excel sheet with java. The following strings extract some data from excel sheet. Now I want to write 'project1' data to an excel file ...
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c or c++ on visual studio

i ma using visual c++ for my dictionary project ..... but visual c++ hangs on compilation ....while this same code runs well on Linux mint.... i am using visual studio for that i want to give my code ...
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Trouble converting NVP string to array..?

Quick version of question I'm trying to take a string like this... BUTTONSOURCE[18]=AngellEYE_PHPClass&VERBOSITY[4]=HIGH&USER[6]=tester and turn it into this for logging purposes... ...
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Can't find split() method or replacement in string module in python 3.4.1? [duplicate]

I'm trying some text manipulation stuff out and am bumping into the error: wordlist = string.split(" ") AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'split' I have imported the string module ...
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In Java how do you insert a String into a 2D array of string?

Well I'm new to Java. String[][] data=new String [][]; data[0][0]="Hello"; This does not work, can anyone explain why and how to make it work, Well in C++/Cli this works perfectly but not ...
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Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'var'

I am getting this error : Cannot implicitly convert type 'string' to 'var' using System.Web.Helpers; public partial class test : System.Web.UI.Page { protected void Page_Load(object sender, ...
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Regex Split Around Curly Braces

I have a string like : "abc{d}efg{hi}{jk}lm{n}" And I want it to be split into: "abc","{d}","efg","{hi}","{jk}","lm","{n}" I used this pattern [{}] and the result is ...
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Java Beginning Scanner

I am a novice programmer and I am trying to do projects that I find fun to help me learn more about the language then my school classes have been able to provide. I have wanted to try reversing a ...
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String statement returning null from switch statement

I am currently working on an Android application that allows you to watch streaming video in a VideoView. I have a method for allowing you to select one of four streams via a switch statement. That is ...
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How to check issubset for the whole words separated by commas?

string = 'NotAllowed,Trinity,Allowed' string1 = 'NotAllowed,Allowe' name = frozenset(string1) if name.issubset(string) == 1: print 'yes' else: print 'no' This produces the output of yes. ...
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Replace, But Only Include Delimiters in Certain Cases

In PHP, I need to replace a fixed prefix and suffix surrounding a variable value. The quotes around the value are stripped, except if the value is a string. [blargh="5"] => ...
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Can I change the font color on a portion of a string? [on hold]

Can I change the color on the portion of the following string represented by m_pwd and m_senior? string m_pwd = "PWD"; string m_senior = "Senior"; lblMarquee.Text = "Hi" + m_senior + "and" + m_pwd; ...
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Can I use String[] as HashMap values in Java?

I am a beginner in Java programming. I want to create a HashMap whose values are String[]'s. Can I do this? Suppose I have a JTable parametersTable with values in columns 2, 3, and 4 that I wish to ...
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How do i make a string temporarily appear for 10 seconds then dissapear [on hold]

Im using eclipse and making an android app and need to make a string appear for 10 seconds and then dissapear.
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converting string to integer in PHP but don't work ( using (int) and intval )

look at 2: and 3: in the image. It should be 4, but return me '0'.
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Keep list of hashs

I am working on a small project to keep my skills from completely rusting I am generating a lot of hashes(in his case md5) and I need to check if I've seen that hash before so I wanted to keep it in ...
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Ironpython Array[byte] to byte string

Within IronPython 2.7, I am running a few calls to a .Net dll : from System.Guid import NewGuid, ToByteArray from System import Array, Byte import clr clr.AddReferenceToFile( ThePathToDLLFile ) from ...
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A function to print copies of a character [on hold]

How to write a function which gets a character and the number of copies as function arguments? A sample code is below. #include <string> std::string printSplitter (int N, char C) { // ...
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Get a comma separated list of first cell values for rows with classname (using Jquery)?

Trying to grab ids from the table below when a row is selected. For example, the jquery should return: "12,14"..My code below returns empty string? My html: <table id="display" width="100%"> ...