How to use the toString method in Java?

From the Object.toString docs: Returns a string representation of the object. In general, the toString method returns a string that “textually represents” this object. The result should be a concise but informative representation that is easy for a person to read. It is recommended that all subclasses override this method. The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name … Read more

Replacements for switch statement in Python?

The original answer below was written in 2008. Since then, Python 3.10 (2021) introduced the match–case statement which provides a first-class implementation of a “switch” for Python. For example: The match–case statement is considerably more powerful than this simple example. You could use a dictionary:

ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found

(I found this answer from a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmvRF7koJ5E) Download msvcp71.dll and msvcr71.dll from the web. Save them to your C:\Windows\System32 folder. Save them to your C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder as well (if you have a 64-bit operating system). Now try running your code file in Python and it will load the graph in couple of seconds.

ES6 Map in Typescript

EDIT (Jun 5 2019): While the idea that “TypeScript supports Map natively” is still true, since version 2.1 TypeScript supports something called Record. Unfortunately the first generic parameter (key type) is still not fully respected: even with a string type, something like peopleA[0] (a number) is still valid. EDIT (Apr 25 2016): The answer below is old and should not be considered the best answer. … Read more

&& (AND) and || (OR) in IF statements

No, it will not be evaluated. And this is very useful. For example, if you need to test whether a String is not null or empty, you can write: or, the other way around If we didn’t have ‘short-circuits’ in Java, we’d receive a lot of NullPointerExceptions in the above lines of code.

When to use margin vs padding in CSS [closed]

TL;DR: By default I use margin everywhere, except when I have a border or background and want to increase the space inside that visible box. To me, the biggest difference between padding and margin is that vertical margins auto-collapse, and padding doesn’t. Consider two elements one above the other each with padding of 1em. This padding is … Read more

MySQL Error: : ‘Access denied for user ‘root’@’localhost’

Open & Edit /etc/my.cnf or /etc/mysql/my.cnf, depending on your distro. Add skip-grant-tables under [mysqld] Restart Mysql You should be able to login to mysql now using the below command mysql -u root -p Run mysql> flush privileges; Set new password by ALTER USER ‘root’@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘NewPassword’; Go back to /etc/my.cnf and remove/comment skip-grant-tables Restart Mysql Now you will be able to login with the new … Read more

Hata!: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'divattrend_liink'@'localhost' (using password: YES)