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Hi, I have a simple question about the Linux Shebang '#!'. Well more of a clarification of how Linux handles #!. My understanding.... When the operating system 'Linux' encounters an executable file with the first characters #! it will extract the absolute path for the executable from this line..i.e. #! …

Hi I am attempting to write a playlist for my media player which is already built. I have found a way to build a playlist for it but it would be helpful if I could save the contents of TextBox1 to a text file without using the save as. I …

Hi everybody! I'm currently working on an assignment for school. I'm creating a linked list (a line at the liqure store to be exact) and I'm a little stuck. Part of the code: [CODE] public void ekspederKunde() { System.out.println("Velkommen til polet! Vennligst vis gyldig legitimasjon.\n"); if (fremst == null) { …

Hey guys, I'm a bit stuck with this issue... I have a list of comma separated strings. some of them have a duplicate field in them. what I want at the end of this process is a List of strings (comma seperated again) with any of the duplicates being marked …

Hi all, My problem is regarding to my last post about argument. that is solved but it create a new problem. The last data in debug_file is not written in output file. I think its because of looping in the argument.How to solve this? [code] int main(int argc, char* argv[]) …

The Fibonacci sequence is the series of numbers 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, .... Formally, it can be expressed as: f ib0 = 0 f ib1 = 1 f ibn = f ibn−1 + f ibn−2 Write a C program using the fork() system call that that generates …

Hey:) I am creating a project in java,but have been sick for the passed 3 weeks, so I am a bit stuck on how some of the code should look,and where it should be the details are that I am required to develope an application that will allow the user …

I am trying to write some code to practice using methods. My goal is to get the user to input their weight. Then in the method I want to convert the earth weight to moon weight, which is earth weight / 6. I think I got it but I can …

Hi, so I'm in the process of writing a music player with a GUI. I would like to be able to print a statement after I am done playing a song. I originally through I could just get away with getting the song's length and time.sleep'ing for that long. Since …

I am having problems filling an array of objects with a txt file. It seems to me that it should work, but I get all 0's printed out. Please help! I cannot write the rest of my code until I figure this out. Also I get this error message: "Exception …

hey I'm making my own adventure text game and I need help. [CODE]def getEnergyAndMana(magicExp, energyExp, maxYourMana, bonus, energyLevel, bonus1): magicLevel = 0 if magicExp >= 0: magicLevel = 0 maxYourMana = 50 + bonus if magicExp >= 550: magicLevel = 1 maxYourMana = 100 + bonus if magicMax >= 1150: …

id been working on this for days now, maybe someone could help me figure this one, i have this items in listbox2, my database has a field for project, data directory, etc... if my first item in listbox2 equals to the field PROJECT in my database, i want to get …

ShoppingListItem.java [CODE=java] package problem2class; public class ShoppingListItem { private String name; private int numOfItems; private double price; public ShoppingListItem(String name, int quantity, double pricePerUnit) { this.name = name; numOfItems = quantity; price = pricePerUnit; } public String getName() { return name; } public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; …

This is what i have for code this far, i need help trying to keep score here. Any help would be well appreciated thanks [CODE] int sum = 0, teamScore, numPoints, score1 = 0, score2 = 0; while (teamScore != -999) { cout << "Did team 1 or team 2 …

Hello I am new to python...I met with this simple problem [CODE] def search(path,filename,extension): name=' ' listdir=os.listdir(path) print listdir flname=filename+'.'+extension i=0 match='' while(i<len(listdir)): if(listdir[i]==flname): match='YES' print 'got the match' break i=i+1 if(match=='YES'): assign(filename) else: name = filename+'.'+extension print 'the filename is',name return name lets_text=search(path,filename,extension) print 'the name we gt is',lets_text …

Hey.. =) I am making a program and i need to use: [CODE=c#]using System.Data.ADO[/CODE] But it won't work? Anybody know what i can do?

[code] //Date: 3/16/2010 import javax.swing.*; class PizzaChoice { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { char[] whatSize = { 'S', 'M', 'L', 'X'}; char size; double[] sizePrice = {6.99, 8.99, 12.50, 15.00}; int s; System.out.println("What size do you want?"); size = Character.toUpperCase((char)System.in.read()); for (s = 0; s < whatSize.length; …

Okay, so what I'm trying to do is to write a program that reads several TGA images and bunch them together into one bin-file for later use. I got this code from [URL="http://nehe.gamedev.net"]NeHe OpenGL[/URL], Tutorial 24, and it is what I use to load my images: [CODE=C++] bool loadTGA(char *path, …

Ok so i am going a whack a mole game. What method i did was that i used a picture box (I couldn’t use the button) to display a mole on the screen. So when the timer starts the picMole.visible= true and when clicked score is changed mole becomes invisible …

I am unable to open a child form as a modal form. Here is my scenario I have a MainForm which is a toplevel form. Inside the MainForm I have a Toolbar Form which is a child. From the Toolbar Form I call another child form. From that child form …

Hello. I have an issue with a game I am programming for my c++ project which I am hoping one of you kind souls can help me solve... I consider myself an intermediate beginner in c++. I am coding a space shoot-em-up in c++ with a proprietary graphics library provided …

Team - Could someone please tell me I haven't lost my mind? I have done relationships in the past but now they don't seem to work. Have I gone dumb? Creating a winform, using VS2008, sqlexpress & vb.net. My dataset looks like this: -------------------------------------------- Table 1 - BranchInformation BranchID - …

wondering if there is a way to shorten up this IF statement i have going on.. [code] If my.settings.id <> 1.001 or my.settings.id <> 2.001 or my.settings.id <> 3.001 then do it like this end if [/code] what im looking for is a shorter way, i have tried [code] if …

Where I can download VB6.0 english version？ Need one now but couldn't find on the web. help~please~~~~

I get this when i click on the done button in my program: [CODE]Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException at BillPanel.getTotalPrice(BillPanel.java:49) at BillPanel$ButtonListener.actionPerformed(BillPanel.java:62) at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1995) at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2318) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:387) at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:242) at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:236) at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6038) at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3265) at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5803) at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2058) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4410) at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2116) at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4240) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4322) at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3986) …

Here is my current situation. I have a global array and it is originally declared as an int pointer. I malloc (100*sizeof(int)) to this pointer in the main method. I then use this array to store values and these values are assigned inside of two for loops. The problem is …

I have a dataGridView with 4 columns. 3 of the columns i want to use a combobox. In the datagridview properties from the design view i already set the columns to DataGridViewComboBoxColumns. how do i from the code set the columns values from a dataset? I can get the data …

Hi, I need a C# code to retrieve the URL address from a web page like [URL="http://www.protect-url.com/?u=p0xjz178380czht6"]http://www.protect-url.com/?u=p0xjz178380czht6[/URL] It seems the link is here [URL="http://www.protect-url.com/go.php?l=p0xjz178380czht6"]http://www.protect-url.com/go.php?l=p0xjz178380czht6[/URL] and we need to call url.php Can you help me please?

I have found a module pycrypto which has an AES encryption and decryption function, in commandline everything works fine both encryption and decryption, but if I want to implement it in my program, it fails =( [code=python]def aes(txt): global crypt message="".join(txt) #format the message which has to be encrypted/decrypted to …

hi...i am worjig on project to display numbers entered by user..and display it in random order....i use devcpp.. and here is the code..it does compile but is not working properly..can anyone help me plz as quickly as possible..this is due within 4 days... [CODE]#include<iostream> using namespace std; int main(){ int …

Write a Java program that will generate random four letter words. The words must consist of only lower case letters. The program will prompt the user to enter the number of words to generate. The program should request that the user enter a number between 1 and 500 and ensure …

Hi! I have a program with two QSpinBoxes with integers in them. When user clicks one spinbox it should affect to the other one. And vice versa. I can't use valueChanged() signal because it causes an endless loop that won't stop until the maximum values of the boxes have been …

Hi all, I'm just learning C# and completed a book exercise. They had a different answer and I'm not sure the difference between the two. The way I did a method was like this: [CODE]public int ShiftsLeft { return shiftsToWork - shiftsWorked; }[/CODE] However, when I looked at the book …

I want my code to take two characters and print them, but this code only takes one character, prints it and terminates, can you please tell me what's wrong with it? Thank you. [code=syntax] #include <stdio.h> int main() { char a, b; scanf("%c", &a); scanf("%c", &b); printf("%c %c\n", a,b); return …

So today at school I was given a task to create an application to apply convolution over image. I decided to load convolution cores from xml file. But, as this was the first time me working with xml I have no knowledge how to effective parse it. So here is …

Is it possible to somehow compare a value to a range of value without using for/foreach. [CODE]IEnumerable<XElement> results = xdoc.Descendants( "PAGE" ).Where( p => p.Attribute( "id" ).Value == RANGE_OF_ID).Select(result => result);[/CODE] Is there anyway of doing what I wrote below? RANGE_OF_ID could be a collection.

hi friends, From many days I wanted to create some application in Windows. Now which IDE would be better (I am also a bit confused with the term IDE ) Turbo c or Borland C++ bulder or Visual c Whatz the difference between these things?? Please someone clear my confusion. …

I am trying to teach myself C#. I was working on an example when I came across something of interest (to me anyway), and none of my resource material explains why this happens. Can some one explain why this happens. The code below works as it should [CODE] //calc test …

Account.java [CODE=java] package btclass; import java.util.Scanner; public class Account { private float amount;//actual amount private static float balance;//balance amout Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in); public void deposit() { System.out.println("Enter the amount you want to deposit: "); float depos = keyboard.nextFloat(); if (depos < 0) { System.out.println("Amount you entered is < …

I have a program which connects to a remote MySQL Server. When i try running the program on other PCs (ones with nothing more than the .NET Framework) I tried using ODBC, which would run the program, but not be able to connect to the database because of the lack …

hey all. i need some help with my calculator and i was wondering if anyone knew how to make it so if you click on a button it would pop up the value of that button in the entry screen. [CODE]## -*- coding: utf-8 -*- ## SDD, Major Project, Extreme …

The following code when compiled gives the error: "i[B]nvalid conversion from `void*' to `f*' "[/B] What is wrong with it ? [CODE] typedef struct a { int* value; struct a* p; int r; }f; f* m(int* value) { f* node = malloc(sizeof(f)); node->value = value; node->p = NULL; node->r = …

Hi! Does anybody know how to write a Pascal app that would remove blank lines from a text file. function RemoveBlankLines(OldFile: string): string; var fi,fo: Text; s,NewFile: string; n: integer; begin result:=EmptyStr; if FileExists(OldFile) then begin //rename old file .bak, n:=Length(OldFile); while (n>1) and (OldFile[n]<>'.') do Dec(n); n:=Length(OldFile)-n; NewFile:=Copy(OldFile,1,Length(OldFile)-n)+'bak'; RenameFile(OldFile,NewFile); …

i have this code: [code] int main(int argc, char* argv[]) { remove(debug_file); count=0;//count d number of seeding for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) { /* Check for a switch (leading "-") */ if (argv[i][0] == '-') { /* Use the next character to decide what to do. …

Hi guys.. Im still working on my project, it is a payment and enrollment system. Ive been thinking what to do with the Student ID since it requires a format like xx-xxxx, its possible that ill make two fields right? i mean the first xx on xx-xxxx to make it …

Hi guys o/ ! I'm trying to make a program that write in text file some datas. Then, i wrote a header that have all functions I need to write in this file. thas is my header: [CODE] #ifndef _SNAPSHOT_H #define _SNAPSHOT_H #define LAST_PRICE 0; #define BEST_ASK 1; #define BEST_BID …

Hi, so I've been programming with Python (2.x) for a while now, and I was wondering about what people thought of 3.x. From just a few quick searches, some people recommend that people get used to it quickly as it is the future, and others say to just stay with …

My problem is that when i run the program i ask the user to select a month from a menu then input a year. I then calulate the first day and janaury for that year. Then i have to find the first day of the month the user selected but …

hi everyone, im having a hard time with my loop, what i want to do is to print f1, f2, f2,f2... till it finishes to read, then f1, f2, f2... , whats happening to my output is f1,f2, f2..., then f1, f1 till end, i want to ask, how will …

I'm trying to write a program for class and I can't get my fractional exponent to work. I've tried using 2/3 2.0/3.0 and I've tried entering 2/3 into a separate variable, but nothing seems to work. I don't get any errors while building 2/3 but the logic does not come …