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ralfstrashcan · 6 years ago

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3x18 Reaction / Commentary

Anxious feeling of imminent doom in my gut? Check. Skipping breakfast in favor of running to my laptop like a starving person? Check. Chances of surviving this episode with my sanity intact? Uhhh.... Well here goes nothing.

But one more thing before we get started (Does anyone wanna get out? Yeah, me!!!! Okay sorry.)

Who's this mysterious “Alex” person?? A new player on the board???

Alright alright, I'm stalling, I know. It's weird, last week couldn't pass quick enough but now I really don't wanna click the play button... okay anyway you're probably not here to read my angsting, so. Deep breath and here goes.

In terms of putting my nerves at ease this is working out pretty good. I love Becky, okay, and her sibling ship with Simon and the Sneak Peek made me real happy and I can't wait to see more of those two together (especially considering this'll probably be her last appearance on the show). So, yeah Team Lewis! (Also that comment about them and Clary never missing a Halloween together? I need all the kid fics!!!)

Lol dude I mean you literally died for knowing about it, but sure, make an understatement XD Also, “all the way from Florida”??? Last thing I knew about her she was lying in a hospital bed a week ago (aka 3A)? When did she get released? And relocated? I missed that???

:D :D :D <3<3<3

Queen Izzy :))))))) btw those kids had seriously lacking survival skills if you ask me. That wasn't normal, right? And where were their supervisors??

Effing f-i-n-a-l-l-y.

Also, Magnus with the deflecting again as soon as he's recovered just the tiniest bit is both painfully ic and also just painful </3

Ugh, can you believe Clace entered the Malec scene even though they must have felt it was a bad time and deranged it with their flirting? Unfair. In any case I agree, Clary was always and will always be an idiot XD haha okay sorry, I don't really mean that (only like, 83%) it's just the setup was too good to pass it up ;) I mean even Alec laughed at Jace calling her an idiot so I'm well within my rights to do it, too XD

Thanks, Alec, for sabotaging the one shot at open communication you had. I mean, I want to believe he does it because he realizes Magnus is back to his deflecting self and prodding will get him nowhere, but uhm, could he try for longer than three seconds before giving up? Is he really gonna let Magnus off the hook so easily and do something stupid and reckless instead?? *sigh* BUT ALSO HIS FRAKKING FACE OKAY I CAN'T

“Back from the Plot Fold”

Alec “Tact” Lightwood looooool

“Bitch I worked on this performance for centuries how dare you”

SO. MANY. QUESTIONS.

sdfshfsjdkfjsdf I love the way he talks okay. Exquisite. (Also he has a birthmark on his lip. It's really distracting. Am I implying Asmodeus is hot? Maybe. You can't prove a thing.)

............................................................your self-confident didn't make any progress since season 1, did it, Alec? *sigh* I mean he's basically agreeing with Asmodeus that this is what will happen if their situation doesn't change.

Okay what is structure, let me just yell my impressions of this scene at you. 1) Both of their acting is stellar. Love all the little body language cues, especially Asmodeus's mocking facial expressions. 2) “Return what you stole” and Asmodeus protesting it because clearly he had a “fair deal” with Magnus. 3) Alec breaking eye contact whenever Asmodeus lands a hit (“One he already regrets.” “You make him vulnerable, weak.”) 4) The fact that Alec protests the potential-line with “We love each other.” I was confused at first but when you think about it Alec says that they help each other access their full potential by loving each other and that's a beautiful sentiment. 5) Of course then Asmodeus lands another hit with “Then I'm afraid you will be the death of him” and Alec is back to looking away.

Thank you, Alec, for not being a total idiot.

“...or else the deal is off.” Obviously. Thank you, Asmodeus, for not being a total idiot either.

.........did he just nod? I knew I was right making that 'total' italic, implying he's still somewhat of an idiot XD

sooooo pretttyyyyyyyyyyyyy

And I can't believed Clary missed Luke so much she visited him in prison a total of 0 times.

Look I'm weak and I dig the Jace-Luke-father-son-in-law-dynamic.

Also can we take a moment to appreciate the fact that Alec is able to function as Head of the Institue even though he has to make the hardest decision of his life at the same time?? Just saying. Guy knows how to handle his shadowhunter responsibility. If only he was as capable in handling other things and omg this is not an innuendo you naughty people, I meant emotional intelligence goddammit.

I mean, he's not wrong? The way he cares about her is uniquely twisted, so.

.........................is Alec having 2x12 flashbacks? Because I sure am.

Hmmmm always admiring Clary's screaming skills :)

*sigh* I mean she didn't just SAY intense pain for a short while? Why am I even bothering.

The scientist has spoken lol.

1) They had a whole underground basement full of tons and tons of that serum, right? If those are all made up of nanoparticles then I really really wonder how big the Glorious splitter was that they extracted the serum from. Since, you know, that whole stash was supposed to be enough for the Downworlders all over the world. Wtf 2) I guess “self-destructing” that basement is gonna come back to roost them and they need to recover the original sword to eliminate the Evil Rune, right???? haha

Asmodeus wrote: Hurry up pretty boy, our deal isn't on the table forever ;)

I'm actually impressed Jace remembered to ask Alec about the proposal. You get some more diligence starlets, Jace <3

OMG ALEC ARE YOU SHITTING ME ARE YOU SHITTING ME ARE YOU SHITTING ME *sigh* I mean, those two situations are obviously totally comparable, right? I for my part am, again, having severe 2x12 flashbacks, where Alec asked Jace's council about something that Jace totally wasn't equipped to answer. *SIGH*

And I guess Jace isn't suspicious because of Alec's super suspicious behavior, right?????? Ugh.

The sad part is, Alec will probably see that as confirmation that he should go through with it because he doesn't want to be selfish. So while yay, Alec seeking council, he does it in the worst way possible :( at least I got some parabatai feels out of it :/

On the one hand I'm glad she sees it that way* on the other hand this is clearly supposed to be the influence of the rune, so that's kinda undermining her statement and making it even less credible. Thanks, show.

*Yes he was a victim, no he still carries some responsibility for his actions because free will is a thing and he's had some time on earth where he wasn't exactly coerced by anyone. Manipulated, yes. But he's aware of his agency and he should have used it better. I get that I'm asking for a lot here, maybe too much, and circumstances were always against him, but I'm also not absolving him of all his crimes.

Magnus deflecting because that's what he does. God forbid a scene that could be about him actually ends up being about him instead of a side pairing I couldn't care less about. *sigh*

Also, I'm not exactly sure if Magnus really thinks Alec thought being around Maryse could help him, or if he just said that as another means to deflect because honestly, the way Alec suggested to Magnus he go to Maryse was more the here-go-see-your-babysitter-approach than anything else, especially because he basically cut of the conversation they where having before Clace interrupted. *SIGH*

WELL I COULD

YOU NO FRIKKIN SAY, MARYSE

“My lips are sealed.... especially about my issues ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”

THE DISDAIN AHAHHAHAHA CATCH ME WHEEZING ON THE GROUND

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SEELIE QUEEN IS QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this.... actually......... a scene with Alec and Izzy???? HELL YEAH

Okay, words. First off, I LOVE that Alec spills all the beans, and to Izzy, the one emotionally capable Lightwood. I mean, yay Jalec and all, but it's an universally acknowledged truth that Lightwood Men seem to be pretty unable to handle their emotions in a productive way.

Second off, the music playing in the background? Is the one from the Malec Breakup Scene from 2x18. Yay mood reference, I mean. Thanks for that lovely detail, show. (Hahahaha I don't even know if I'm sarcastic or not because it's so witty but on the other hand it's just cruelly twisting the knife like r u for real man give me a damn break.)

Third off, I love basically every line of this dialogue. The fact that Alec (or anyone really) FINALLY acknowledges that Magnus gave up his powers and saved Jace for Alec. Alec's argument: “Magnus sacrificed everything so I could feel whole and now I have the chance to do the same for him.” Also that wording, “a chance��? Not an obligation, not a repayment of a dept. A chance. Because he loves Magnus and this is his chance to fix it. (In his eyes at least, pssssh.)

And Izzy's intent “He wouldn't want this. He loves you so much.” So valid. And less biased (aka skewed by shitty self-esteem) than Alec's assessment of the situation.

Also this

Ouch, just. Ouch. So ic.

Also this

Izzy asking all the right questions. The way Alec looks away means “No” and the determined way he meets her gaze again after means “But that doesn't matter.” Very good scene.

(Honestly the only thing I would have wished for is that Izzy is a little more firm in her assertion that Magnus wouldn't want this and she like, tries to change Alec's mind instead of just accepting his decision.)

hehehe :)

The same time you moved to Florida apparently.

hahaahahha <3<3<3 kick-ass sister material

.........<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 this deserves so much recognition okay. Since we all know drinking away his problems is Magnus's No 1 coping mechanism. Too bad he'll be pushed into his liquor again by Alec unwisely breaking up with him at the end of the episode (because I daren't dream of a change of heart on Alec's side.)

Also is this the part where Maryse blabs out Alec's proposal plans??

Ugh yay, so after Maryse reassuring Magnus that they are all here for him I guess the breakup is just gonna get 5 shades uglier. Yaaay.

Love that necklace damn.

Obligatory Sizzy moment in front of Becky so she can call Simon out on it later: Check. Just glad this role doesn't fall to Raphael. (Also you bet your ass I chose Becky's line as a picture for this because I'm really that petty.)

Also omg, I just peeked into the German dubbing because obviously the Count von Count pun doesn't work because the words for Count and the word for counting aren't the same here and the guy is named Graf Zahl. And just skdjfslkdjfklsdjfkld Simon's line “That does sound really made up” is honest to God transated with “You're right, I just made him up” like oh my God who is in charge of translating this and why are they so incompetent honestly!!!!!!!! W H Y

Lol that's gotta be the first time in his life that he called her Isabelle. Probably because she was slacking off during patrol.

AAAAAND I'M WHEEZING AGAIN AHAHHA HER OFFENDED FACE Honestly the seelie queen and Becky should start a comedy spin-off, I'd be watching the shit out of that XD

HAHAHAHAH HAVE MERCY XD XD XD Then again, can you blame Simon? Izzy is sooooo droolworthy.

1) She's gonna let Alec, Jace and Clary (two and a half shadowhunters ahaha) take on a whole nest of demons alone? Instead of backing them up? Okay???

2) Why they telling them that??? As far as they are concerned Simon and Becky are civilians, not their parents.

?????? NO SHE SHOULD TAKE BECKY WITH HER!!!!!!!! CAN YOU IMAGINE BECKY TOURING THE INSTITUTE? BECKY MARVELING AT ALL THE UNREALISTIC SHADOWHUNTER TECH?? BECKY KIDDING AROUND IN THE LAB??? I WAS ROBBED!!!

:)))) even Jace breaking out the comedy :D :D :D I approve

Those are some nice wings. Not perfect, but very very nice.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME HAHAHAHAHAHAH

Okay, Parabatai Fight Scene!!! 1) Jace again with his axes, nice.

2) Being sassy instead of, idk, picking up his weapons: Check.

3) True dat, but uh, Jace, what was the plan if Alec hadn't shown up? Inviting Drevak Queen out on a date?

4) I mean, why shoot one when you can shoot five, right? Good motto. But I still kind of want an explanation how two of those arrows could land in the Drevak Queen's head and the other three in her chest, like, what are physics anyway amiright?

5) Shot meant to make Jace look heroic when really, since we earlier learnt that killing the Drevak Queen kills all her spawn*, this was just Alec doing Jace's work for him XD

*Uh, yeah what the hell is up with that. Chitauri Genetic Defect or something? *sigh*

*Feelings of terrible foreboding intensify*

sssssssssssssssssssssssudden

Look, I agree. I just don't think Maia could really comprehend / accept that so fast (and off-screen) because ugh reasons, too tired to repeat myself again *waves hand unhelpfully* but whatever, I can accept this. I made my peace with it.

1) Last time I checked those cells were secured with a combination lock thingy.

2) Thanks Lanaia for sabotaging Sizzy, I'll be sure to send you a gift basket (or, if what I think will happen happens, some flowers for your grave lol).

*snorts* Reminds me of Hannibal who was always making cannibal puns at people and no one noticed XD Also, her knocking Jace out was really dumb? I mean, he wouldn't have stopped her from saving Jonathan because, uh, that's saving her own neck, too. And if she'd portaled them both to the cell she could have disposed of him there way easier, locking him up – since apparently she didn't plan to kill him, and that nice straightjacket would have kept him from alerting the other Shadowhunters way longer than that pipe over the head. So, wholly unnecessary. I mean, in a way it's nice to know that Demonic Clary isn't smarter than Regular Clary.

Dude she's literally wielding a spear, how dumb are you.

Aaaaaand there goes my order to the nearest funeral wreath shop XD

Look I have questions (which, okay, I should have asked sooner but what even is continuity right). When that weird gratifying wing dream sequence started I thought it was Clary tapping into the rune connection and it was the real Jonathan communicating with her. When Jace entered the play field it was clear at least some part must be fake because Jace sure as heck wasn't unconscious / in trance at the time and later didn't give any indication that he participated in some creepy contest for Clary's affections. But now Jonathan is surprised by this, too? He, too, was a product of Clary's imagination? I have so many questions, first of all, why the wings? And the really cheap back-white-symbolism? Also, why did Clary feel so drawn to Jonathan if this was all in her own mind? Was it the influence of the Evil Rune? Does the Evil Rune have a user interface that's shaped to look like Jonathan? Does that mean Jonathan has a Clary-shaped interface??? I need answers.

Ugh. Let's make this long and painful, shall we.

OF COURSE IN THE ONE SCENE WHERE SHIT WILL GO DOWN THEY DON'T FAIL AT CASUAL INTIMACY THANK YOU FOR N O T H I N G

Let's not talk about the fact that the thought, Alec could mean anything but a break together from everything that's been going on, doesn't even cross Magnus's mind because no. Noooooo. I'd rather talk about how absolutey awesome both of their acting is. For Alec I really like the way he moves his eyes, like the gaze darting around alternating with the rigid stare. For Magnus, uh, everything, just like, his whole face is perfection?? Yeah, that works.

The way he interrupts because he just needs to get this over with as quickly as possible.

Dammit, he does this eyelid dip here, it's not a blink, it's just his eyelids twitching down for a second because this is like a slap in the face. And then he turns and takes a step away because his instinct is to run from this because what is this, this can't be

“Is this about last night? Because I'm going to quit drinking.”

Magnus “forever apologizing for being an 'inconvenience'” Bane, final installment.

Dammit, his face. And again with the deflecting, trivializing his feelings, anything to keep this conversation from going where he thinks it's going.

*EYE ROLL* Sorry but you don't get to play that card after being effin obtuse for 7 episodes, Alec. Nope. Nope.

Magnus, his usual walls rudely ripped away. He has no chance but to admit how shitty he's feeling. And if it wasn't for the circumstances I'd say “yay, finally some communication” but well.

“Fine. I'm in pain,” he says, and Alec turns away, breaking eye contact for a moment because the final confirmation is too much for him for a moment.

I love that Magnus doesn't deliver this line meekly. He's worked up, sure, but there's also a confidence when talking about their relationship. Breaking up is an unrealistic concept to him in that moment because it's so absurd. It's not fixing anything so why would it happen? Makes no sense. *insert weeping sounds*

Brutal and efficient. Very ic.

Damn how does even his blink convey so much vulnerability??? (Somewhere Lexa is nodding approvingly.) (Also why didn't I find gif sets of this :c)

“You said there's nothing I can do to make it better.”

There's an audible difference in his voice, because this part is true and he's not lying. The controlled monotone isn't there anymore. This is his real despair in the face of not being able to do anything to help Magnus.

“It's not your job to make it better.”

Again, if this was a constructive conversation it would be a great step in the right direction. But sadly it isn't, and so this is too little too late.

“Well, what am I supposed to do? Just stand by and watch you suffer for the rest of our lives?”

Alec is still speaking the truth, and this is his motivation to go through with it. Because a) he believes what Magnus said about never being happy again without his magic (sidenote, he didn't, in fact, say that, he said it might never pass (meaning being affected by the magic loss) and he's not happy at the moment, which isn't the same as he'll definitely surely never be happy again without his magic, but whatever) and b) he's sure he doesn't mean all that much to Magnus. He's his current love, but that's about it. Nothing special, not worth leaving such devastating traces in Magnus's life and he certainly doesn't mean as much to Magnus as Magnus means to him. And especially from that second part stems his gravely false assessment of the situation which in the course of consideration leads him to the conclusion that breaking Magnus's heart will hurt less in the long run than him not having his magic. There's also the fact that be probably didn't think about how him doing this to Magnus will confirm every last insecurity Magnus ever had about not being lovable, because I can't believe he would have gone through with this if he'd thought of that. Or at least, he would have been visibly more torn about it, maybe even talked out of it by Izzy, etc. But it's ic for Alec not to think like that, because in a way I guess he loves Magnus too much to really understand that Magnus has these doubts. And Magnus mostly playing his vulnerabilities close to his chest isn't working in his favor here either.

“This isn't you. You're not this selfish.”

This is what I mean. If Alec was less convinced that he's doing the right thing this line might have shaken him out of it. Honestly, I half hoped he'd object this, consequentally incriminate himself and Magnus would catch on that something was going on. But ofc that didn't happen.

The spark line, just. Ouch. Again, very clinical and minimalistc. The way Alec stares, his voice back to being monotone, the way he clenches his jaw. And then his work here is done and he's ready to leave.

It only gets worse from there. Magnus, frozen in disbelieve because this can't possibly be true, and then he starts begging and it breaks my heart every single time okay. To see him reduced to this desperation is just cruel.

I still can't help but note the way Alec readily turns around before Magnus has competely turned around himself. I think he was on the brink of giving in.

The way Magnus holds on to him, hands fluttering over his arms, shoulders, cheeks. The way Alec can't even look at him for the barest second, eyes closed, breath going heavy. Magnus's everything. Just kill me now.

And let's not talk about their kisses and Magnus's whispered words because no. There's nothing to say to that except perfection. Intense, top notch emotion portrayal on both parts.

Then Alec pulls away (how???? gotta admire commitment and an iron will when you see it but boy is it misplaced) and Magnus's hands tremble because this can't be happening, this can't possibly be real.

Note that Alec doesn't look him in the eyes once because he knows if he did, it'd all be over. Also note the look of utter betrayal on Magnus's face. It's not just hurt and heartbreak, it's betrayal because this is what this is. Alec promised him something, made him believe that he could trust in him, in them, and now he's going back on his word.

Well, this was fun, let's never do it again.

Look, I don't have the nerve for this anymore, so I'll keep it short and in no particular order: - Asmodeus is ass powerful and manages to distance-summon himself, yay, nice to know that the one time a shadowhunter doesn't act stupid and impulsive it still doesn't pay off. - Asmodeus killing pissed off warlock lady was both obvious and unnecessary. - His smile is creepy. - “My son needs me.” MY ASS - He still needs to support himself on the back of the chair because he's a weak bitch hahaha.

Conclusion: *sounds of despair*

I just watched the 3x19 promo and.... they're really gonna end Malec on a train wreck this season, aren't they?? Oh God. They hoped they'd have a forth season to work through it and that's why they served themselves with issues and second helpings of extra issues, and since s4 isn't a thing we're gonna get an unsatisfying as hell 2x20-style resolution in the finale. God please say I'm wrong but like. Arrgghhhh.

(Also, credit where credit is due: “Before we get started, does anyone wanna get out?” is the line from Captain America in TWS before the elevator fight.)

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techandguru-blog · 5 years ago

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There are times when we do not know the exact item but we know how it looks like i.e. it has specific pattern and certain characteristics. So by just knowing the pattern, we can identify the items. In the same way, there are patterns to identify strings or set of strings in given text or file in java. For that, we have a REGULAR EXPRESSION in java. e.g. if we want to catch all email from the given text, we know how emails look like so we can define a pattern. We create a regex to represent that pattern. And performing pattern match on the given text, we can list all the emails in the given input text.

So regular expression is a special sequence of character that helps to match, find, edit other string or set of strings in the given input, using a specialized string held in so-called Pattern. The regular expression in java is provided through java.util.regex package. Java.util.regex primarily contains three classes name listed below

- Pattern Class: It is used to define the patterns for matching. An object of Pattern class represents a compiled representation of the regular expression. There is no public constructor available to create an object of Pattern class. To instantiate an object of Pattern class, one has to use any version of public static compile() method of Pattern class. These methods accept regular expression string as the first argument.

- Matcher Class: Matcher class is an engine to interpret the pattern of regular expression and performs the match on the input string. Matcher class too does not have any public constructor. To obtain an object of Matcher class, one has to use call matcher() method on Pattern Class object.

- PatternSyntaxException Class: A PatternSyntaxException class represents an unchecked exception that indicates a Syntax error in the regular expression.

CAPTURING GROUP in Regular Expression

The capturing group represents the group of the letter put together as a single unit. They are created by putting letters to be grouped in parentheses. e.g. (techie360).

Capturing groups are numbered by counting the opening parentheses from left to right. e.g ((t)(pq)) has capturing group in the order ((t)(pq)), (t), (pq).

To find the number of capturing group in the regular expression, just use groupCount() method on Matcher class object. Every capturing group contains group 0 which is not included in the count returned by groupCount().

Example of Capturing Group usage

import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class RegexMatches { public static void main( String args[] ) { // input String String line = "you are reading post on techie360!"; String pattern = "(.*)(\\d+)(.*)"; // Create a Pattern object Pattern p = Pattern.compile(pattern); // Now create matcher object. Matcher m = p.matcher(line); if (m.find( )) { System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(0) ); System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(1) ); System.out.println("Found value: " + m.group(2) ); }else { System.out.println("NO MATCH"); } } }

The output of the above program would be

Found value: you are reading post on techie360! Found value: you are reading post on techie360! Found value: 0

REGULAR EXPRESSION SYNTAX AND MEANING

In the below table, a complete list of regular expression letters are listed

Regex Meaning ^ Matches the beginning of the line. $ Matches the end of the line. . Matches any single character except a newline. Using m option allows it to match the newline as well. [...] Matches any single character in brackets. [^...] Matches any single character not in brackets. \A Beginning of the entire string. \z End of the entire string. \Z End of the entire string except for allowable final line terminator. re* Matches 0 or more occurrences of the preceding expression. re+ Matches 1 or more of the previous thing. re? Matches 0 or 1 occurrence of the preceding expression. re{ n} Matches exactly n number of occurrences of the preceding expression. re{ n,} Matches n or more occurrences of the preceding expression. re{ n, m} Matches at least n and at most m occurrences of the preceding expression. a| b Matches either a or b. (re) Groups regular expressions and remembers the matched text. (?: re) Groups regular expressions without remembering the matched text. (?> re) Matches the independent pattern without backtracking. \w Matches the word characters. \W Matches the nonword characters. \s Matches the whitespace. Equivalent to [\t\n\r\f]. \S Matches the non-whitespace. \d Matches the digits. Equivalent to [0-9]. \D Matches the non-digits. \A Matches the beginning of the string. \Z Matches the end of the string. If a newline exists, it matches just before newline. \z Matches the end of the string. \G Matches the point where the last match finished. \n Back-reference to capture group number "n". \b Matches the word boundaries when outside the brackets. Matches the backspace (0x08) when inside the brackets. \B Matches the nonword boundaries. \n, \t, etc. Matches newlines, carriage returns, tabs, etc. \Q Escape (quote) all characters up to \E. \E Ends quoting begun with \Q.

METHODS OF MATCHER CLASS

Matcher class methods can be divided into three categories basis the function they perform:

- Index Methods: index methods provide the index of match found in the input string. Below is the list of index methods:

Method Explanation public int start() Returns the start index of the previous match. public int start(int group) Returns the start index of the subsequence captured by the given group during the previous match operation. public int end() Returns the offset after the last character matched. public int end(int group) Returns the offset after the last character of the subsequence captured by the given group during the previous match operation.

- Study Methods: these methods perform match on the input string and return whether the match is found or not. Please see below list for all Study methods:

Method Description Public boolean lookingAt() Attempts to match the input sequence, starting at the beginning of the region, against the pattern. public boolean find() Attempts to find the next subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern. public boolean find(int start) Resets this matcher and then attempts to find the next subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern, starting at the specified index. public boolean matches() Attempts to match the entire region against the pattern.

REPLACEMENT METHODS:

These methods perform replacement in the input string. Below are replacement methods

Method & Description public Matcher appendReplacement(StringBuffer sb, String replacement) Implements a non-terminal append-and-replace step. public StringBuffer appendTail(StringBuffer sb) Implements a terminal append-and-replace step. public String replaceAll(String replacement) Replaces every subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern with the given replacement string. public String replaceFirst(String replacement) Replaces the first subsequence of the input sequence that matches the pattern with the given replacement string. public static String quoteReplacement(String s) Returns a literal replacement String for the specified String. This method produces a String that will work as a literal replacement s in the appendReplacement method of the Matcher class.

matches() and lookingAt() methods: Similarity and differences

- both methods match pattern in the input string

- both start matching at the start of input string

- matches() requires complete string to be matched but lookingAt() does not require the complete string to be matching.

To demonstrate the difference see the example below:

import java.util.regex.Pattern; import java.util.regex.Matcher; public class RegexMatches { private static final String REGEX = "too"; private static final String INPUT = "tooo"; private static Pattern pattern; private static Matcher matcher; public static void main( String args[] ) { pattern = Pattern.compile(REGEX); matcher = pattern.matcher(INPUT); System.out.println("REGEX is: "+REGEX); System.out.println("INPUT is: "+INPUT); System.out.println("lookingAt(): "+matcher.lookingAt()); System.out.println("matches(): "+matcher.matches()); } }

the output of the above program

REGEX is: foo INPUT is: fooooooooooooooooo lookingAt(): true matches(): false

- replaceFirst( ) replaces first matching occurrence and replaceAll() replaces all occurrences of the pattern matching.

So we understand how we can use regular expression in java for pattern matching. Regular expressions are quite a powerful tool in java to find, edit and replace the input string.

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The Future of Brand is Shaped by the Experiences Customers and Employees Have and Share

Some helpful tips on Video & Content Marketing.

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Have you ever read a review of a restaurant before making reservations?

Have you ever read a review of product before making a purchase?

Have you ever read a review of a company before deciding to take a job?

Have you ever watched Youtube videos or asked your network aka hive mind for input regarding any of the above.

Of course you have. You’re a normal personal living in an incredibly connected and empowering world.

Knowing this however, it’s still surprising to see that so many companies do not fully grasp the importance of instilled and shared experiences…not just in one moment, but all moments. That’s the premise of customer experience after all. People have experiences whether you intend them to or not.

For far too many years, companies have by and large, prioritized scale, efficiencies and automation to serve customers. Yet, even though customer experiences happen throughout the entire customer lifecycle, no one moment is the defining moment. Brand is the sum of all experiences a customer has with you, in each moment, and all of the moments, combined.

Among the more savvy brand, investments in positive experiences were made in places that would strategically outweigh the negative. For example, the brand itself, marketing, sales, product quality and performance, packaging, etc. The elite brands also recognized the importance of post transaction support, investing in service models that also promoted positive experiences. For everyone else, customers had no real choice but to tolerate the good and the bad as “business as usual.” But, all of that changed in an era of social media, always-on connectivity, mobile devices, on-demand services and startup innovation.

Now, brands as experiences represent the new frontier for disruption. This is especially true in a post-pandemic economy.

Branding and CX is not just about tech, clever marketing, social issues, trends and fads, influencers or Cannes Lions awards. The customer experience is literally an experience. It’s something that people feel and internalize and it influences what people hold on to, express and remember. That’s why I refer to CX as “The Customer’s Experience.” It’s theirs. And in a connected world, people instinctively search for the shared experiences of others to inform their decisions and shape their likely experiences. It’s a form of trust and confidence that absolutely serves as the foundation for the future of business.

Innovative business models are organizing around experience design, where all facets of the customer’s experience come together to deliver a total, integrated and desired sensation…throughout their journey.

I was invited to Dubai to share my thoughts on experience architecture at the distinguished (and very cool) OMD Predicts event. Please join me in exploring and spreading these concepts to pave the way for a new generation of business rooted in the customer’s experience!

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Jacqueline Jossa wows in swimsuit as she jokes about family holiday in their pool

Jacqueline Jossa whisked her kids away for an afternoon of fun in their paddling pool.

The mother-of-two,27, joked about not being able to go on holiday as the family remained put at home in isolation amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Instead, the actress come up with a solution to bring their holiday to their home while the UK stayed in lockdown.

The former EastEnders star looked incredible when she slipped into a swimsuit as she got into the holiday mood with her two daughters.

Her daughters Ella, four, and Mia, one, looked chirpy and smiled for the camera while they posed with their mum in the paddling pool.

Jacqueline Jossa brags about taking her kids on ‘holiday’ in their paddling pool (Image: Instagram)

Dad Dan Osborne, 28, was every inch the Instagram husband when he snapped the picture-perfect photograph behind the camera lens.

Jac then shared the fun-filled photograph with her 2.6million followers on Instagram.

She wrote: “Bringing the holiday to the home since 2020.”

Jac is currently holed up at home with her husband and two kids (Image: Jacqueline Jossa/Instagram)

It comes after the starlet teased a third pregnancy as she hinted at doing a maternity range for In The Style.

Jac made the reveal in an answer to a fan as she remained in touch with her followers amid the pandemic.

“Have you thought about doing maternity wear?” asked one fan in relation to her popular In The Style fashion range.

Dan Osborne and Jac have been holed up with their kids at their family home (Image: Instagram)

“Yes, I thought about this, maybe if I am ever pregnant. Will be the first thing I do,” Jac responded in a written post.

Jacqueline has recently been showing off her new-found confidence since she courted attention with her I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here stint.

In her most recent interview, the actress admitted her darkest days saw her google “fat Lauren Branning” while she was a cast member on EastEnders.

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Jacqueline told New magazine : “They called me the new fat Lauren, there were Facebook groups and all sorts about.

“I was literally Googling my name every single day or writing Lauren Branning fat or new Lauren Branning.

“It was always negative and I would just be obsessed with reading forums and negative things about me.”

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Jacqueline Jossa wows in swimsuit as she jokes about family holiday in their pool

Jacqueline Jossa whisked her kids away for an afternoon of fun in their paddling pool.

The mother-of-two,27, joked about not being able to go on holiday as the family remained put at home in isolation amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Instead, the actress come up with a solution to bring their holiday to their home while the UK stayed in lockdown.

The former EastEnders star looked incredible when she slipped into a swimsuit as she got into the holiday mood with her two daughters.

Her daughters Ella, four, and Mia, one, looked chirpy and smiled for the camera while they posed with their mum in the paddling pool.

Jacqueline Jossa brags about taking her kids on ‘holiday’ in their paddling pool (Image: Instagram)

Dad Dan Osborne, 28, was every inch the Instagram husband when he snapped the picture-perfect photograph behind the camera lens.

Jac then shared the fun-filled photograph with her 2.6million followers on Instagram.

She wrote: “Bringing the holiday to the home since 2020.”

Jac is currently holed up at home with her husband and two kids (Image: Jacqueline Jossa/Instagram)

It comes after the starlet teased a third pregnancy as she hinted at doing a maternity range for In The Style.

Jac made the reveal in an answer to a fan as she remained in touch with her followers amid the pandemic.

“Have you thought about doing maternity wear?” asked one fan in relation to her popular In The Style fashion range.

Dan Osborne and Jac have been holed up with their kids at their family home (Image: Instagram)

“Yes, I thought about this, maybe if I am ever pregnant. Will be the first thing I do,” Jac responded in a written post.

Jacqueline has recently been showing off her new-found confidence since she courted attention with her I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here stint.

In her most recent interview, the actress admitted her darkest days saw her google “fat Lauren Branning” while she was a cast member on EastEnders.

Showbiz editor’s picks

Jacqueline told New magazine : “They called me the new fat Lauren, there were Facebook groups and all sorts about.

“I was literally Googling my name every single day or writing Lauren Branning fat or new Lauren Branning.

“It was always negative and I would just be obsessed with reading forums and negative things about me.”

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Anirudh RegidiAug 13, 2020 13:40:07 IST The thing with Xiaomi phones, especially the Redmi Note series, was that I could recommend them blindly. I never needed to think about specs, features, and most importantly: value for money. The phones were always good, always would be, but not anymore. Whatever else you might say about the two phones, you have to admit, they look really good. Image: Anirudh Regidi With the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max, things have changed To look at, these phones are basically identical. They differ only in the camera department and bundled accessories (the charger). Side-by-side, whether face-up or face-down, you won’t be able to tell them apart. But it’s not just looks; the specs, and by extension, the performance, is identical. They’re also gorgeous phones, and if I didn’t know any better, I’d guesstimate their prices at about 30k, perhaps higher. The phones both feature 6.67-inch FHD+ 60 Hz LCD displays paired with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC, 4/6/8 GB RAM, 64/128 GB of storage, 5,020 mAh battery, and quad-camera bumps on the rear — which share the 8 MP ultra-wide camera, 5 MP macro camera, and 2 MP depth sensor. You can’t tell the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max apart. Image: Anirudh Regidi Now for the differences: The Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with a 48 MP primary rear camera (binned to 12 MP) vs the 64 MP unit (binned to 16 MP) on the pro Max. You get 4/6 GB RAM options on the Pro, and 6/8 GB options on the Pro Max. Lastly, the Pro gets a pretty decent 18 W bundled charger and the Max gets a more powerful 33 W charger. Pricing for the Pro starts at Rs 13,999 (4/64), and for the Max at Rs 16,499 (6/64). On paper, they’re both excellent value, and the Pro looks like a steal. What’s a few megapixels here or there? And you don’t actually need a damaging-in-the-long-run 33 W charger, do you? Well, yes, but also no. The Redmis looks good, but… … looks aren’t everything. Performance is a sore point on both phones. Now Xiaomi told me that it opted for the 60 Hz display and more efficient SD720G chipset (vs the 90 Hz display and MediaTek G90T SoC on the competing Realme 6) because: Battery life mattered to its users The SD720G isn’t capable of 90 Hz gaming anyway. They’re both good arguments, and Xiaomi isn’t wrong. However, once you use the Realme 6 (Review), and especially play games on it — heavier games like PUBG, Dead Trigger 2, etc. — you can really feel the difference. Even in general usage, the Pro and Pro Max tend to stutter visibly, especially when browsing and using the picture-in-picture video modes. And the Realme 6, while it does have a smaller battery (4,300 mAh), faster display, and more power-hungry SoC, does last nearly a whole day (7–8 hrs of screen-on time vs 8–10 on the Pro Max), so the gains in battery life are not that significant in real-world usage. If you care about cameras… … don’t buy the Note 9 Pro, but do pick up the Pro Max. The Redmi Note 9 Pro’s camera setup was disappointing. The primary camera is good in good light, really good, in fact. However, let the light drop slightly or attempt to take pics indoors and you’ll be left with — more often than not — blurry, out-of-focus shots, which can also be poorly exposed. I suspect this has a more to do with low shutter speed and ISO sensitivity, but whatever the case, the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max’s cameras are just better. The quad-camera setup on the rear of the phones is good, but the Max’s 64 MP primary camera is leagues ahead of the Pro’s 48 MP unit. Image: Anirudh Regidi The Pro Max, on the other hand, was fantastic. Images are sharp and clear and there’s more than enough detail for those who want to do a bit of cropping. Shutter speeds also appear faster and there’s less ghosting when attempting to capture fast-moving subjects. In night mode, the difference between the two phones is night and day. Literally. The Note 9 Pro’s night mode offers marginally more detail than in regular mode, while the Note 9 Pro Max’s night mode is almost comparable to the iPhone 11’s night mode, at least in terms of colour and exposure. Click here to see Redmi Note 9 Pro camera samples: In video, too, the Note 9 Pro Max is leagues ahead. Both cameras struggle a bit with focus, but the Note 9 Pro couldn’t expose a scene correctly to save its life. In the bird-feeder video seen here, the Note 9 Pro just can’t maintain exposure while the Note 9 Pro Max does it easily. When it comes to selfies, both cameras are good enough. The 32 MP Pro Max selfies are a bit sharper, but image quality is largely comparable. The 8 MP ultra-wide and 5 MP macro on both phones work as advertised. They’re not great, but you have the option to use them if the need arises. Click here to see Redmi Note 9 Pro Max camera samples: Verdict: Only the Max is worth buying. With the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max, Xiaomi has really outdone itself in the design department, I just wish it had pushed a bit more on the performance front. The Redmi Note 9 Pro, while a great phone, is in that awkward position where it’s just a little bit cheaper than its far more capable sibling, and not as good value as its nearest rival, the Realme 6. As far as I’m concerned, if you’re looking for a phone around 15k, the choice is simple: If you care about cameras, get the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max. If you care about gaming, get the Realme 6. If you’re a Xiaomi fan and just cannot spend a Rupee over 14k, I’d still recommend saving up for a bit longer and getting the Pro Max. Find latest and upcoming tech gadgets online on Tech2 Gadgets. Get technology news, gadgets reviews & ratings. 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Golang, also known as Go, is an open-source programming language created by Google developers Robert Griesemer, Ken Thompson, and Rob Pike in 2007. It was created for ease, and many developers praise it for building simple, reliable programs. Since its release, Golang has gained increasing popularity. In 2009 and 2016, it was pronounced the language of the year. It was given the 10th place ranking in 2018, and it continues to move its way into major organizations. This language has a lot to offer. Anyone wanting to work at Google should know this language. That’s why today, I want to walk you through a deep-dive tutorial to the Go programming language. Today we will discuss:

Overview of Golang features

Basic terms and concepts of Go

Intermediate concepts of Go

Advanced concepts of Go

Resources

Overview of Golang features

This general-purpose programming language includes many great features from other programming languages. It is compiled, simple, concurrent, statically-typed, and efficient. Go improves upon these aspects of programming languages and simplifies the working environment for developers. Go is essentially an imperative language that accommodates concurrency concepts. It brings some of the great features of object-oriented programming, like interfaces, but does not include some of the pitfalls. Go was intentionally designed to exclude the more “heavy-weight” features of OOP. In that respect, Go is hybrid, utilizing the best features of many languages with a clear, expressive type system while remaining lightweight and easy to learn. Go can be used for all kinds of software development solutions such as a system programming language, a general programming language, or general support. It can handle heavy server-centric web services, text-processing problem, and heavy-duty distributed applications.

Why learn Golang?

Familiar and easy to learn. Go belongs to the C-family, so it shares many beloved syntactic similarities to languages like Java and C++, but Go offers a more concise syntax, so it’s easier to learn and read. Similar to Python and Ruby, it also integrates many features of dynamic programming. Meets developer needs. Go attempts to meet some common needs that developers face. It speeds up the software development process while not compromising on efficiency. Go aims to support the developing market with network communication, memory management, and speed. Simplicity of server-side. Go makes it easy to work with the server-side of your code. The standard Go library provides the standard HTTP protocol. Now that we have a sense of what Go is and what it brings to the table, let’s jump into the basics. Today, we will be introducing the major concepts and core constructs of the Go programming language to get you started. As always, a more robust course is needed to teach you all the ins-and-outs. Let’s jump in.

Basics terms and concepts of Go

Filenames, keywords, identifiers

The Go source code is stored in .go files. All filenames are lowercase, and you can use _ to separate multiple words. As with most filenames, you cannot use spaces or special characters. Keywords in Go function similarly to most programming languages. These are reserved words that carry special meaning to use in your code. Unlike Java or C++, Go has far fewer keywords, making it easier to use and learn. These keywords are:

Identifiers are similar to keywords, but you make these as the programmer. You can assign a name to elements like variables, templates, etc. And like most programming languages, identifiers are case sensitive. They must begin with a letter or an underscore and are followed by digits. The blank identifier _ can be used in declarations or variable assignments. There are also 36 predeclared identifiers, which are:

Basic structure

Programs in Go are built up of keywords, operators, types, functions, and constants. Code is structured in statements, but it does not need to end with a ; like many other C-family languages. If multiple statements are written on one line, you must separate them with ;. Go uses similar punctuation characters to other languages, including . , ; : and .... Go uses three delimiters in its code: ( ) [ ] and { }.

Data types and variables

Like many programming languages, variables contain different types of data that define the set of values or operations that can act upon those values. In Go, there are four main data types you can work with:

Elementary (aka. primitive): int, float, bool, string

Structures (aka. composite): struct, slice, map, array, channel

Interfaces: describe the behavior of a type

In Go, a structured type has no inherent value but rather the default value nil. A variable is a value that can be changed during execution. To declare a variable, we use the var keyword.

var identifier type = value

In this example, identifier is the name of the variable, and type is the type. Unlike other C-family languages, we write type after the variable identifier. When we declare a variable in Go, memory is initialized. We must also give a value to our variables using the = operator. This process is called assigning a variable. There is also a shorthand for declaring variables.

f := "fruit" fmt.Println(f) }

Operators

Like in many programming languages, operators are built-in symbols that perform logical or mathematical operations. There are three types of operators in Golang, arithmetic, logical, and bitwise. Logical operators are similar to other programming languages. Go, however, is very strict about the values that can be compared. These operators include:

Equality operator==

Not-Equal operator!=

Less-than operator <

Greater-than operator >

Less-than equal-to operator <=

Greater-than equal-to operator >=

Bitwise operators work on integer variables that have bit-patterns of equal length. Some of the bitwise operators are:

Bitwise AND operator &

Bitwise OR operator |

Bitwise XOR operator ^

Bit CLEAR operator &^

Bitwise COMPLEMENT operator ^

Arithmetic operators include + / % and *. These perform common arithmetic operations, and there are even some shortcuts. For example,

b = b + a

can be shortened as

b += a

Strings

Strings implement functions to manipulate UTF-8 encoded strings. They are UTF-8 encoded by default, so they can contain characters from any language. These are defined between double quotes “ “, can include a sequence of variable-width characters, and are immutable. Go strings are generally better than strings in other languages because they use less memory, and you don’t need to decode them due to the UTF-8 standard. There are two kinds of string literals in Golang, interpreted and raw. Interpreted strings are surrounded by quotes, and raw strings are surrounded by backticks. To declare a string, we use the string keyword. Look at the example below to see how it’s done.

package main import "fmt" func main() { var s string = "Hello, World" fmt.Printf(s) }

Output: Hello, World You can loop over characters in a string to access individual elements. We use the for loop, which we will discuss more later.

package main import "fmt" func main() { var s string = "Hello, World" for index, character := range(s){ fmt.Printf("The character %c is in position %d \n", character, index) } }

Output: The character H is in position 0 The character e is in position 1 The character l is in position 2 The character l is in position 3 The character o is in position 4 The character , is in position 5 The character is in position 6 The character W is in position 7 The character o is in position 8 You can also use string to form a string from a slice of byte values. Look at the example to see how it’s done.

package main import "fmt" func main() { myslice := []byte{0x48, 0x65, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x6f} mystring := string(myslice) fmt.Printf(mystring) }

Output: Hello

Times and dates

In Golang, the package time provides the ability to measure and display time. For example, we can use time.Now( ) to display the current time, and t.Day ( ) to obtain smaller parts. There are many useful features of Go’s time package, such as the function Since(t Time), which returns the time elapsed since t. You can make your own time formats as well.

t := time.Now() fmt.Printf("%02d.%02d.%4d\n", t.Day(), t.Month(), t.Year()) // e.g.: 29.10.2019

For more on Go's time package, check out the documentation.

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Intermediate concepts of Go

Control structures

Control structures are similar to that of C, but they are generally more simplified and flexible. There are no do or while loop; instead, Go uses flexible for and switch loops. There are also new control structures, such as a type switch and select. We do not use parentheses, and the bodies are brace-delimited. Let’s take a deeper look at Go control structures. if-else: this construct tests for a conditional statement, either logical or boolean. If a statement is true, the body between the { } is executed. If it is false, the statements are ignored, and the statement after the if is executed. Keep in mind that the braces are mandatory even if there is only one statement in the body. switch-case: this structure is used instead of long if statements that compare variables to values. This statement makes it easy to transfer-flow of execution in your code.

switch is generally more flexible than other languages. It takes this general form.

switch var1 { case val1: ... case val2: ... default: ... }

Like the if construct, a switch can also contain an initialization statement.

switch initialization; { case val1: ... case val2: ... default: ... }

select: this statement means we can wait on multiple channel operations, which we will discuss more later. for-range: in Go, this statement allows us to iterate over an expression that evaluates to an array, slice, map, string, or channel. The basic syntax is below.

for index, value := range mydatastructure { fmt.Println(value) }

index: the index of the value we want to access.

value: the value on each iteration.

mydatastructure: holds the data structure whose values we are accessing in the loop.

Keep in mind that this example is a generalization. To learn more about case-by-case examples, take a look at the EdPresso shot on the for-range loop here

Functions

Functions are the basic building blocks of Golang, as it shares many features of functional languages. As I mentioned before, functions are data since they have values and types. A Go program is built up of several functions. It is best to start with main( ) function and write them in calling, or logical, order. Functions break down problems into smaller tasks and enable us to reuse code. There are three types of functions in Go. All of them end when they have executed their last statement before } or when it executes a return statement.

Normal functions that use an identifier

Anonymous or lambda functions

Methods

We write functions using this syntax, and we call them with this general format.

func g() { // VALID ... }

and we call them with this general format.

pack1.Function(arg1,arg2,...,argn)

Here function is a function in pack1, and arg1is the argument. When we invoke a function, it makes copies of the arguments, which are passed to the called function. Let’s take a look at an example of a function to see Go in action. Here, we will dive into the printf( ) function in Golang. The print function allows you to print formatted data. It takes a template string that contains the text we will format and some annotation verbs that tell the fmt functions how to format.

fmt.printf("Sample template string %s",Object arg(s))

Conversion characters tell Golang how to format the data types. Some common specifiers are:

v – formats the value in a default format

d – formats decimal integers

g – formats the floating-point numbers

b – formats base 2 numbers

Say we wanted to print a string. The %s conversation character can be used in the template string to print string values. Look at the code below. There are many other cases where we can use the print function. To see more, take a look at the EdPresso shot on the Golang print function.

package main import "fmt" func main() { var mystring = "Hello world" fmt.Printf("The string is %s", mystring) }

Output: The string is Hello World

Maps

Maps, also called hashes or dicts in other programming languages, are a built-in data type in Go. The name explains their purpose: a map maps keys to values. Think of a map as a way to store key-value pairs.

You can use these for fast lookups, retrievals, or deletion of data based on keys. We declare a map using the following syntax

var m map[KeyType]ValueType

m is the name of the map variable

KeyType is the option data type of the keys in the map. This can also be declared at the time of initialization.

ValueType is the data type of the value in the key-value pairs.

The length of a map doesn’t need to be known at declaration, so it can grow dynamically. The value of an uninitialized map is nil. Let’s look at a specific example of a map in Golang to see how they are made:

package main import "fmt" func main() { var mapLit map[string]int // making map var mapAssigned map[string]int mapLit = map[string]int{"one": 1, "two": 2} // adding key-value pair mapCreated := make(map[string]float32) // making map with make() mapAssigned = mapLit mapCreated["key1"] = 4.5 // creating key-value pair for map mapCreated["key2"] = 3.14159 mapAssigned["two"] = 3 // changing value of already existing key fmt.Printf("Map literal at \"one\" is: %d\n", mapLit["one"]) fmt.Printf("Map created at \"key2\" is: %f\n", mapCreated["key2"]) fmt.Printf("Map assigned at \"two\" is: %d\n", mapLit["two"]) fmt.Printf("Map literal at \"ten\" is: %d\n", mapLit["ten"]) }

Output: Map literal at "one" is: 1 Map created at "key2" is: 3.141590 Map assigned at "two" is: 3 Map literal at "ten" is: 0

Arrays and slices

Arrays in Go are similar to Python, but they aren’t very common in Go code because they are inflexible and have a fixed size. Instead, slices are far more common and provide greater power. Slices in Go build off of arrays, since it is an abstraction of Go’s array type. To declare an array, we use the following syntax:

var identifier [len]type

An array is fixed in size since its length is part of its type. For example [5]int represents an array of five integers. A slice allows us to overcome some of the challenges of arrays and work with sequences of typed data without using additional memory. A slice is a reference to a continuous section of an array, called the underlying array. A slice is dynamically sized and flexible. A slice is formed when we specify two indices, separated by a colon. We use the type specification [ ]T. T is the type of elements in the slice. We declare a slice using the following syntax:

letters := []string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}

To declare the type for a variable with a slice, we use [ ] with the type of elements for the slice.

package main import ( "fmt" "reflect" ) func main() { var intSlice []int var strSlice []string fmt.Println(reflect.ValueOf(intSlice).Kind()) fmt.Println(reflect.ValueOf(strSlice).Kind()) }

A slice, unlike an array, can change during execution. Additionally, slices come with the built-in append, which can return a slice that contains one or more new values. The syntax of the append method is:

slice = append(slice, elem1, elem2, ...)

Take a look at how it's done.

package main import "fmt" // Helper function to. print slices func printSlice(s []int) { fmt.Printf("length=%d capacity=%d %v\n", len(s), cap(s), s) } func main() { var slice []int // Create an empty slice of type int. printSlice(slice) // Append works on nil slices. slice = append(slice, 0) printSlice(slice) // Slices can be appended to as many times. slice = append(slice, 1) printSlice(slice) // We can add more than one element at a time. slice = append(slice, 2, 3, 4) printSlice(slice) }

Output: length=0 capacity=0 [] length=1 capacity=1 [0] length=2 capacity=2 [0 1] length=5 capacity=6 [0 1 2 3 4] Now that we have a sense of some of the intermediate Go concepts, let’s move onto some of the important advanced things that Golang brings to the table. Keep in mind that there is a lot more to learn. Some other intermediate concepts include:

Recursive functions

Higher order functions

Structs and methods

Interfaces and reflection

and more

Advanced concepts of Go

Error handling

Go does not have an exception-handling mechanism. We use the built-in interface type error. It’s zero value is nil, so we know that there were no errors if it returns nil. The most common way to handle errors is to return the error type as the last return value of a function call to check for nil. Let’s take a look at some code to see how it’s done.

package main import "fmt" import "errors" // Import the errors package. func divide(x int, y int) (int, error) { if y == 0 { return -1, errors.New("Cannot divide by 0!") } return x/y, nil } func main() { answer, err := divide(5,0) if err != nil { // Handle the error! fmt.Println(err) } else { // No errors! fmt.Println(answer) } }

Output: Cannot divide by 0!

Goroutine

Go comes with built-in support for concurrent applications. These are programs that execute different pieces of code simultaneously. The basic building blocks for structuring concurrent programs are goroutines and channels. Unlike Java, concurrency support is baked into the language with specific types (chan), keywords (go, select) and constructs (goroutines). Go emphasizes concurrency rather than parallelism because Go programs may not be parallel by default. Only a single core or processor is used for a Go program, regardless of the goroutines running.

So, what are goroutines? They are methods or functions that run alongside other methods or functions. These are determined by how we call them. Think of these like threads, but they are much easier and more lightweight. We use the keyword go to create a goroutine, so when we call a function or method with that prefix, a goroutine is executed. If you want a more robust introduction to Goroutines, check out the article Anatomy of goroutines in Go. You can use the variable GOMAXPROCS to tell the run-time how many goroutines can execute. GOMAXPROCS must be set to more than the default value 1, or else all goroutines will share the same thread. Let’s look at an example.

package main import ( "fmt" "time" ) func main() { fmt.Println("In main()") go longWait() go shortWait() fmt.Println("About to sleep in main()") time.Sleep(10 * 1e9) // sleep works with a Duration in nanoseconds (ns) ! fmt.Println("At the end of main()") } func longWait() { fmt.Println("Beginning longWait()") time.Sleep(5 * 1e9) // sleep for 5 seconds fmt.Println("End of longWait()") } func shortWait() { fmt.Println("Beginning shortWait()") time.Sleep(2 * 1e9) // sleep for 2 seconds fmt.Println("End of shortWait()") }

Output: In main() About to sleep in main() Beginning longWait() Beginning shortWait() End of shortWait() End of longWait() At the end of main() Here, the program indicates the part of the execution phase that the program is in. The functions main( ), shortWait( ), and longWait( ) start as independent processing units and then work concurrently. Channels are used with goroutines to enable communication between them. These are typed message queues that transmit data. Think of it as a conduit that you can send typed values through. This way, we can avoid shared memory between goroutines. A channel can transmit one datatype, but we can make them for any type.

To declare a channel, we use the following format

var identifier chan datatype

A channel is also a reference type, so, to allocate memory, we use the make( ) function. Below, see how to declare a channel of strings and its instantiation.

var ch1 chan string ch1 = make(chan string)

The Standard Library and Packages

The Go-distribution includes more than 250 built-in packages, and the API is the same for all systems. Each package introduced different functionalities to your Go code. See the documentation here. Let’s introduce some common packages to see what it has to offer.

os/exec: gives the possibility to run external OS commands and programs.

syscall: this is the low-level, external package, which provides a primitive interface to the underlying OS’s calls.

archive/tar and /zip – compress: contains functionality for (de)compressing files.

fmt: contains functionality for formatted input-output.

io: provides basic input-output functionality, mostly as a wrapper around os-functions.

bufio: wraps around io to give buffered input-output functionality.

path/filepath: contains routines for manipulating filename paths targeted at the OS used.

strconv: converts strings to basic data types.

unicode: special functions for Unicode characters.

regexp: for string pattern-searching functionalities.

There are also external third-party Go packages that can be installed with the go get tool. You need to verify that the GOPATH variable is set, otherwise, it will be downloaded into the $GOPATH/src directory. Check that out here. There are more than 500 useful projects that you can introduce to your Go program. When introducing new functionality to an existing project, it’s good to incorporate a pre-existing Go library. This requires knowledge of the library’s API, which constraints the methods for calling the library. Once you know the API, call the library’s functions and get started. Let’s look at the complete code of importing an external library.

package main import ( "fmt" "time" "github.com/inancgumus/myhttp" ) func main() { mh := myhttp.New(time.Second) response, _ := mh.Get("https://jsonip.com/") fmt.Println("HTTP status code: ", response.StatusCode) }

Now we have a sense of some of the advanced concepts in Go. There is a lot more to learn, including:

Interfaces and Reflection

Error testing

Anonymous channel closure

Networking, templating, and web-applications

Best practices and pitfalls

and more

Resources

Golang is an exciting language that speeds up development and accommodates your real-world needs. Luckily, there are dozens of useful resources to learn, practice, and share Go with the world. Take a look below to get started.

Courses

The Way to Go: the definitive place to learn the core constructs and techniques of Go with hands-on practice

Introduction to Programming in Go: detailed instruction for beginners

Mastering Concurrency in Go: for intermediate Go learners looking to upskill

Documentation and Guides

Tour of Go: official Go tutorial

Official Golang Documentation: dive deeply into the code

GitHub Go Bootcamp: learn by practicing, for beginners

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class 10 computer string chapter explanation: Java

Introduction to Java String Handling

String is probably the most commonly used class in java library. String class is encapsulated under java.lang package. In java, every string that you create is actually an object of type String. One important thing to notice about string object is that string objects are immutable that means once a string object is created it cannot be altered. In Java, java.lang.String class is implementes using Serializable, Comparable and CharSequence interface.

In Java, CharSequence Interface is used for representing a sequence of characters. CharSequence interface is implemented by String, StringBuffer and StringBuilder classes. This three classes can be used for creating strings in java.

What is an Immutable object?

An object whose state cannot be changed after it is created is known as an Immutable object. String, Integer, Byte, Short, Float, Double and all other wrapper classes objects are immutable.

Creating an Immutable class

public final class MyString

{

final String str;

MyString(String s)

{

this.str = s;

}

public String get()

{

return str;

}

In this example MyString is an immutable class. MyString's state cannot be changed once it is created. Creating a String object

String can be created in number of ways, here are a few ways of creating string object.

1) Using a String literal

String literal is a simple string enclosed in double quotes " ". A string literal is treated as a String object.

String str1 = "Hello";

2) Using another String object

String str2 = new String(str1);

3) Using new Keyword

String str3 = new String("Java");

4) Using + operator (Concatenation)

String str4 = str1 + str2;

or,

String str5 = "hello"+"Java";

Each time you create a String literal, the JVM checks the string pool first. If the string literal already exists in the pool, a reference to the pool instance is returned. If string does not exist in the pool, a new string object is created, and is placed in the pool. String objects are stored in a special memory area known as string constant pool inside the heap memory.

Concatenating String

There are 2 methods to concatenate two or more string.

1. Using concat() method

2. Using + operator

1) Using concat() method

string s = "Hello";

string str = "Java";

string str2 = s.concat(str);

String str1 = "Hello".concat("Java"); //works with string literals too.

2) Using + operator

string str = "Rahul";

string str1 = "Dravid";

string str2 = str + str1;

string st = "Rahul"+"Dravid";

String Comparison

String comparison can be done in 3 ways.

1. Using equals() method

2. Using == operator

3. By CompareTo() method

Using equals() method

equals() method compares two strings for equality. Its general syntax is,

boolean equals (Object str)

It compares the content of the strings. It will return true if string matches, else returns false.

String s = "Hell";

String s1 = "Hello";

String s2 = "Hello";

s1.equals(s2); //true

s.equals(s1) ; //false

Using == operator

== operator compares two object references to check whether they refer to same instance. This also, will return true on successful match.

String s1 = "Java";

String s2 = "Java";

String s3 = new string ("Java");

test(s1 == s2) //true

test(s1 == s3) //false

By compareTo() method

compareTo() method compares values and returns an int which tells if the string compared is less than, equal to or greater than the other string. It compares the String based on natural ordering i.e alphabetically. Its general syntax is,

int compareTo(String str)

String s1 = "Abhi";

String s2 = "Viraaj";

String s3 = "Abhi";

s1.compareTo(S2); //return -1 because s1 < s2

s1.compareTo(S3); //return 0 because s1 == s3

s2.compareTo(s1); //return 1 because s2 > s1

Java String class functions

The methods specified below are some of the most commonly used methods of the String class in Java. We will learn about each method with help of small code examples for better understanding.

charAt() method

charAt() function returns the character located at the specified index.

String str = "studytonight";

System.out.println(str.charAt(2));

Output: u

NOTE: Index of a String starts from 0, hence str.charAt(2) means third character of the String str. equalsIgnoreCase() method

equalsIgnoreCase() determines the equality of two Strings, ignoring thier case (upper or lower case doesn't matters with this fuction ).

String str = "java";

System.out.println(str.equalsIgnoreCase("JAVA"));

Output: true

indexOf() method

indexOf() function returns the index of first occurrence of a substring or a character. indexOf() method has four forms:

· int indexOf(String str): It returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring.

· int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex): It returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character, starting the search at the specified index.

· int indexOf(int ch): It returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character.

· int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex): It returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring, starting at the specified index.

Example:

public class StudyTonight {

public static void main(String[] args) {

String str="StudyTonight";

System.out.println(str.indexOf('u')); //3rd form

System.out.println(str.indexOf('t', 3)); //2nd form

String subString="Ton";

System.out.println(str.indexOf(subString)); //1st form

System.out.println(str.indexOf(subString,7)); //4th form

}

Java String class functions

The methods specified below are some of the most commonly used methods of the String class in Java. We will learn about each method with help of small code examples for better understanding.

charAt() method

charAt() function returns the character located at the specified index.

String str = "studytonight";

System.out.println(str.charAt(2));

Output: u

equalsIgnoreCase() method

equalsIgnoreCase() determines the equality of two Strings, ignoring thier case (upper or lower case doesn't matters with this fuction ).

String str = "java";

System.out.println(str.equalsIgnoreCase("JAVA"));

Output: true

indexOf() method

indexOf() function returns the index of first occurrence of a substring or a character. indexOf() method has four forms:

int indexOf(String str): It returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring.

int indexOf(int ch, int fromIndex): It returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character, starting the search at the specified index.

int indexOf(int ch): It returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified character.

int indexOf(String str, int fromIndex): It returns the index within this string of the first occurrence of the specified substring, starting at the specified index.

Example:

public class StudyTonight {

public static void main(String[] args) {

String str="StudyTonight";

System.out.println(str.indexOf('u')); //3rd form

System.out.println(str.indexOf('t', 3)); //2nd form

String subString="Ton";

System.out.println(str.indexOf(subString)); //1st form

System.out.println(str.indexOf(subString,7)); //4th form

}

length() method

length() function returns the number of characters in a String.

String str = "Count me";

System.out.println(str.length());

replace() method

replace() method replaces occurances of character with a specified new character.

String str = "Change me";

System.out.println(str.replace('m','M'));

Output: Change Me

substring() method

substring() method returns a part of the string. substring() method has two forms,

public String substring(int begin);

public String substring(int begin, int end);

character of begin index is inclusive and character of end index is exclusive.

The first argument represents the starting point of the subtring. If the substring() method is called with only one argument, the subtring returned, will contain characters from specified starting point to the end of original string.But, if the call to substring() method has two arguments, the second argument specify the end point of substring.

String str = "0123456789";

System.out.println(str.substring(4));

456789

System.out.println(str.substring(4,7));

Output:456

toLowerCase() method

toLowerCase() method returns string with all uppercase characters converted to lowercase.

String str = "ABCDEF";

System.out.println(str.toLowerCase());

Output:abcdef

toUpperCase() method

This method returns string with all lowercase character changed to uppercase.

String str = "abcdef";

System.out.println(str.toUpperCase());

Output:ABCDEF

trim() method

This method returns a string from which any leading and trailing whitespaces has been removed.

String str = " hello ";

System.out.println(str.trim());

Output:hello

NOTE: If the whitespaces are between the string, for example: String s1 = "study tonight"; then System.out.println(s1.trim()); will output "study tonight".

trim() method removes only the leading and trailing whitespaces.

Extra note:

format() Method

format() is a string method. It is used to the format of the given string.

Following are the format specifier and their datatype:

Format Specifier Datatype

floating point

Any type

character

integer

floating point

any type

none

integer

any type

Date/Time

integer

public class FormatDemo1

{

public static void main(String[] args)

{

String a1 = String.format("%d", 125);

String a2 = String.format("%s", "studytonight");

String a3 = String.format("%f", 125.00);

String a4 = String.format("%x", 125);

String a5 = String.format("%c", 'a');

System.out.println("Integer Value: "+a1);

System.out.println("String Value: "+a2);

System.out.println("Float Value: "+a3);

System.out.println("Hexadecimal Value: "+a4);

System.out.println("Char Value: "+a5); }}

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The Establishment Loyalist’s Favorite Online Tactic

This article was originally published by Caitlin Johnstone at Activist Post.

If you’re skeptical of Western power structures and you’ve ever engaged in online political debate for any length of time, the following has definitely happened to you.

You find yourself going back and forth with one of those high-confidence, low-information establishment types promulgating a dubious mainstream narrative, whether that be about politics, war, Julian Assange, or whatever. At some point they make an assertion which you know to be false–publicly available information invalidates the claim they’re making.

“I’ve got them now!” you think to yourself if you’re new to this sort of thing. Then you share a link to an article or video which makes a well-sourced, independently verifiable case for the point you are trying to make.

Then, the inevitable happens.

“LMAO! That outlet!” they scoff in response. “That outlet is propaganda/fake news/conspiracy theory trash!”

Or something to that effect. You’ll encounter this tactic over and over and over again if you continually engage in online political discourse with people who don’t agree with you. It doesn’t matter if you’re literally just linking to an interview featuring some public figure saying a thing you’d claimed they said. It doesn’t matter if you’re linking to a WikiLeaks publication of a verified authentic document. Unless you’re linking to CNN/Fox News (whichever fits the preferred ideology of the establishment loyalist you’re debating), they’ll bleat “fake news!” or “propaganda!” or “Russia!” as though that in and of itself magically invalidates the point you’re trying to make.

And of course, it doesn’t. What they are doing is called attacking the source, also known as an ad hominem, and it’s a very basic logical fallacy.

Most people are familiar with the term “ad hominem”, but they usually think about it in terms of merely hurling verbal insults at people. What it actually means is attacking the source of the argument rather than attacking the argument itself in a way that avoids dealing with the question of whether or not the argument itself is true. It’s a logical fallacy because it’s used deliberately to obfuscate the goal of a logical conclusion to the debate.

“An ad hominem is more than just an insult,” explains David Ferrer for The Quad. “It’s an insult used as if it were an argument or evidence in support of a conclusion. Verbally attacking people proves nothing about the truth or falsity of their claims.”

This can take the form of saying “Claim X is false because the person making it is an idiot.” But it can also take the form of “Claim X is false because the person making it is a propagandist,” or “Claim X is false because the person making it is a conspiracy theorist.”

I don’t think @bellingcat knows what’s about to hit them now that @caitoz is on their case. Settle in for a few fun months as their entire bullshit narrative on #Syria chemical weapons comes tumbling down. Here’s her opening jab: https://t.co/jvYfIBkDM2

— Sharmine Narwani (@snarwani) November 27, 2019

Someone being an idiot, a propagandist or a conspiracy theorist is irrelevant to the question of whether or not what they’re saying is true. In my last article debunking a spin job on the OPCW scandal by the narrative management firm Bellingcat, I pointed out that Bellingcat is funded by imperialist regime change operations like the National Endowment for Democracy, which was worth highlighting because it shows the readers where that organization is coming from. But if I’d left my argument there it would still be an ad hominem attack, because it wouldn’t address whether or not what Bellingcat wrote about the OPCW scandal is true. It would be a logical fallacy; proving that they are propagandists doesn’t prove that what they are saying in this particular instance is false.

What I had to do in order to actually refute Bellingcat’s spin job was show that they were making a bad argument using bad logic, which I did by highlighting the way they used pedantic wordplay to make it seem as though the explosive leaks which have been emerging from the OPCW’s investigation of an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria were insignificant. I had to show how Bellingcat actually never came anywhere close to addressing the actual concerns about a leaked internal OPCW email, such as extremely low chlorinated organic chemical levels on the scene and patients’ symptoms not matching up with chlorine gas poisoning, as well as the fact that the OPCW investigators plainly don’t feel as though their concerns were met since they’re blowing the whistle on the organization now.

And, for the record, Bellingcat’s lead trainer/researcher guy responded to my arguments by saying I’m a conspiracy theorist. I personally count that as a win.

The correct response to someone who attacks the outlet or individual you’re citing instead of attacking the actual argument being made is, “You’re attacking the source instead of the argument. That’s a logical fallacy, and it’s only ever employed by people who can’t attack the argument.”

The demand that you only ever use mainstream establishment media when arguing against establishment narratives is itself an inherently contradictory position because establishment media by their very nature do not report facts against the establishment. It’s saying “You’re only allowed to criticize establishment power using outlets which never criticize establishment power.”

2/2 No principle is worth nuclear war. This honest reporter, @caitoz, beholden to no ideology or special interest, calls it as it is, not as the #MSM wants to see — https://t.co/miDXqmZAG7

— Oliver Stone (@TheOliverStone) November 26, 2019

Good luck finding a compilation of Trump’s dangerous escalations against Moscow like the one I wrote the other day anywhere in the mainstream media, for example. Neither mainstream liberals nor mainstream conservatives are interested in promoting that narrative, so it simply doesn’t exist in the mainstream information bubble. Every item I listed in that article is independently verifiable and sourced from separate mainstream media reports, yet if you share that article in a debate with an establishment loyalist and they know who I am, nine times out of ten they’ll say something like “LOL Caitlin Johnstone?? She’s nuts!” With “nuts” of course meaning “Says things my TV doesn’t say”.

It’s possible to just click on all the hyperlinks in my article and share them separately to make your point, but you can also simply point out that they are committing a logical fallacy, and that they are doing so because they can’t actually attack the argument.

This will make them very upset because for the last few years establishment loyalists have been told that it is perfectly normal and acceptable to attack the source instead of the argument. The mass hysteria about “fake news” and “Russian propaganda” has left consumers of mainstream media with the unquestioned assumption that if they ever so much as glance at an RT article their faces will begin to melt like that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark. They’ve been trained to believe that it’s perfectly logical and acceptable to simply shriek “propaganda!” at a rational argument or well-sourced article which invalidates their position or even to proactively go around calling people Russian agents who dissent from mainstream western power-serving narratives.

But it isn’t logical, and it isn’t acceptable. The best way to oppose their favorite logically fallacious tactic is to call it like it is and let them deal with the cognitive dissonance that that brings up for them.

Me: This link proves my claim. Empire loyalist: Eww, THAT outlet? They publish criticisms of western imperialism! Me: Yeah. That’s why I’m linking to them. Empire loyalist: No. You can only criticize western imperialism linking to outlets that never criticize western imperialism.

— Caitlin Johnstone ⏳ (@caitoz) November 27, 2019

Of course, some nuance is needed here. Remember that alternative media is just like anything else: there’s good and bad, even within the same outlet, so make sure what you’re sharing is solid and not just some schmuck making a baseless claim. You can’t just post a link to some YouTuber making an unsubstantiated assertion and then accuse the person you’re debating of attacking the source when they dismiss it. That which has been presented without evidence may be dismissed without evidence, and if the link you’re citing consists of nothing other than unproven assertions by someone they’ve got no reason to take at their word, they can rightly dismiss it.

If, however, the claims in the link you’re citing are logically coherent arguments or well-documented facts presented in a way that people can independently fact-check, it doesn’t matter if you’re citing CNN or Sputnik. The only advantage to using CNN when possible would be that it allows you to skip the part where they perform the online equivalent of putting their fingers in their ears and humming.

Don’t allow those who are still sleeping bully those who are not into silence. Insist on facts, evidence, and intellectually honest arguments, and if they refuse to provide them call it what it is: an admission that they have lost the debate.

The post The Establishment Loyalist’s Favorite Online Tactic appeared first on News City Group.

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300+ TOP F# Interview Questions and Answers

F# Interview Questions and Answers for freshers experienced :-

1. What is F#? F# is a functional and cross-platform programming language. F# programming language is used for .Net Framework. 2. What are the features of F#? The features of F# are: Net implementation of OCaml Provides type inference Rich pattern matching constructs Interactive scripting and debugging capabilities Writing higher order functions 3. Write a program in F# to print “F# Expert” by using printfn? Example: printfn "F# Expert" 4. Write a program in F# to print “Interview Questions” by using System.Console? Example: System.Console.WriteLine("Interview Questions") 5. What are the types of data types used in F#? The types of data types used in F# are: Unit type Unit type Derived data types Primitive data types 6. What are the types of comment in F#? There are two types of comment in F#: Single line. Example: // Single Line Comment. Multiple line. Example:(* Multiple Line Comment.*) 7. What is Tuple in F#? A tuple is a collection of values and the values may be same or different types. 8. What is list in F#? List is an immutable series of same type of elements. It is equivalent to linked list data structure to some extent. 9. What is Enumeration in F#? Enumerations are also known as enums and enum is a combination of labels and values. In place of literals you can use enums to make code more readable and maintainable. 10. What is delegate in F#? It is a reference type of variable and it holds the reference of a method. In F# delegates are similar to pointers. 11. What are the types of access control in F#? There are three types of access control are: Public Private Internal 12. What is Records in F#? Records: It is used to store any type of data. Here, records are immutable and you can’t change the original records. 13. Can a function return multiple values in F#? Yes, you can return multiple values in a function by using tuples. 14. What are options in F#? It is used in calculations when there is a case of exception. It is also used to indicate whether the function has succeeded or failed. Option values are of two types: Some(x) None 15. What are the various ways of creating lists? Ways of creating lists are: By using list literals. By using cons operator. By using the List.init method. By using some syntactic constructs. 16. Who is the developer of F# programming language? Don Syme is the developer of F# programming language. 17. What are the uses of F# programming language? The uses of F# programming language are: It is used for Financial modeling Graphic design Compiler programming Making scientific model Artificial intelligence research work Mathematical problem solving 18. Name some reserved keywords available in F#? Reserved keywords available in F# are: abstract and as assert base begin do exception extern global class done end false if default downcast else finally inline delegate downto elif function lazy 19. 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You are not restricted to names such as this or self as in .Net languages. Example type Employee(id,name) as this = let id = id let name = name do this.Display() // This is how we can use self(this) object member this.Display() = printf "%d %s" id name let e =new Employee(100, "Rajkumar") 32. What is static in F#? In F#, static is a keyword. It is used to make the static field or static method. Static is not the part of the object. It has its memory space to store static data. It is used to share common properties among objects. Example type Account(accno,name) = class static let rateOfInterest = 8.8 member this.display()= printfn "%d %s %0.2f" accno name rateOfInterest end let a1 = new Account(101,"Rajkumar") let a2 = new Account(102, "john") a1.display() a2.display() 33. What is an inheritance in F#? In F#, inheritance is a process in which child class acquires all the properties and behaviors of its parent class automatically. It is used to reuse the code. Example type Employee(name:string) = class member this.ShowName() = printf"Name = %s\n" name end type Manager(name,salary:int) = class inherit Employee(name) member this.ShowSalary() = printf"Salary = $%d" salary end let manager = new Manager("Rajkumar",10000) manager.ShowName() manager.ShowSalary() 34. What is method overriding in F#? Method overriding is a feature of Object-oriented programming approach. It helps to achieve polymorphism. We can achieve method overriding using inheritance. Example type Employee() = class abstract ShowName : unit -> unit default this.ShowName() = printfn"This is base class method" end type Manager() = class inherit Employee() override this.ShowName() = printf "This is derived class method" end let employee = new Employee() let manager = new Manager() employee.ShowName() manager.ShowName() 35. What is an abstract class? Abstract classes are used to provide the full implementation of class members. It may contain non-abstract methods. A class that inherits abstract class must provide an implementation of all abstract methods of the abstract class. Example type AbstractClass() = class abstract member ShowClassName : unit -> unit end type DerivedClass() = class inherit AbstractClass() override this.ShowClassName() = printf "This is derived class." end let a = new DerivedClass() a.ShowClassName() 36. What is an interface in F#? F# provides Interface type. It provides pure abstraction. It is a collection of abstract methods. Example type IEmployee = abstract member ShowName : unit -> unit type Manager(id:int, name:string) = interface IEmployee with member this.ShowName() = printfn "Id = %d \nName = %s" id name let manager = new Manager(100,"RajKumar") //manager.ShowName() // error: you can't directly access interface abstract method by using class object. // so, we need to upcast class type object to interface type by using :> operator. (manager :> IEmployee).ShowName() 37. What is type extension in F#? Type extension allows you to add new members to your previously defined object type. Example type ClassExtension() = member this.ShowBefore() = printfn"Class before extension" // Define type extension. type ClassExtension with member this.ShowAfter() = printfn"Class after extension" let classExtension = new ClassExtension() classExtension.ShowBefore() classExtension.ShowAfter() 38. What is a delegate in F#? In F#, delegates are reference types. It allows us to call the function as an object. It is a feature of this language. It gives an advantage over the other functional programming languages. Example type Deligate() = static member mul(a : int, b : int) = a * b member x.Mul(a : int, b : int) = a * b type Multiply = delegate of (int * int) -> int let getIt (d : Multiply) (a : int) (b: int) = d.Invoke(a, b) let d : Multiply = new Multiply( Deligate.mul ) for (a, b) in do printfn "%d * %d = %d" a b (getIt d a b) 39. What is the object expression in F#? F# object expression is a special expression. It creates a new instance of anonymous object type which is based on an existing base type, interface, or set of interfaces. Example let ex = { new System.Exception() with member x.ToString() = "Hello FSharp" } printfn "%A" ex 40. What is Exception handling? Exception handling is a standard mechanism to handle abnormal termination of the program. The Exception is a situation that occurs during program execution. It may lead to terminate program abnormally like divide by zero or a null pointer. Example let ExExample a b = let mutable c = 0 c Read the full article

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Old Man Quill Just Got His Own Avengers: Endgame Quest

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Old Man Quill #10, by Ethan Sacks, Robert Gill, Rachelle Rosenberg and VC’s Joe Caramagna, on sale now.

Old Man Quill has painted Peter Quill (aka Star Lord) into quite a corner. Following the revelation that the Guardians of the Galaxy were all dead and he was merely hallucinating them, Star Lord lost it and, while wielding a Hulkbuster in this universe’s Baxter Building, went after the Imperial Guard with murderous intent.

After all, he has no choice if he’s to attain the Ultimate Nullifier and exact revenge on Galactus and his Universal Church of Truth. In a desperate move, though, Quill detonated a space-time bomb that took the Guard out. But in the process he lost the Nullifier, which led to him being rescued by Viv Vision and her Resistance. However, hope is not lost as Quill embarks on a time-travel quest similar to that seen in Avengers: Endgame.

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Star Lord is heartbroken as he doesn’t think he can find a way to avenge his family and the Guardians. Even the victory over the Guard doesn’t sit well because all he wants to do is bring the Devourer of Worlds down. Thankfully, H.E.R.B.I.E. reminds him and Viv that the weapon can be found 55 years in the past, and Viv decides to offer Quill what he needs to pull off a time heist. It’s similar to the Avengers’ plan to traipse around the timestream to undo Thanos’ Decimation in Avengers: Endgame.

Much like that film, Quill has a few rules to follow. He doesn’t possess Pym Particles but Viv fits him with tech that allows him to traverse the temporal gateway to the Baxter Building and nowhere else. It’s up to Quill to steal the Nullifier without being noticed so as to not break the timestream.

Eventually, Quill — with a special time-traveling hazmat suit (hey, it’s a far cry from the sleek ones from the Marvel Cinematic Universe) — heads to the past. And while he finds a period where he can steal the Nullifier, just like Chris Evans’ Cap, Quill gets exposed as he drops right in on the Fantastic Four when they’re working on their own time sled.

RELATED: Old Man Quill: What Happened to the Guardian of the Galaxy?

They’re fighting Red Skull and Loki, and when Star Lord tries to steal the weapon, Reed and Sue attack him, not believing him when he says who he is. He does have H.E.R.B.I.E. with him and the past version of the ‘bot does acknowledge this is really himself from the future, but before any resolution can be offered, Kang attacks.

He takes out Reed and Sue, throwing them into the timestream, which means that they’ve all altered the future. We know Endgame had multiple excuses for this and how branches of time appeared once the past was changed. Here, Quill starts losing his mind because he doesn’t know how the ripple effects would resonate down the line.

Simultaneously, Doom and Madame Masque send Doombots to attack Viv’s camp. While this happens, Kang takes out Quill’s robot in the past. Quill’s way home was tied to its temporal tech, so now he has no way back. Even after Quill beats Kang, he realizes the portal is closed and he’s lost in time. This is made even worse by Doom’s legion razing Viv’s army and on the verge of total genocide. Quill’s at a loss as to how he’ll get home but he does have the past version of H.E.R.B.I.E., so that might be a Hail Mary.

As for Reed and Sue, fans are speculating they could be Doom and Masque in the future. That would mean this is a closed loop with the pair needing to assault Viv’s camp so events will lead to Quill returning with the Nullifier. It remains to be seen how the story will conclude, but one thing’s for sure — like Endgame, the present and future have been tampered with all in the name of justice.

Old Man Quill #11 goes on sale Oct. 14.

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Weekend Weight Loss Starts With Doing This On Friday

It’s Friday! Congratulations. On this day of celebration, the last thing you probably want to think about is talking about weight loss—you’ve worked all week and want to cut loose! While you should relax, know that the weekends can be a results-crusher after a week of great weight loss work: Studies have shown that dieters eat more extra calories on Saturdays than any other day and why, according to a study, people usually weigh in heaviest on Monday mornings—they’ve just finished a two-day binge. The solution? A weekend weight loss plan!

It doesn’t have to be all plates of carrots and drudgery, though.

A Weight Loss Tip for Every Day of the Week

Follow these six tips on Friday to set yourself up for weekend weight loss:

1. Start the day with a protein-rich breakfast.

Fridays can be full of temptations: Coworkers bring in baked treats, a cool manager might order pizza for the office or people might invite you to an extended lunch. You’ve only got so much willpower: Eating protein in the a.m. can make it go farther: Protein takes longer for your body to digest, so it stays in your system, making you feel fuller, longer, than a fast-acting carb breakfast. That’s probably why, in a 2013 study, overweight people who ate breakfast with 35 grams of protein ate fewer high-fat, high-sugar snacks in the evening compared with those who ate cereal or no breakfast at all. If you’re on the Nutrisystem program, you’re in luck: All of our meals and snacks are prepared with the best balance of protein, carbs and fats. So dive right in to one of our morning meals (and feel free to add one of your PowerFuel allotments with the meal for an added protein boost if you’d like!).

Click here to find weight loss-friendly, high-protein breakfasts to start your day right >

2. Hold off until Happy Hour.

Once you’ve got a good plan, the key to weekend weight loss success is compliance. But nobody’s perfect: That’s why many coaches and diets aim for an 85 to 90 percent compliance rate for success. So if you’re on-plan that percentage of the time, you increase your chances of seeing results. If you’ve got 21 meals per week, an 85-percent success rate is about 18 on-plan meals each week. So don’t use up all your splurges on Friday with a big, lavish lunch and trips to the vending machine, or else you won’t have any wiggle room for the weekend. Besides, Saturday is best for splurges: Studies have shown that’s the day dieters consume the most extra calories.

How to Have a Healthier Happy Hour

So on Friday, hold off until Happy Hour. Eat your normal meals on your plan, eating healthy snacks that you’ve planned for and enjoy a celebratory treat that evening as you remember the week’s success.

3. Gameplan: Look at Saturday’s menu now.

If you’re headed out to dinner Saturday, look at the menu for the restaurant online on Friday. If your Saturday meal isn’t planned as a cheat, look for options that will fit in with your weight loss goals, with lean protein, lots of veggies and in reasonable portions. If the restaurant’s a chain, you can probably even find calorie counts listed online for more precision in your decision.

If Saturday’s meal is a cheat, look at reviews: If you’re going to have your splurge, make sure what you’re ordering is going to be good. And once you’re there, even if it is your splurge, stick to a reasonable portion: Consult this Eating Out Guide to make sure you are sticking to your weekend weight loss plan no matter where you go out to eat.

Click on the link below to see the full Eating Out Guide with tips on how to eat at every type of restaurant you might go to this weekend!

The Nutrisystem Dining Out Guide

4. Chop it up.

If you’re going to be spending some weekend time at home curled up watching movies or yelling at a football game with friends, be prepared: Spend a few minutes this morning cutting up vegetables and fruits into bite-size pieces in snack-sized containers to stock the fridge. Then, when it’s TV time—or just when you get snackish—there will be healthy options that are as easy to grab as any bag of junk. And the act of cutting them could be helpful overall: In a study from the American Journal of Preventative Medicine, more time spent on food prep was associated with healthier eating habits—like eating more fruits and veggies—and with saving money on food. How’s that for some weekend weight loss?

If fruits and vegetables just won’t do, try one of these 20 delicious, weight loss-friendly snack options >

5. Plan a longer workout for the weekend.

Come on, you’ve got the time and it doesn’t have to be a slog. Become a tourist in your own hometown: Look on sites like TripAdvisor for high-rated hikes, walks and parks you haven’t visited before and grab a friend or reconnect with your spouse over a longer walk than you’d normally do during the week. The walk will also help you create and retain new memories—literally: In a nine-year study, those who walked six to nine miles per week lowered their risk of developing memory loss by half compared to those who walked less. The study, published in a 2010 issue of the journal Neurology, found that the walkers had more gray matter in their brains.

10 Reasons to Go For a Walk Today

6. Set your Saturday alarm for the normal time.

You may be tempted to sleep in, but shifting your wake-up time significantly can shift your sleep cycle—leading to worse sleep all week. A study of 2,700 high school students found that weekend sleep shifts left them “jet lagged” when they got to school on Monday, affecting their performance and weekly sleep schedule. Also, losing sleep can cause weight gain: Losing as little as 30 minutes of sleep every weekday can result in weight gain and have significant effects on insulin resistance, increasing your risk for Type 2 diabetes.

So set your Saturday alarm for the normal time: You might need an extra cup of coffee, but you’ll sleep better when the weekdays roll back around—and be better rested to stay on the weight loss path.

Sleep Better Tonight to Lose Weight Tomorrow

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Katie McGlynn gets Corrie fans fired up as she flashes figure in transparent jumpsuit

Coronation Street‘s Katie McGlynn stole the show as she showed off her killer curves in a transparent outfit, posing the racy throwback snap on social media.

The former Coronation Street cast member, 26, turned away from the camera to flaunt her peachy behind as she posed on a balcony on holiday.

Letting her figure do the talking, Katie kept her face hidden as she wore a white jumpsuit made out of see-through material, which had a square pattern printed all over.

Protecting her modesty with flesh-coloured knickers, Katie sent her fans wild as she showed off her hourglass proportions in the stunning picture.

Tying her white blonde hair into a half-up do, and flashing a tattoo on her back, Katie captioned the snap: “Dreaming I’m back on this balcony.

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“Tonight we stand together (not literally of course) and applause the NHS, not forgetting all the key workers who are also risking their lives on the frontline for us.

“Thank you.”

It didn’t take long for the compliments to come pouring in for the gorgeous throwback picture, as Katie’s followers gushed over the stylish outfit.

(Image: katiexmcglynn/Instagram)

One fan posted: “We were out clapping, glad you was too. (like the outfit wow ).”

Another added: “Wow you’re looking great.”

A third chipped in: “She is such a beaut.”

(Image: ITV)

A fourth wrote: “Woww Katie, damn girl.”

Katie left her Corrie role as Sinead Tinker at the end of last year, as the new mum tragically lost her battle with cervical cancer.

She quickly passed away after being told the cancer had returned, with her husband Dan Osbourne and baby Bertie by her side.

Corrie continues tonight at 7.30pm on ITV.

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Katie McGlynn gets Corrie fans fired up as she flashes figure in transparent jumpsuit

Coronation Street‘s Katie McGlynn stole the show as she showed off her killer curves in a transparent outfit, posing the racy throwback snap on social media.

The former Coronation Street cast member, 26, turned away from the camera to flaunt her peachy behind as she posed on a balcony on holiday.

Letting her figure do the talking, Katie kept her face hidden as she wore a white jumpsuit made out of see-through material, which had a square pattern printed all over.

Protecting her modesty with flesh-coloured knickers, Katie sent her fans wild as she showed off her hourglass proportions in the stunning picture.

Tying her white blonde hair into a half-up do, and flashing a tattoo on her back, Katie captioned the snap: “Dreaming I’m back on this balcony.

(Image: katiexmcglynn/Instagram)

“Tonight we stand together (not literally of course) and applause the NHS, not forgetting all the key workers who are also risking their lives on the frontline for us.

“Thank you.”

It didn’t take long for the compliments to come pouring in for the gorgeous throwback picture, as Katie’s followers gushed over the stylish outfit.

(Image: katiexmcglynn/Instagram)

One fan posted: “We were out clapping, glad you was too. (like the outfit wow ).”

Another added: “Wow you’re looking great.”

A third chipped in: “She is such a beaut.”

(Image: ITV)

A fourth wrote: “Woww Katie, damn girl.”

Katie left her Corrie role as Sinead Tinker at the end of last year, as the new mum tragically lost her battle with cervical cancer.

She quickly passed away after being told the cancer had returned, with her husband Dan Osbourne and baby Bertie by her side.

Corrie continues tonight at 7.30pm on ITV.

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Stunning phones, but Xiaomi should have pushed harder on the performance front- Technology News, Firstpost

Anirudh RegidiAug 13, 2020 13:40:07 IST

The thing with Xiaomi phones, especially the Redmi Note series, was that I could recommend them blindly. I never needed to think about specs, features, and most importantly: value for money. The phones were always good, always would be, but not anymore.

Whatever else you might say about the two phones, you have to admit, they look really good. Image: Anirudh Regidi

With the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max, things have changed

To look at, these phones are basically identical. They differ only in the camera department and bundled accessories (the charger). Side-by-side, whether face-up or face-down, you won’t be able to tell them apart. But it’s not just looks; the specs, and by extension, the performance, is identical. They’re also gorgeous phones, and if I didn’t know any better, I’d guesstimate their prices at about 30k, perhaps higher.

The phones both feature 6.67-inch FHD+ 60 Hz LCD displays paired with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G SoC, 4/6/8 GB RAM, 64/128 GB of storage, 5,020 mAh battery, and quad-camera bumps on the rear — which share the 8 MP ultra-wide camera, 5 MP macro camera, and 2 MP depth sensor.

You can’t tell the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max apart. Image: Anirudh Regidi

Now for the differences: The Redmi Note 9 Pro comes with a 48 MP primary rear camera (binned to 12 MP) vs the 64 MP unit (binned to 16 MP) on the pro Max. You get 4/6 GB RAM options on the Pro, and 6/8 GB options on the Pro Max. Lastly, the Pro gets a pretty decent 18 W bundled charger and the Max gets a more powerful 33 W charger. Pricing for the Pro starts at Rs 13,999 (4/64), and for the Max at Rs 16,499 (6/64).

On paper, they’re both excellent value, and the Pro looks like a steal.

What’s a few megapixels here or there? And you don’t actually need a damaging-in-the-long-run 33 W charger, do you?

Well, yes, but also no.

The Redmis looks good, but…

… looks aren’t everything.

Performance is a sore point on both phones. Now Xiaomi told me that it opted for the 60 Hz display and more efficient SD720G chipset (vs the 90 Hz display and MediaTek G90T SoC on the competing Realme 6) because:

Battery life mattered to its users

The SD720G isn’t capable of 90 Hz gaming anyway.

They’re both good arguments, and Xiaomi isn’t wrong. However, once you use the Realme 6 (Review), and especially play games on it — heavier games like PUBG, Dead Trigger 2, etc. — you can really feel the difference. Even in general usage, the Pro and Pro Max tend to stutter visibly, especially when browsing and using the picture-in-picture video modes.

And the Realme 6, while it does have a smaller battery (4,300 mAh), faster display, and more power-hungry SoC, does last nearly a whole day (7–8 hrs of screen-on time vs 8–10 on the Pro Max), so the gains in battery life are not that significant in real-world usage.

If you care about cameras…

… don’t buy the Note 9 Pro, but do pick up the Pro Max.

The Redmi Note 9 Pro’s camera setup was disappointing. The primary camera is good in good light, really good, in fact. However, let the light drop slightly or attempt to take pics indoors and you’ll be left with — more often than not — blurry, out-of-focus shots, which can also be poorly exposed. I suspect this has a more to do with low shutter speed and ISO sensitivity, but whatever the case, the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max’s cameras are just better.

The quad-camera setup on the rear of the phones is good, but the Max’s 64 MP primary camera is leagues ahead of the Pro’s 48 MP unit. Image: Anirudh Regidi

The Pro Max, on the other hand, was fantastic. Images are sharp and clear and there’s more than enough detail for those who want to do a bit of cropping. Shutter speeds also appear faster and there’s less ghosting when attempting to capture fast-moving subjects.

In night mode, the difference between the two phones is night and day. Literally. The Note 9 Pro’s night mode offers marginally more detail than in regular mode, while the Note 9 Pro Max’s night mode is almost comparable to the iPhone 11’s night mode, at least in terms of colour and exposure.

Click here to see Redmi Note 9 Pro camera samples:

In video, too, the Note 9 Pro Max is leagues ahead. Both cameras struggle a bit with focus, but the Note 9 Pro couldn’t expose a scene correctly to save its life. In the bird-feeder video seen here, the Note 9 Pro just can’t maintain exposure while the Note 9 Pro Max does it easily.

When it comes to selfies, both cameras are good enough. The 32 MP Pro Max selfies are a bit sharper, but image quality is largely comparable.

The 8 MP ultra-wide and 5 MP macro on both phones work as advertised. They’re not great, but you have the option to use them if the need arises.

Click here to see Redmi Note 9 Pro Max camera samples:

Verdict: Only the Max is worth buying.

With the Redmi Note 9 Pro and Pro Max, Xiaomi has really outdone itself in the design department, I just wish it had pushed a bit more on the performance front.

The Redmi Note 9 Pro, while a great phone, is in that awkward position where it’s just a little bit cheaper than its far more capable sibling, and not as good value as its nearest rival, the Realme 6.

As far as I’m concerned, if you’re looking for a phone around 15k, the choice is simple:

If you care about cameras, get the Redmi Note 9 Pro Max.

If you care about gaming, get the Realme 6.

If you’re a Xiaomi fan and just cannot spend a Rupee over 14k, I’d still recommend saving up for a bit longer and getting the Pro Max.

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