You have several options: (int) — Cast operator. Works if the object already is an integer at some level in the inheritance hierarchy or if there is an implicit conversion defined. int.Parse()/int.TryParse() — For converting from a string of unknown format. int.ParseExact()/int.TryParseExact() — For converting from a string in a specific format Convert.ToInt32() — For … Read more
There’s the spread operator which is denoted by *. The spread operator is placed in front of the array argument: antMatchers(*angularRoutings) For further information, see the documentation: When we call a vararg-function, we can pass arguments one-by-one, e.g. asList(1, 2, 3), or, if we already have an array and want to pass its contents to … Read more
Actually, pywin32 and ctypes seem to be an overkill for this simple task. Tkinter is a cross-platform GUI framework, which ships with Python by default and has clipboard accessing methods along with other cool stuff. If all you need is to put some text to system clipboard, this will do it: from Tkinter import Tk … Read more
The good news is that if you need to make a case-sensitive query, it is very easy to do: SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE BINARY `column` = ‘value’
Excel does not quit because your application is still holding references to COM objects. I guess you’re invoking at least one member of a COM object without assigning it to a variable. For me it was the excelApp.Worksheets object which I directly used without assigning it to a variable: Worksheet sheet = excelApp.Worksheets.Open(…); … Marshal.ReleaseComObject(sheet); … Read more
This explanation is based on a commented Ruby script from a friend of mine. If you want to improve the script, feel free to update it at the link. First, note that when Ruby calls out to a shell, it typically calls /bin/sh, not Bash. Some Bash syntax is not supported by /bin/sh on all … Read more