The find method of a range is faster than using a for loop to loop through all the cells manually. here is an example of using the find method in vba Sub Find_First() Dim FindString As String Dim Rng As Range FindString = InputBox(“Enter a Search value”) If Trim(FindString) <> “” Then With Sheets(“Sheet1”).Range(“A:A”) ‘searches … Read more
A Java fully qualified class name (lets say “N”) has the structure N.N.N.N The “N” part must be a Java identifier. Java identifiers cannot start with a number, but after the initial character they may use any combination of letters and digits, underscores or dollar signs: ([a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z\d_$]*\.)*[a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z\d_$]* ———————— ———————– N N They can also not … Read more
I’ve recently done a similar task, although I was matching new data to existing names in a database, rather than looking for duplicates within one set. Name matching is actually a well-studied task, with a number of factors beyond what you’d consider for matching generic strings. First, I’d recommend taking a look at a paper, … Read more
Guard using Range: val m = t match { case x if 0 until 10 contains x => true case _ => false }
What’s a Number? I have a simple question for your “simple” question: What precisely do you mean by “a number”? Is −0 a number? How do you feel about √−1? Is ⅝ or ⅔ a number? Is 186,282.42±0.02 miles/second one number — or is it two or three of them? Is 6.02e23 a number? Is … Read more
You can start with using SOUNDEX(), this will probably do for what you need (I picture an auto-suggestion box of already-existing alternatives for what the user is typing). The drawbacks of SOUNDEX() are: its inability to differentiate longer strings. Only the first few characters are taken into account, longer strings that diverge at the end … Read more