August 28, 2001

Normally, when you allocate an array using new or malloc in VC++, you can only see the first element when you look at the variable in the watch window. To

Many of the C runtime functions have direct equivalents in the Win32 application programming interface (API). However, when you use C-Runtime functions, you need to have C-Runtime startup code and

Loops (for, while, do..while) are used often in code?especially nested loops. Eventually, you need to exit the loop by using a “break” statement. However, if you are inside of a

In Java, Strings are immutable objects. This means that they cannot be modified in any way after they are created. When you attempt to modify a String object, you often

For a number of reasons, you might need to write an object to a file for future usage. Perhaps your applet needs to keep some sort of “state” and between

Singletons are builder design patterns where the number of instances is limited to one (according to the Gang of Four – DesignPatterns). The most common way of implementing them is

The following java code allows you to identify the operating system on which your application is running: class OperatingSystem{ public static void main(String args[]) { System.out.println (“Operating system : “

There are lots if times when the system needs to be restarted, for example, after changing the autoexec.bat path. Here is code you can use, in the place of writing