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Question: I have a data structure similar to this: struct SPRITE { int x, y; int jumping;}; This struct is easy to use in a game, because I can just

Question: I’m using Borland C++ to perform some data conversion, and I have had some difficulties. Is it possible to convert all the text (including nonreadable text) within a text

Question: My development background primarily involves COBOL and BASIC on UNIX platforms. I decided to further my language knowledge and branched out into C & C++. I’ve largely been teaching

Question: Is it possible to convert from java.net.InetAddress to string? Answer: Yes. Just call the InetAddress toString() method. Also, if you specifically want the host name, use getHostName. If you

Question: I am urgently looking for information regarding Year 2000 compliancy for Borland’s C++ compilers, esp. versions 3.1 and 4.02. Answer: I can’t imagine anything about C++ or the compiler

Question: Is it possible to make recursive subroutine calls in Java? Answer: Yes, you can make recursive method calls in Java.Just make sure you have a termination condition to avoid

Question: Is it possible to save an object (in my case a collection) directly to a file, or must one extract the object’s properties and save each individually? Answer: Visual

Question: How do I use one application to close another application in Windows 95? I need to overwrite a loaded DLL, so I have to close the application that loads

Question: Why should some of the statements that might throw an exception be in try/catch block (otherwise the compiler reports a syntax error), and some need not be, even though