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Calling a Function Through a Pointer

The common way of calling a function through a pointer is using the pointer as if it were a function. In other words, if p is a pointer to a

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Calling A Template Member Function

You can define a member function that is a template in a non-template class. For example: class A{public: template void func(); // member template }; How can you call such

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Introducing Generators

A generator is a function or algorithm returning a series of values upon successive calls. The most common example is a random number generator although generators have many other useful

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Converting char to wchar_t

The standard iostream family of classes defines the widen() member function which converts a single char to its wide-character equivalent. widen() has the following prototype: char_type widen(char c) const; The

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Converting a hex String to int

In a previous tip, I showed how to convert a string containing a hexadecimal to int using the sscanf() function. stringstream objects can perform this feat too, in a more

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Converting wchar_t to char

In addition to the widen() member function, the iostream framework supports the narrow() member function which performs the reverse operation, i.e., converting a wide character to its corresponding char value.

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Verifying a Destructor’s Invocation

Conceptually, destructors of global objects are called after main() has exited. For this reason, many debugging and memory checking tools are confused and report phantom memory leaks or warn about

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std::string and null Characters

Unlike C-strings, a std::string object may contain null characters in the middle of its internal buffer. For example: std::string s=

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Self-referential Inheritance

Consider the following example: class A : public list < A >{ // …}; Does your compiler accept it? According to the Standard, using an incomplete type as a template

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Viewing Error Outputs From Java Applets in IE

The file Java/Javalog.txt in the Windows directory (i.e. C:windowsJava.Javalog.txt for windows and C:winntJavaJavalog.txt for NT) contains information for the last applet that was loaded by Internet Explorer. This file contains

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How to Access Cookies Set at the Client Side

Class javax.servlet.http.cookies can be used to access cookies on the client side. The following code demonstrates this technique. The code also checks for the cookie names in order to access

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Another Way to Delete Files or Filetypes

This routine uses all the good stuff that FileSystemObject offers. Here it is: Public Sub DeleteFiles(ByVal strPath As String, ByVal strExtension As String) Dim fsoMain As Scripting.FileSystemObject Dim folToDeleteFrom As

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Delete Duplicate Rows From an Oracle Table

It’s easy to introduce duplicate rows of data into Oracle tables by running a data load twice without the primary key or unique indexes created or enabled.Here’s how you remove

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Another Way To Compare Strings

When comparing a string, you can use this: public class compareString{ public static void main(String[] args) { String stringToCompare =

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Renaming an Oracle Table

Create a synonym to the table with a new name. A public synonym is accessible by all schemas in the database, not just the user who created the synonym.Here is

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Implementing Interfaces on Forms

There is an easy way to make your application respond to data changes in forms, by implementing interfaces on your forms.For example, when you have an order application and insert,

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Mutual Exclusion in Servlets

While writing portals using servlets, it is possible for two users to enter the same login name and press request at exactly the same time. It