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  • t-sql string concatenation

    - by stackoverflowuser
    i have a table that has following column Type -------- type 1 type 2 type 3 How can i convert the above to a string like ('type 1', 'type 2', 'type 3') I want to use the output in my t-sql query with IN clause. Something like select * from TableA where SomeColumn IN ('Type 1','Type 2', Type 3') I used to following to come up with output (type 1, type 2, type 3) select '(' + STUFF((select ', ' + Type from TableA for xml path ('')),1,2,'') + ')' But dont know how to insert the single quotes.

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  • String.substring(index) has stoped my thread in debug mode.

    - by Arkaha
    Hello! I work with j2me polish 2.0.7, in eclipse 3.4.2, with wtk2.5.2_01. I create control which draws text: normal, bold, and italic. The code below is parsing raw text, and search for * and _ symbols, if found than add to draw vector the text and the drawer, and it's just stops after getting second time to the line 58: String test = new String(raw_text_buff.substring(iter)); it stops in raw_text_buff.substring(iter), ONLY in debug mode.. raw text is: bla bla bla *1000* bla bla Full code: private String raw_text = "bla bla bla *1000* bla bla"; Vector draw_items = null; private void prepareText() { char open_char = 0; int open_pos = 0; Object []param = null; StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(); String raw_text_buff = new String(raw_text); int iter = 0; boolean was_reset = false; while(true) { char c = raw_text_buff.charAt(iter); if(iter == raw_text_buff.length() || c == '*' || c == '_') { if(sb.length() > 0) { BmFont viewer = null; String str = sb.toString(); if(open_char == '*' && null != bm_strong) { viewer = bm_strong.getViewer(str); }else if(open_char == '_' && null != bm_italic) { viewer = bm_italic.getViewer(str); }else if(null != bm_normal) { viewer = bm_normal.getViewer(str); }else { } param = new Object[2]; param[0] = str; param[1] = viewer; if(null == draw_items) draw_items = new Vector(); draw_items.addElement(param); sb = new StringBuffer(); if(open_char == 0 && (c == '*' || c=='_')) open_char = c; else open_char = 0; String test = new String(raw_text_buff.substring(iter)); // stucks here. raw_text_buff = test; iter = 0; was_reset = true; }else { open_char = c; } if(iter == raw_text_buff.length()) break; }else { sb.append(c); } ++iter; } } What I'm doing wrong?

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  • Unintentional concatenation in Bison/Yacc grammar.

    - by troutwine
    I am experimenting with lex and yacc and have run into a strange issue, but I think it would be best to show you my code before detailing the issue. This is my lexer: %{ #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include "y.tab.h" void yyerror(char *); %} %% [a-zA-Z]+ { yylval.strV = yytext; return ID; } [0-9]+ { yylval.intV = atoi(yytext); return INTEGER; } [\n] { return *yytext; } [ \t] ; . yyerror("invalid character"); %% int yywrap(void) { return 1; } This is my parser: %{ #include <stdio.h> int yydebug=1; void prompt(); void yyerror(char *); int yylex(void); %} %union { int intV; char *strV; } %token INTEGER ID %% program: program statement EOF { prompt(); } | program EOF { prompt(); } | { prompt(); } ; args: /* empty */ | args ID { printf(":%s ", $<strV>2); } ; statement: ID args { printf("%s", $<strV>1); } | INTEGER { printf("%d", $<intV>1); } ; EOF: '\n' %% void yyerror(char *s) { fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", s); } void prompt() { printf("> "); } int main(void) { yyparse(); return 0; } A very simple language, consisting of no more than strings and integer and a basic REPL. Now, you'll note in the parser that args are output with a leading colon, the intention being that, when combined with the first pattern of the rule of the statement the interaction with the REPL would look something like this: > aaa aa a :aa :a aaa> However, the interaction is this: > aaa aa a :aa :a aaa aa aa > Why does the token ID in the following rule statement: ID args { printf("%s", $<strV>1); } | INTEGER { printf("%d", $<intV>1); } ; have the semantic value of the total input string, newline included? How can my grammar be reworked so that the interaction I intended?

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  • Basic Custom String Class for C++

    - by wdow88
    Hey all, I'm working on building my own string class with very basic functionality. I am having difficulty understand what is going on with the basic class that I have define, and believe there is some sort of error dealing with the scope occurring. When I try to view the objects I created, all the fields are described as (obviously bad pointer). Also, if I make the data fields public or build an accessor method, the program crashes. For some reason the pointer for the object is 0xccccccccc which points to no where. How can a I fix this? Any help/comments are much appreciated. //This is a custom string class, so far the only functions are //constructing and appending #include<iostream> using namespace std; class MyString1 { public: MyString1() { //no arg constructor char *string; string = new char[0]; string[0] ='\0'; std::cout << string; size = 1; } //constructor receives pointer to character array MyString1(char* chars) { int index = 0; //Determine the length of the array while (chars[index] != NULL) index++; //Allocate dynamic memory on the heap char *string; string = new char[index+1]; //Copy the contents of the array pointed by chars into string, the char array of the object for (int ii = 0; ii < index; ii++) string[ii] = chars[ii]; string[index+1] = '\0'; size = index+1; } MyString1 append(MyString1 s) { //determine new size of the appended array and allocate memory int newsize = s.size + size; MyString1 MyString2; char *newstring; newstring = new char[newsize+1]; int index = 0; //load the first string into the array while (string[index] != NULL) { newstring[index] = string[index]; index++; } //load the second string while (s.string[index] != NULL) { newstring[index] = s.string[index]; index++; } //null terminate newstring[newsize+1] = '\0'; delete string; //generate the object for return MyString2.string=newstring; MyString2.size=newsize; return MyString2; } private: char *string; int size; }; int main() { MyString1 string1; MyString1 string2("Hello There"); MyString1 string3("Buddy"); string2.append(string3); return 0; }

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  • How to read and write a STL C++ string?

    - by cambr
    #include<string> ... string in; //How do I store a string from stdin to in? // //gets(in) - 16 cannot convert `std::string' to `char*' for argument `1' to //char* gets (char*)' // //scanf("%s",in) also gives some weird error Similarly, how do I write out in to stdout or to a file??

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  • How can I determine if a composite format string is invalid?

    - by Tinister
    Per the documentation, String.Format will throw a FormatException if either (A) the format string is invalid or (B) the format string contains an index that cannot be found in the args array. I want to be able to determine which (if either) of those conditions fail on any arbitrary string and array of arguments. Is there anything that can do that for me? Thanks!

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  • string concatenation in Groovy seems unconvenient

    - by Zombies
    My goal is to write this: println "this should be 3: ($1+2)" //this is invalid groovy, it won't run Yet this is valid in ruby. Is there a way I can put statements that will eval inside a string or must I use complete variables names? I am basically looking for the Ruby equivalent of: puts "this shoud be 3: #{1+2}" #this is valid ruby

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  • ASP.NET MVC2 Implementing Custom RoleManager problem

    - by ile
    To create a custom membership provider I followed these instructions: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2771094/asp-net-mvc2-custom-membership and these: http://mattwrock.com/post/2009/10/14/Implementing-custom-Membership-Provider-and-Role-Provider-for-Authinticating-ASPNET-MVC-Applications.aspx So far, I've managed to implement custom membership provider and that part works fine. RoleManager still needs some modifications... Project structure: SAMembershipProvider.cs: public class SAMembershipProvider : MembershipProvider { #region - Properties - private int NewPasswordLength { get; set; } private string ConnectionString { get; set; } public bool enablePasswordReset { get; set; } public bool enablePasswordRetrieval { get; set; } public bool requiresQuestionAndAnswer { get; set; } public bool requiresUniqueEmail { get; set; } public int maxInvalidPasswordAttempts { get; set; } public int passwordAttemptWindow { get; set; } public MembershipPasswordFormat passwordFormat { get; set; } public int minRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters { get; set; } public int minRequiredPasswordLength { get; set; } public string passwordStrengthRegularExpression { get; set; } public override string ApplicationName { get; set; } public override bool EnablePasswordRetrieval { get { return enablePasswordRetrieval; } } public override bool EnablePasswordReset { get { return enablePasswordReset; } } public override bool RequiresQuestionAndAnswer { get { return requiresQuestionAndAnswer; } } public override int MaxInvalidPasswordAttempts { get { return maxInvalidPasswordAttempts; } } public override int PasswordAttemptWindow { get { return passwordAttemptWindow; } } public override bool RequiresUniqueEmail { get { return requiresUniqueEmail; } } public override MembershipPasswordFormat PasswordFormat { get { return passwordFormat; } } public override int MinRequiredPasswordLength { get { return minRequiredPasswordLength; } } public override int MinRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters { get { return minRequiredNonAlphanumericCharacters; } } public override string PasswordStrengthRegularExpression { get { return passwordStrengthRegularExpression; } } #endregion #region - Methods - public override void Initialize(string name, NameValueCollection config) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override bool ChangePassword(string username, string oldPassword, string newPassword) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override bool ChangePasswordQuestionAndAnswer(string username, string password, string newPasswordQuestion, string newPasswordAnswer) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override MembershipUser CreateUser(string username, string password, string email, string passwordQuestion, string passwordAnswer, bool isApproved, object providerUserKey, out MembershipCreateStatus status) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override bool DeleteUser(string username, bool deleteAllRelatedData) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override MembershipUserCollection FindUsersByEmail(string emailToMatch, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override MembershipUserCollection FindUsersByName(string usernameToMatch, int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override MembershipUserCollection GetAllUsers(int pageIndex, int pageSize, out int totalRecords) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override int GetNumberOfUsersOnline() { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override string GetPassword(string username, string answer) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override MembershipUser GetUser(object providerUserKey, bool userIsOnline) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override MembershipUser GetUser(string username, bool userIsOnline) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override string GetUserNameByEmail(string email) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } protected override void OnValidatingPassword(ValidatePasswordEventArgs e) { base.OnValidatingPassword(e); } public override string ResetPassword(string username, string answer) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override bool UnlockUser(string userName) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override void UpdateUser(MembershipUser user) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override bool ValidateUser(string username, string password) { AccountRepository accountRepository = new AccountRepository(); var user = accountRepository.GetUser(username); if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(password.Trim())) return false; if (user == null) return false; //string hash = EncryptPassword(password); var email = user.Email; var pass = user.Password; if (user == null) return false; if (pass == password) { //User = user; return true; } return false; } #endregion protected string EncryptPassword(string password) { //we use codepage 1252 because that is what sql server uses byte[] pwdBytes = Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetBytes(password); byte[] hashBytes = System.Security.Cryptography.MD5.Create().ComputeHash(pwdBytes); return Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetString(hashBytes); } } SARoleProvider.cs public class SARoleProvider : RoleProvider { AccountRepository accountRepository = new AccountRepository(); public override bool IsUserInRole(string username, string roleName) { return true; } public override string ApplicationName { get { throw new NotImplementedException(); } set { throw new NotImplementedException(); } } public override void AddUsersToRoles(string[] usernames, string[] roleNames) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override void RemoveUsersFromRoles(string[] usernames, string[] roleNames) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override void CreateRole(string roleName) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override bool DeleteRole(string roleName, bool throwOnPopulatedRole) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override bool RoleExists(string roleName) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override string[] GetRolesForUser(string username) { int rolesCount = 0; IQueryable<RoleViewModel> rolesNames; try { // get roles for this user from DB... rolesNames = accountRepository.GetRolesForUser(username); rolesCount = rolesNames.Count(); } catch (Exception ex) { throw ex; } string[] roles = new string[rolesCount]; int counter = 0; foreach (var item in rolesNames) { roles[counter] = item.RoleName.ToString(); counter++; } return roles; } public override string[] GetUsersInRole(string roleName) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override string[] FindUsersInRole(string roleName, string usernameToMatch) { throw new NotImplementedException(); } public override string[] GetAllRoles() { throw new NotImplementedException(); } } AccountRepository.cs public class RoleViewModel { public string RoleName { get; set; } } public class AccountRepository { private DB db = new DB(); public User GetUser(string email) { return db.Users.SingleOrDefault(d => d.Email == email); } public IQueryable<RoleViewModel> GetRolesForUser(string email) { var result = ( from role in db.Roles join user in db.Users on role.RoleID equals user.RoleID where user.Email == email select new RoleViewModel { RoleName = role.Name }); return result; } } webconfig <membership defaultProvider="SAMembershipProvider" userIsOnlineTimeWindow="15"> <providers> <clear/> <add name="SAMembershipProvider" type="SA_Contacts.Membership.SAMembershipProvider, SA_Contacts" connectionStringName ="ShinyAntConnectionString" /> </providers> </membership> <roleManager defaultProvider="SARoleProvider" enabled="true" cacheRolesInCookie="true"> <providers> <clear/> <add name="SARoleProvider" type="SA_Contacts.Membership.SARoleProvider" connectionStringName ="ShinyAntConnectionString" /> </providers> </roleManager> AccountController.cs: public class AccountController : Controller { SAMembershipProvider provider = new SAMembershipProvider(); AccountRepository accountRepository = new AccountRepository(); public AccountController() { } public ActionResult LogOn() { return View(); } [AcceptVerbs(HttpVerbs.Post)] public ActionResult LogOn(string userName, string password, string returnUrl) { if (!ValidateLogOn(userName, password)) { return View(); } var user = accountRepository.GetUser(userName); var userFullName = user.FirstName + " " + user.LastName; FormsAuthentication.SetAuthCookie(userFullName, false); if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(returnUrl) && returnUrl != "/") { return Redirect(returnUrl); } else { return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home"); } } public ActionResult LogOff() { FormsAuthentication.SignOut(); return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home"); } private bool ValidateLogOn(string userName, string password) { if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(userName)) { ModelState.AddModelError("username", "You must specify a username."); } if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(password)) { ModelState.AddModelError("password", "You must specify a password."); } if (!provider.ValidateUser(userName, password)) { ModelState.AddModelError("_FORM", "The username or password provided is incorrect."); } return ModelState.IsValid; } } In some testing controller I have following: [Authorize] public class ContactsController : Controller { SAMembershipProvider saMembershipProvider = new SAMembershipProvider(); SARoleProvider saRoleProvider = new SARoleProvider(); // // GET: /Contact/ public ActionResult Index() { string[] roleNames = Roles.GetRolesForUser("[email protected]"); // Outputs admin ViewData["r1"] = roleNames[0].ToString(); // Outputs True // I'm not even sure if this method is the same as the one below ViewData["r2"] = Roles.IsUserInRole("[email protected]", roleNames[0].ToString()); // Outputs True ViewData["r3"] = saRoleProvider.IsUserInRole("[email protected]", "admin"); return View(); } If I use attribute [Authorize] then everything works ok, but if I use [Authorize(Roles="admin")] then user is always rejected, like he is not in role. Any idea of what could be wrong here? Thanks in advance, Ile

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  • Compatibility of Enum Vs. string constants

    - by Yosi
    I was recently told that using Enum: public enum TaskEndState { Error, Completed, Running } may have compatibility/serialization issues, and thus sometimes it's better to use const string: public const string TASK_END_STATE = "END_STATE"; public const string TASK_END_STATE_ERROR = "TASK_END_STATE_ERROR"; public const string TASK_END_STATE_COMPLETE = "TASK_END_STATE_COMPLETE"; public const string TASK_END_STATE_RUNNING = "TASK_END_STATE_RUNNING"; Can you find practical use case where it may happen, is there any guidelines where Enum's should be avoided? Edit: My production environment has multiple WFC services (different versions of the same product). A later version may/or may not include some new properties as Task end state (this is just an example). If we try to deserialize a new Enum value in an older version of a specific service, it may not work.

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  • Removing the last digits in string [migrated]

    - by Ruriko
    I have a string that looks like this: [APPLE PIE] Sei Shoujo Sentai Lakers 3 Battle Team Lakers 3 (100% FULL-PIC)_20121104_032834 I want to remove the digits at the end of the string, basically the 16 digits at the end of the string. In the end it should look like this: [APPLE PIE] Sei Shoujo Sentai Lakers 3 Battle Team Lakers 3 (100% FULL-PIC) This is my code that I have written so far var str="[APPLE PIE] Sei Shoujo Sentai Lakers 3 Battle Team Lakers 3 (100% FULL-PIC)_20121104_032834"; var n=str.substr(1,74); document.write(n); The problem is the string will be different so each will have different amount of characters. So how I remove the digits at the end of the string in javascript?

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  • Sorting a string array in C++ no matter of A or a and with å, ä ö?

    - by Chris_45
    How do you sort an array of strings in C++ that will make this happen in this order: mr Anka Mr broWn mr Ceaser mR donK mr ålish Mr Ätt mr önD //following not the way to get that order regardeless upper or lowercase and å, ä, ö //in forloop... string handle; point1 = array1[j].find_first_of(' '); string forename1(array1[j].substr(0, (point1))); string aftername1(array1[j].substr(point1 + 1)); point2 = array1[j+1].find_first_of(' '); string forename2(array1[j+1].substr(0, (point2))); string aftername2(array1[j+1].substr(point2 + 1)); if(aftername1 > aftername2){ handle = array1[j]; array1[j] = array1[j+1]; array1[j+1] = handle;//swapping } if(aftername1 == aftername2){ if(forname1 > forname2){ handle = array1[j]; array1[j] = array1[j+1]; array1[j+1] = handle; } }

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  • how to split string with some seperator but without removing that seperator in Java?

    - by sag
    Hi, I m facing problem in splitting string. Actually i want to split a string with some seperator but without loosing that seperator. when we use somestring.split(String seperator) method in java it splits the string but removes the seperator part from string.It should not happen. I want result like below: Example::string1="Ram-sita-laxman"; seperator="-"; string1.split(seperator); output : [Ram, sita, laxman] but i want the result like :[Ram, -sita, -laxman] is there a way to get output like this?

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  • Concatenation yields error with underscore

    - by Daniel
    I am trying to create a macro that brings in the name of the sheet and combine it with text. For example, for sheet one, I want it to say "ThisIs_Sheet1_Test" in I5 of Sheet1. There are several sheets but it should work for all of them. What is wrong with my code? I think the underscore might be ruining it all. Here's what I have: Dim SheetName As String Public Sub CommandButton1_Click() SheetName = ActiveSheet.Name Sheets("Sheet1").Range("I5", "I5") = ThisIs_" & SheetName.text & "_Test Sheets("Sheet2").Range("H5", "H5") = ThisIs_" & SheetName.text & "_Test Sheets("Sheet3").Range("G5", "G5") = ThisIs_" & SheetName.text & "_Test End Sub

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  • How do I convert a number (as a String) to an array of bytes in Java?

    - by user1795595
    I'm creating a method specific method for a java project i'm working on. The UML given specifies the return type to be of static byte[] that accepts the arguments (String, byte) So far, looks like this: public static byte[] convertNumToDigitArray(String number, byte numDigits) { } This method is supposed to convert a number (as a String) to an array of bytes. The ordering must go from most to least significant digits. For example, if the number String is “732” then index 0 of the array should contain 7. The last argument (numDigits) should match the length of the string passed in. How do I do this?

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  • PHP get values from SimpleXMLElement array

    - by seanp2k
    I have this: [1]=> object(SimpleXMLElement)#6 (1) { ["@attributes"]=> array(14) { ["name"]=> string(5) "MySQL" ["acknowledged"]=> string(1) "1" ["comments"]=> string(1) "1" ["current_check_attempt"]=> string(1) "1" ["downtime"]=> string(1) "0" ["last_check"]=> string(19) "2010-05-01 17:57:00" ["markdown_filter"]=> string(1) "0" ["max_check_attempts"]=> string(1) "3" ["output"]=> string(42) "CRITICAL - Socket timeout after 10 seconds" ["perfdata_available"]=> string(1) "1" ["service_object_id"]=> string(3) "580" ["state"]=> string(8) "critical" ["state_duration"]=> string(6) "759439" ["unhandled"]=> string(1) "0" } } (I used var_dump($child) to generate that) How do I get the 'name' attribute out of there as a string? Here is my code: $xml = simplexml_load_string($results); foreach($xml->data->list as $child) { var_dump($child); echo $child->getName() . ": " . $child->name . "<br />"; }

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  • Retrieve the full ASP.NET Form Buffer as a String

    - by Rick Strahl
    Did it again today: For logging purposes I needed to capture the full Request.Form data as a string and while it’s pretty easy to retrieve the buffer it always takes me a few minutes to remember how to do it. So I finally wrote a small helper function to accomplish this since this comes up rather frequently especially in debugging scenarios or in the immediate window. Here’s the quick function to get the form buffer as string: /// <summary> /// Returns the content of the POST buffer as string /// </summary> /// <returns></returns> public static string FormBufferToString() { HttpRequest Request = HttpContext.Current.Request; if (Request.TotalBytes > 0) return Encoding.Default.GetString(Request.BinaryRead(Request.TotalBytes)); return string.Empty; } Clearly a simple task, but handy to have in your library for reuse. You probably don’t want to call this if you have a massive inbound form buffer, or if the data you’re retrieving is binary. It’s probably a good idea to check the inbound content type before calling this function with something like this: var formBuffer = string.Empty; if (Request.ContentType.StartsWith("text/") || Request.ContentType == "application/x-www-form-urlencoded") ) { formBuffer = FormBufferToString(); } to ensure you’re working only on content types you can actually view as text. Now if I can only remember the name of this function in my library – it’s part of the static WebUtils class in the West Wind Web Toolkit if you want to check out a number of other useful Web helper functions.© Rick Strahl, West Wind Technologies, 2005-2011Posted in ASP.NET  

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  • String Conversion to Char for Java Game

    - by Jen
    Is there someone who could help me achieve the following points on this problems? I can't seem to get it. I tried using toCharArray and Scanner to achieve this, but it doesn't work, nor do I know how to make this things possible for my word game. :( · Get a popular name of person, place, verse, saying or event from the user. This may have a single or multiple words in it. · Create a copy of this string to an array where each letter is replaced with a hyphen (-) and each space is replaced with an underscore (_). Symbols and numbers will remain shown. · The program then asks a letter from the user. If the letter is in the inputted string, then it should be shown on the array at the same position it is shown in the string. Meaning, the letter replaces the hyphen (-) at the correct position of the array. · The program again prompts for a letter from the user and replaces the hyphen (-) of the array if it exists on the inputted string. This will be repeatedly done until such time each hyphen (-) is replaced with the correct letter. · If the user inputs an invalid letter, that is, a letter that does not exist on the inputted string, then the program should inform the user. If this happens 3 times while there is still at least one hyphen on the array, then the program should inform the user that he lost the game and showing him the whole correct string. · If the user completes the game, meaning, all hyphens have been replaced with the correct letters; then the program should congratulate the user for a job well done.

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  • Using a random string to authenticate HMAC?

    - by mrwooster
    I am designing a simple webservice and want to use HMAC for authentication to the service. For the purpose of this question we have: a web service at example.com a secret key shared between a user and the server [K] a consumer ID which is known to the user and the server (but is not necessarily secret) [D] a message which we wish to send to the server [M] The standard HMAC implementation would involve using the secret key [K] and the message [M] to create the hash [H], but I am running into issues with this. The message [M] can be quite long and tends to be read from a file. I have found its very difficult to produce a correct hash consistently across multiple operating systems and programming languages because of hidden characters which make it into various file formats. This is of course bad implementation on the client side (100%), but I would like this webservice to be easily accessible and not have trouble with different file formats. I was thinking of an alternative, which would allow the use a short (5-10 char) random string [R] rather than the message for autentication, e.g. H = HMAC(K,R) The user then passes the random string to the server and the server checks the HMAC server side (using random string + shared secret). As far as I can see, this produces the following issues: There is no message integrity - this is ok message integrity is not important for this service A user could re-use the hash with a different message - I can see 2 ways around this Combine the random string with a timestamp so the hash is only valid for a set period of time Only allow each random string to be used once Since the client is in control of the random string, it is easier to look for collisions I should point out that the principle reason for authentication is to implement rate limiting on the API service. There is zero need for message integrity, and its not a big deal if someone can forge a single request (but it is if they can forge a very large number very quickly). I know that the correct answer is to make sure the message [M] is the same on all platforms/languages before hashing it. But, taking that out of the equation, is the above proposal an acceptable 2nd best?

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  • Regex to check if exact string exists

    - by Jayrox
    I am looking for a way to check if an exact string match exists in another string using Regex or any better method suggested. I understand that you tell regex to match a space or any other non-word character at the beginning or end of a string. However, I don't know exactly how to set it up. Search String: t String 1: Hello World, Nice to see you! t String 2: Hello World, Nice to see you! String 3: T Hello World, Nice to see you! I would like to use the search string and compare it to String 1, String 2 and String 3 and only get a positive match from String 1 and String 3 but not from String 2. Requirements: Search String may be at any character position in the Subject. There may or may not be a white-space character before or after it. I do not want it to match if it is part of another string; such as part of a word. For the sake of this question: I think I would do this using this pattern: /\bt\b/gi /\b{$search_string}\b/gi Does this look right? Can it be made better? Any situations where this pattern wouldn't work? Additional info: this will be used in PHP 5

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