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What are the advantages of WordPress over other systems?

I’ve tried to explain the benefits of WordPress to others; comparing it to static sites is easy, as (most) everything can be done … Read more

How do you compare two version Strings in Java?

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Is there a standard idiom for comparing version numbers? I can’t just use a straight String compareTo because I don’t know yet what … Read more

Why is 128==128 false but 127==127 is true when comparing Integer wrappers in Java?

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class D { public static void main(String args[]) { Integer b2=128; Integer b3=128; System.out.println(b2==b3); } } Output: false class D { public static … Read more

Use ‘=’ or LIKE to compare strings in SQL?

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There’s the (almost religious) discussion, if you should use LIKE or ‘=’ to compare strings in SQL statements. Are there reasons to use … Read more

How can I compare two floating point numbers in Bash?

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I am trying hard to compare two floating point numbers within a Bash script. I have two variables, e.g. let num1=3.17648e-22 let num2=1.5 … Read more

Best way to compare 2 XML documents in Java

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I’m trying to write an automated test of an application that basically translates a custom message format into an XML message and sends … Read more

Check to see if page exists problems

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I’ve created a class to dynamically create pages. I’m checking to see if the page exists by comparing the new page’s title to … Read more

How does tuple comparison work in Python?

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I have been reading the Core Python programming book, and the author shows an example like: (4, 5) < (3, 5) # Equals … Read more

Can’t compare naive and aware datetime.now()

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I am trying to compare the current date and time with dates and times specified in models using comparison operators: if challenge.datetime_start <= … Read more