From using a number of programming languages and libraries I have noticed various terms used for the total number of elements in a collection. The most common seem to be length, count, and size. eg. array.length vector.size() collection.count Is there any preferred term to be used? Does it depend on what type of collection it … Read more
This question’s answers are a community effort. Edit existing answers to improve this post. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. My Google-fu has failed me. In Python, are the following two tests for equality equivalent? n = 5 # Test one. if n == 5: print ‘Yay!’ # Test two. if n … Read more
Is there a best practice concerning the nesting of label and input HTML elements? classic way: <label for=”myinput”>My Text</label> <input type=”text” id=”myinput” /> or <label for=”myinput”>My Text <input type=”text” id=”myinput” /> </label> 14 s 14 From the W3’s HTML4 specification: The label itself may be positioned before, after or around the associated control. <label for=”lastname”>Last … Read more
What is this? This is a collection of questions that come up every now and then about syntax in PHP. This is also a Community Wiki, so everyone is invited to participate in maintaining this list. Why is this? It used to be hard to find questions about operators and other syntax tokens.¹ The main … Read more
