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What is the difference between ‘/’ and ‘//’ when used for division?

Is there a benefit to using one over the other? In Python 2, they both seem to return the same results: >>> 6/3 ...

May 2, 2022
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Why is whitespace sometimes needed around metacharacters?

A few months ago I tattooed a fork bomb on my arm, and I skipped the whitespaces, because I think it looks nicer ...

May 1, 2022
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YAML: Do I need quotes for strings in YAML?

I am trying to write a YAML dictionary for internationalisation of a Rails project. I am a little confused though, as in some ...

April 30, 2022
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Is it possible to insert multiple rows at a time in an SQLite database?

In MySQL you can insert multiple rows like this: INSERT INTO 'tablename' ('column1', 'column2') VALUES ('data1', 'data2'), ('data1', 'data2'), ('data1', 'data2'), ('data1', 'data2'); ...

April 29, 2022
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Ternary operator (?:) in Bash

Is there a way to do something like this int a = (b == 5) ? c : d; using Bash? 2Best Answer ...

April 29, 2022
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Cross-reference (named anchor) in markdown

Is there markdown syntax for the equivalent of: Take me to <a href="#pookie">pookie</a> ... <a name="pookie">this is pookie</a> 1Best Answer 11 Take me ...

April 29, 2022
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Command not found error in Bash variable assignment

I have this script called test.sh: #!/bin/bash STR = "Hello World" echo $STR when I run sh test.sh I get this: test.sh: line ...

April 28, 2022
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How to convert Set to Array?

Set seems like a nice way to create Arrays with guaranteed unique elements, but it does not expose any good way to get ...

April 28, 2022
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What does the star and doublestar operator mean in a function call?

What does the * operator mean in Python, such as in code like zip(*x) or f(**k)? How is it handled internally in the ...

April 26, 2022
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