... it to be. The value is what you assign to it. Variables are Initialized All variables are always given an initial value at the point the variable is declared. Thus all variables are initialized. For value types, like int the compiler will give them a valid value if you do not do so explicitly. i...

... This isn't C# per se, but I haven't seen anyone who really uses System.IO.Path.Combine() to the extent that they should. In fact, the whole Path class is really useful, but no one uses it! I'm willing to bet that every production app has the following code, even though it shoul...

When I open Developer Tools in Google Chrome, I see all kinds of features like Profiles, Timelines, and Audits, but basic functionality like being able to set breakpoints both in js files and within html and javascript code is missing! I tried to use the javascript console, which itself is buggy - f...

... "makes your {method call} far more like natural english" sounds like a great test for rational naming across the board. clarified my thinking on the matter - thanks! – cori Jun 2 '11 at 12:06 ...

... LATEST NEWS Android Studio has officially come out of beta and been released. It is now the official IDE for Android Development - Eclipse won't be supported anymore. It is definitely the IDE of choice for Android Development. Link to download page: http://devel...

I have a table that looks like this caller 'makerar' 7 Answers 7 ...

...efficients you get out will be imaginary numbers even though your input is all real values. In order to get the amount of power in each frequency, you need to calculate the magnitude of the FFT coefficient for each frequency. This is not just the real component of the coefficient, you need to calcul...

...our existing constraints, the answer is not to inspect the constraints manually, since that would require you to re-implement the entire constraint-solving logic of the auto layout system in order to interpret those constraints. Instead, what you should do is just ask auto layout to update that layo...

...TLAB OOP , as a start I mimicked my C++'s Logger classes and I'm putting all my string helper functions in a String class, thinking it would be great to be able to do things like a + b , a == b , a.find( b ) instead of strcat( a b ) , strcmp( a, b ) , retrieve first element of strfind( a, b...

...veal some nice pearls for interpreting and validating addresses internationally. It also has a nice set of administrative areas ( province, state, oblast, etc ) with ISO codes. Here's the gist of the schema, copied from the module page: country => Country (always required, 2 character ISO code...