I inherited a database loaded into DocumentDB, where field name happens to be "Value". Example of my structure is: { ... "Alternates": [ "Type": "ID", "Value" : "NOCALL" ] } when I query (us...

Is there any builtin python method that will check if something is a valid python variable name, INCLUDING a check against reserved keywords? (i.e., something like 'in' or 'for' would fail) Failing...

I'm trying to figure out how I can pass multiple strings as an array to a powershell function. function ArrayCount([string[]] $args) { Write-Host $args.Count } ArrayCount "1" "2" "3" ArrayCount ...

I'd like to create a function called "new" and a class called "case". Can I do that in PHP?

#include <iostream> #include <cmath> /* Intentionally incorrect abs() which seems to override std::abs() */ int abs(int a) { return a > 0? -a : a; } int main() { int a = abs(-5);...

We have 2 reserved c3.xlarge instance in our project but have total 3 launched c3.xlarge instance. How to check which 2 instances are reserved out of 3. I checked details of all 3 instances, but no...

I need to design a class where one property name has to be return, but when I create a property name like return then I get an error. After some research I found out that one can use a reserved k...

In this page, Microsoft says that XML reserved characters (and their entity) are the following ones: > > < < & & % % But in this other page, I found that ...

I have a string: {2013/05/01},{2013/05/02},{2013/05/03} I want to append a { at the beginning and a } at the end. The output should be: {{2013/05/01},{2013/05/02},{2013/05/03}} However, in my s...

I was browsing through some details when a thread caught my eye. https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=9886607 As you can see; &TOKEN=something in JNLP href is considered a s...

I am wondering how JavaScript's reserved keywords / functions are managed. Example: According to: http://www.quackit.com/javascript/javascript_reserved_words.cfm delete is a reserved keywor...

I'm using MSBuild to customize the build process of Visual Studio, WiX, SandCastle, ... projects. To keep it as generic as possible I'd like to use text files defining some 'project specific' setti...