I am trying to implement a C++11 wrapper to C API of SQLite, particularly to sqlite3_bind functions. I would like it to be something in the shape of this (example from my code):
sqlt3::exec<void>(
_db,
"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO window VALUES('position', ?3, ?4);\n"
"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO window VALUES('size', ?1, ?2);\n"
"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO window VALUES('maximized', ?5, '0');\n",
size.x,
size.y,
position.x,
position.y,
static_cast<int>(IsMaximized())
);
The problem here is that ? are shared between different statements. The exec function internally prepares subsequent SQL statements one by one. So I cannot determine which parameters should be bound to which statements, because there is no API to get which statement slots the statement contains. I can get the count of slots n (a max NNN from all ?NNNs) but I am unable to determine whether particular slots from zero to the n are actually occupied. It is because there can be single ? with no number and sqlite3_bind_parameter_name returns NULL for both the nameless parameter and the lack of parameter. Ideally I would like to have some function that returns a list of indexes of binding points that are used in the given statement or at least some way to discriminate whether given index has associated 'nameless' binding point or no binding point at all.
One solution that I came upon is to bind all parameters, in the order they are passed to the exec, to all of the statements but I didn't found in the documentation is it legal to bind to nonexistent parameter. Another drawback is that the complexity is v times s where v is number of variables to be bound and s is number of statements.
So, I came with another workaround to just parse whole string passed to exec and gather info about binding points (?, ?NNN, :VVV etc.). But, I think it isn't quite trivial task because that special symbol are not special in some contexts like string and quatations. So, what are another contexts in SQL statements, in which special tokens ?, ?NNN, etc. have not meaning of binding points?
Some explanations:
"Trying to parse SQL is pointless."
I do not want to parse SQL, only detect presence and indexes of arguments (binding points).
"Do you really think v*s will become large enough that it matters?"
In common case no, but still I do not know if it is legal to bind parameter to slot that wasn't occurred in statement. And there is a problem with ?, if it occurs at the beginning of second sentence, it should not has index 1, it should rather have index of the last binding point in previous sentence increased by 1.
"And why do you want to allow multiple statements in a single function call?"
I found ability to do that very handy, especially when you need to execute them in one transaction.
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Context: I'm using Maxima on a platform that also uses KaTeX. For various reasons related to content management, this means that we are regularly using Maxima functions to generate the necessary KaTeX commands.
I'm currently trying to develop a group of functions that will facilitate generating different sets of strings corresponding to KaTeX commands for various symbols related to vectors.
Problem
I have written the following function makeKatexVector(x), which takes a string, list or list-of-lists and returns the same type of object, with each string wrapped in \vec{} (i.e. makeKatexVector(string) returns \vec{string} and makeKatexVector(["a","b"]) returns ["\vec{a}", "\vec{b}"] etc).
/* Flexible Make KaTeX Vector Version of List Items */
makeKatexVector(x):= block([ placeHolderList : x ],
if stringp(x) /* Special Handling if x is Just a String */
then placeHolderList : concat("\vec{", x, "}")
else if listp(x[1]) /* check to see if it is a list of lists */
then for j:1 thru length(x)
do placeHolderList[j] : makelist(concat("\vec{", k ,"}"), k, x[j] )
else if listp(x) /* check to see if it is just a list */
then placeHolderList : makelist(concat("\vec{", k, "}"), k, x)
else placeHolderList : "makeKatexVector error: not a list-of-lists, a list or a string",
return(placeHolderList));
Although I have my doubts about the efficiency or elegance of the above code, it seems to return the desired expressions; however, I would like to modify this function so that it can distinguish between single- and multi-character strings.
In particular, I'd like multi-character strings like x_1 to be returned as \vec{x}_1 and not \vec{x_1}.
In fact, I'd simply like to modify the above code so that \vec{} is wrapped around the first character of the string, regardless of how many characters there may be.
My Attempt
I was ready to tackle this with brute force (e.g. transcribing each character of a string into a list and then reassembling); however, the real programmer on the project suggested I look into "Regular Expressions". After exploring that endless rabbit hole, I found the command regex_subst; however, I can't find any Maxima documentation for it, and am struggling to reproduce the examples in the related documentation here.
Once I can work out the appropriate regex to use, I intend to implement this in the above code using an if statement, such as:
if slength(x) >1
then {regex command}
else {regular treatment}
If anyone knows of helpful resources on any of these fronts, I'd greatly appreciate any pointers at all.
Looks like you got the regex approach working, that's great. My advice about handling subscripted expressions in TeX, however, is to avoid working with names which contain underscores in Maxima, and instead work with Maxima expressions with indices, e.g. foo[k] instead of foo_k. While writing foo_k is a minor convenience in Maxima, you'll run into problems pretty quickly, and in order to straighten it out you might end up piling one complication on another.
E.g. Maxima doesn't know there's any relation between foo, foo_1, and foo_k -- those have no more in common than foo, abc, and xyz. What if there are 2 indices? foo_j_k will become something like foo_{j_k} by the preceding approach -- what if you want foo_{j, k} instead? (Incidentally the two are foo[j[k]] and foo[j, k] when represented by subscripts.) Another problematic expression is something like foo_bar_baz. Does that mean foo_bar[baz], foo[bar_baz] or foo_bar_baz?
The code for tex(x_y) yielding x_y in TeX is pretty old, so it's unlikely to go away, but over the years I've come to increasing feel like it should be avoided. However, the last time it came up and I proposed disabling that, there were enough people who supported it that we ended up keeping it.
Something that might be helpful, there is a function texput which allows you to specify how a symbol should appear in TeX output. For example:
(%i1) texput (v, "\\vec{v}");
(%o1) "\vec{v}"
(%i2) tex ([v, v[1], v[k], v[j[k]], v[j, k]]);
$$\left[ \vec{v} , \vec{v}_{1} , \vec{v}_{k} , \vec{v}_{j_{k}} ,
\vec{v}_{j,k} \right] $$
(%o2) false
texput can modify various aspects of TeX output; you can take a look at the documentation (see ? texput).
While I didn't expect that I'd work this out on my own, after several hours, I made some progress, so figured I'd share here, in case anyone else may benefit from the time I put in.
to load the regex in wxMaxima, at least on the MacOS version, simply type load("sregex");. I didn't have this loaded, and was trying to work through our custom platform, which cost me several hours.
take note that many of the arguments in the linked documentation by Dorai Sitaram occur in the reverse, or a different order than they do in their corresponding Maxima versions.
not all the "pregexp" functions exist in Maxima;
In addition to this, escaping special characters varied in important ways between wxMaxima, the inline Maxima compiler (running within Ace editor) and the actual rendered version on our platform; in particular, the inline compiler often returned false for expressions that compiled properly in wxMaxima and on the platform. Because I didn't have sregex loaded on wxMaxima from the beginning, I lost a lot of time to this.
Finally, the regex expression that achieved the desired substitution, in my case, was:
regex_subst("\vec{\\1}", "([[:alpha:]])", "v_1");
which returns vec{v}_1 in wxMaxima (N.B. none of my attempts to get wxMaxima to return \vec{v}_1 were successful; escaping the backslash just does not seem to work; fortunately, the usual escaped version \\vec{\\1} does return the desired form).
I have yet to adjust the code for the rest of the function, but I doubt that will be of use to anyone else, and wanted to be sure to post an update here, before anyone else took time to assist me.
Always interested in better methods / practices or any other pointers / feedback.
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I'm currently setting a number of variables like so:
<cfset printPage = "YES">
Eventually, when I print these variables out, anything that I try to set to "YES" prints out as "true". Anything set to "NO", prints out as "false". I'm not opposed to using the YesNoFormat function. In fact I might end up using that function in this application, but in the mean time I would like to know if ColdFusion is actually storing the words "YES" and "NO" in memory, or if it is converting them to a boolean format behind the scenes.
If CF is storing my variables exactly the way that I declare them, how would I go about retrieving these variables as strings? If CF is changing the variables in some way, are there any special characters or keywords that I could use to force it to store the variables as strings?
Thank you to everyone that commented / answered. I did a little more experimenting and reading, and it seems that the serializeJSON function will automatically convert "Yes" to "true" and "No" to "false". I either need to deal with this problem in my javascript, or I can add a space in the affected properties to circumvent this behavior.
You already know how to display the boolean value as "yes" or "no" (using YesNoFormat()). I don't think there is a way to force ColdFusion to store a variable a certain way. It just doesn't support that. I guess you could call out the Java type directly by using JavaCast(). I just don't see why you would want to go through that extra work for something like this. You can certainly research that a bit more if you like. Here is a link to the document for JavaCast.
Have a look at this document regarding data types in ColdFusion. I will post some of the relevant points from that document here but please read that page for more information.
ColdFusion is often referred to as typeless because you do not assign types to variables and ColdFusion does not associate a type with the variable name. However, the data that a variable represents does have a type, and the data type affects how ColdFusion evaluates an expression or function argument. ColdFusion can automatically convert many data types into others when it evaluates expressions. For simple data, such as numbers and strings, the data type is unimportant until the variable is used in an expression or as a function argument.
ColdFusion variable data belongs to one of the following type categories:
Simple One value. Can use directly in ColdFusion expressions. Include numbers, strings, Boolean values, and date-time values.
Binary Raw data, such as the contents of a GIF file or an executable program file.
Complex A container for data. Generally represent more than one value. ColdFusion built-in complex data types include arrays, structures, queries, and XML document objects. You cannot use a complex variable, such as an array, directly in a ColdFusion expression, but you can use simple data type elements of a complex variable in an expression. For example, with a one-dimensional array of numbers called myArray, you cannot use the expression myArray * 5. However, you could use an expression myArray[3] * 5 to multiply the third element in the array by five.
Objects Complex constructs. Often encapsulate both data and functional operations.
It goes on to say this regarding Data Types:
Data type notes
Although ColdFusion variables do not have types, it is often convenient to use “variable type” as a shorthand for the type of data that the variable represents.
ColdFusion provides the following functions for identifying the data type of a variable:
IsArray
IsBinary
IsBoolean
IsImage
IsNumericDate
IsObject
IsPDFObject
IsQuery
IsSimpleValue
IsStruct
IsXmlDoc
ColdFusion also includes the following functions for determining whether a string can be represented as or converted to another data type:
IsDate
IsNumeric
IsXML
So in your code you could use something like IsBoolean(printPage) to check if it contains a boolean value. Of course that doesn't mean it is actually stored as a boolean but that ColdFusion can interpret it's value as a boolean.
Hi I am new here and want to solve this problem:
do k=1,31
Data H(1,k)/0/
End do
do l=1,21
Data H(l,1)/0.5*(l-1)/
End do
do m=31,41
Data H(17,m)/0/
End do
do n=17,21
Data H(n,41)/0.5*(n-17)/
End do
I get error for l and n saying that it is a syntax error in DATA statement. Anyone know how to solve this problem?
You have three problems here, and not just with the "l" and "n" loops.
The first problem is that the values in a data statement cannot be arbitrary expressions. In particular, they must be constants; 0.5*(l-1) is not a constant.
The second problem is that the bounds in the object lists must also be constant (expressions); l is not a constant expression.
For the first, it's also worth noting that * in a data value list has a special meaning, and it isn't the multiplication operator. * gives a repeat count, and a repeat count of 0.5 is not valid.
You can fix the second point quite simply, by using such constructions as
data H(1,1:31) /31*0./ ! Note the repeat count specifier
outside a loop, or using an implied loop
data (H(1,k),k=1,31) /31*0./
To do something for the "l" loop is more tedious
data H(1:21,1) /0., 0.5, 1., 1.5, ... /
and we have to be very careful about the number of values specified. This cannot be dynamic.
The third problem is that you cannot specify explicit initialization for an element more than once. Look at your first two loops: if this worked you'd be initializing H(1,1) twice. Even though the same value is given, this is still invalid.
Well, actually you have four problems. The fourth is related to the point about dynamic number of values. You probably don't want to be doing explicit initialization. Whilst it's possible to do what it looks like you want to do, just use assignment where these restrictions don't apply.
do l=1,21
H(l,1) = 0.5*(l-1)
End do
Yes, there are times when complicated explicit initialization is a desirable thing, but in this case, in what I assume is new code, keeping things simple is good. An "initialization" portion of your code which does the assignments is far more "modern".
I'm trying to get value from .cc. In my file ,
AgentCPU.h and AgentCPU.cc
there is a integer called "npkts_" and a function "recv" for receive Packets
when I finally finished a packet , I will increase the "npkts_" 1
In further , in my tcl script I want to access the "npkts_"
my code is like this
set cpu [new Agent\AgentCPU]
puts [format "%d" "$cpu set npkts_"]
However , ther value is not correct
it is same to the value when I construct my AgentCPU like this
AgentCPU::AgentCPU(): Agent(PT_TASK)
{
...
npkts_=199;
...}
the value will be 199,
and in the "recv" function , I use "printf" to check if there is any problem
...
npkts_++;
printf("npkts is %d\n",npkts);
...
and the value here is correct,every time I receive Packet will increase the "npkts"
Is there any code wrong??
On the other hand, I use another way to debug
In my "recv" function
...
npkts_++;
Tcl& tcl = Tcl:;instance();
tcl.evalf("puts \" npkts is %d""",npkts_);
..
In this way the message will be 1, and stop to print
Can sombody give me a hand?
How to get the correct value from .cc file?
Any suggestion will be very thankful!!
In Tcl, every script evaluation produces a result value (which could be the empty value, or could be something else, depending on what happened). That result value may be retrieved from the interpreter context with Tcl_GetStringResult or Tcl_GetObjResult; the former produces (effectively) a const char * and the latter a Tcl_Obj * (i.e., a Tcl value reference; the name Tcl_Obj is for historical reasons). That value is there until the next piece of script is evaluated. Do not modify the Tcl_Obj* returned (except via Tcl's API) unless you know exactly what you're doing (i.e., are writing code to extend Tcl itself). Integers may be efficiently retrieved from a Tcl_Obj* using Tcl_GetIntFromObj (assuming that the value is an integer), floating point numbers with Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj, and a const char * can be retrieved from a Tcl_Obj* using Tcl_GetString or Tcl_GetStringFromObj (slightly different API).
There are also variables in Tcl. You can read those directly with Tcl_GetVar — which returns another const char * — or Tcl_GetVar2Ex (with an ugly name but convenient API) that returns another Tcl_Obj *.
These are all C API functions and all take a Tcl_Interp * (which is a reference to a Tcl evaluation context, which is always bound to a single thread). How they have been wrapped in the C++ API… I can't tell you that.
You are using some weird C++ library you are not giving any information about. However, when using Tcl from a C/C++ program when you evaluate some Tcl code the result is available attached to the interpreter object. You access this using Tcl_GetObjResult and then use an appropriate Tcl_GetIntFromObj or Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj or whatever to read the Tcl_Obj value into some C++ form.
I need to write a parser to parse commands. 5 such commands are:
"a=10"
"b=foo"
"c=10,10"
"clear d"
"c push_back 2"
In the case of the first example, set is the command, a is the object and 10 is the value.
What do you think the parser should return for each line above?
Here is my idea:
"a=10" -> SET (COMMAND_ENUM), INT (VALUE_TYPE), "a", ("10")
"b=foo" -> SET (COMMAND_ENUM), STRING (VALUE_TYPE), "b", ("foo")
Is this a good approach? What is the standard approach for this problem? Should I dispatch instead?
I have a function which checks the type associated with an object. For example, a above is of type INT and must be assigned an INT value, otherwise the parser should return or throw an error of some sort. I also have a convert function for converting values from strings to the desired type. These throw if the conversion is not possible. If the parser tries to convert the values from strings to the required type, then it is probably a good idea to return them via a boost::variant.
You need to come up with at least a semi-formal grammar for the command language you want to recognize, since you've left a whole lot of things really vaguely specified (e.g. in b=foo you want b to be a variable name but foo to be a string literal. How do you distinguish them?. Does a sequence of characters represent an identifier if it's on the right side of an assignment, but a literal if it's on the left side? Or does a single character represent an identifier, but multiple characters represent a literal?) In c=10,10 does 10,10 represent a list or a vector? Writing a grammar will at least force you to think about such things, and it will also serve at least as a guide to how to write your parser (at most it will be something that can be automatically translated into your parser).
You're on the right track by thinking of how statements should be represented as Abstract Syntax Trees (ASTs), but you need to take a step backwards and look at what you want in terms of concrete syntax.