Get default value from Erlang record definition? - erlang

Is there an easy way to get a default value from an Erlang record definition? Suppose I have something like this:
-record(specialfield, {
raw = <<"default">> :: string()
}).
I would like to have some way to retrieve the default value of the raw field. Something like this would be very simple:
#specialfield.raw % => <<"default">>
This is not possible. I would need to instantiate a record in order to get the default value:
Afield = #specialfield{}
DefaultValue = Afeild#specialfield.raw
DefaultValue % => <<"default">>
Is there an easier way of doing this? I seems like there should be some way to retrieve the default value without having to create an instance of the record.

How about:
raw_default() -> <<"default">>.
-record(specialfield, { raw = raw_default() }).
And now you have a function with the default in it. This will be extremely fast since it is a function call to a constant value. If this is also too slow, enable inlining.

Constructing an empty record and accessing one field can be done on one line:
(#specialfield{})#specialfield.raw.

Take a look at erlang - records, search section "11.8".
There's not much special about records - they're just a tuple at runtime. So to get the field raw from the tuple of default values that is the internal representation of #specialfield{} you would use:
element(#specialfield.raw, #specialfield{}).
In this case, #specialfield.raw is the index of the value for raw in the #specialfield tuple. When you pass in specialfield that resolves to a tuple in the form {specialfield, <<"default">>}.

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How to access map keys through index? Dart

dartques = {'Color':[], 'Fruits':[], 'Hobbies':[]};
How to access the values using index in map?
I need to access only key or value using index.
Just like we do in list
=>list[1]
you can get it like this
var element = dartques.values.elementAt(0);
also for Dart 2.7+ you can write extension function
extension GetByKeyIndex on Map {
elementAt(int index) => this.values.elementAt(index);
}
var element = dartques.elementAt(1);
For accessing the values by index, there are two approaches:
Get Key by index and value using the key:
final key = dartques.keys.elementAt(index);
final value = dartques[key];
Get value by index:
final value = dartques.values.elementAt(index);
You may choose the approach based on how and what data are stored on the map.
For example if your map consists of data in which there are duplicate values, I would recommend using the first approach as it allows you to get key at the index first and then the value so you can know if the value is the wanted one or not.
But if you do not care about duplication and only want to find a value based on Index then you should use the second approach, as it gives you the value directly.
Note: As per this Answer By Genchi Genbutsu, you can also use Extension methods for your convenience.
Important:
Since the default implementation for Map in dart is LinkedHashmap you are in great luck. Otherwise Generic Map is known for not maintaining order in many programming languages.
If this was asked for any other language for which the default was HashMap, it might have been impossible to answer.
You can convert it to two lists using keys and values methods:
var ques = {'Color':['a'], 'Fruits':['b'], 'Hobbies':['c']};
List keys = ques.keys.toList();
List values = ques.values.toList();
print (keys);
print (values);
The output:
[Color, Fruits, Hobbies]
[[a], [b], [c]]
So you can access it normally by using keys[0], for example.

Complicated where request in Rails

I have two tables in my rails app: properties and requests. Both tables have field called address. But in property address is always single value like Hollywood for example and in request table there could be complicated string like ["Hollywood", "Beverley Hills"]. My task is to get all properties which match by address. It means that if we have in request ["Hollywood", "Beverley Hills"] i need all properties that have address as Hollywood and all Beverley Hills. I tried something like this:
#properties = Property.where("address = ? ", #request.address)
and:
#properties = Property.where("address IN (?) ", #request.address)
but both variants don't work and i think because #request.address is actually string, not array.
So i would like if somebody would suggest me some good solution.
Your first try is wrong, as address in Property is a single value.
Your second try is correct but not the best.
You can use Property.where(address: #request.address). But you have to be sure that #request.address is an Array of String.
You shouldn't save an Array as a String like that: "[\"Hollywood\", \"Beverley Hills\"]. It is too hard to parse in the application. If you want to save this way, you will be better using serialize :address, Array in the model, because then it will return an Array when you try to access the attribute.
Anyway, check if #request.address in an Array of String, if not, parse it to be an Array of String.
You can just wrap it in an array
#properties = Property.where(address: [#request.address])

For each in by reference or value

I have the following code:
dim key
for each key in Request.Querystring
'do something
key = sanitized_param(key)
next
My question for you classic-asp connoisseur, does classic-asp, or asp in general, pass the variables as references(memory), or by value? Trying to figure out if I sanitize the key variable and pass it back to itself, is it just "alive" for that loop, or does the new value get passed to the original QueryString?
Request.QueryString retrieves the query string parameters by value from the page headers.
You can only make changes to a query string once its been retrieved via Request.QueryString, but you can't make changes directly to Request.QueryString as it's read-only (If you could make changes you would presumably use Response.QueryString, but this isn't a valid response command).
I'm guessing you're trying to sanitize all your query strings in one go? This isn't really possible or indeed necessary. You would typically sanitize a query string as and when you request it:
Response.Write(sanitized_param(Request.QueryString("myQS")))
Or to assign the query string to a variable first then sanitize it:
Dim myQS
myQS = Request.QueryString("myQS")
myQS = sanitized_param(myQS)
' or
myQS = sanitized_param(Request.QueryString("myQS"))
Once the query string has been assigned to a variable and sanitized you're able to reference that variable as often as you like without having to pass it to your sanitize function again.
Also, your example code doesn't make much sense. The key value in your for each loop is referencing just the names of your query strings and not their values. If Response.QueryString was a valid ASP command you would do:
Response.QueryString(key) = sanitized_param(Request.QueryString(key))
But again, this isn't possible.
EDIT: This solution might be what you're looking for:
Create a dictionary object, call it "QueryString" for example. Loop through all your query strings and add a sanitized version to the dictionary object.
Dim QueryString : Set QueryString = Server.CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
For Each Item In Request.QueryString
QueryString.Add Item,sanitized_param(Request.QueryString(Item))
next
Now, to retrieve a sanitized version of a query string just use:
QueryString.Item("query_string_name")
Or for the original unsanitized version you could still use:
Request.QueryString("query_string_name")
Just like Request.QueryString, the dictionary object is forgiving and won't return an error if you ask for a query string that doesn't exist.
You could also create a function for retrieving sanitized query strings, for example:
Function SanitizedQS(ByVal qsName)
SanitizedQS = sanitized_param(Request.QueryString(qsName))
End Function
And rather than using Request.QueryString("query_string_name") just use SanitizedQS("query_string_name").

Best way to handle where clause in Lambda

I have the following lambda for a simple search page using MVC:
Name and PostedName are strings.
Results.where(a=>a.Name.Contains(PostedName)).ToList();
Thanks great when PostedName has a value (excellent filter), but when it is empty, I get bupkas (empty list).
I would ideally like my where clause to be ignored when empty string.
How can this be done?
Something ideally shorthand without ifs and elses and whatifs.
Thanks!
You can dynamically add the WHERE clause. Keep in mind that you're just building an expression tree with these clauses and it's not actually executed until, in this case, you call .ToList(). So you can do something like this:
var filteredResults = Results;
if (!string.IsNullOrWhitespace(PostedName))
filteredResults = filteredResults.Where(a => a.Contains(PostedName));
filteredResults = filteredResults.ToList();
Depending on the types you may need to explicitly declare a type for filteredResults in order for that to compile.
If you want something a little more in-line, this may do the trick:
Results.Where(a => string.IsNullOrWhitespace(PostedName) || a.Contains(PostedName)).ToList();
I think it's less clear on the intent, though. The benefit of the first example is also that you can add more filters following the same structure, basically dynamically adding more WHERE clauses for other filter fields as needed.
David's answer is correct, but if you want a shortcut you can create an extension method to simplify usage example (untested by me).
I would suggest:
Results.Where(a => a.Name.Contains((PostedName ?? "").Trim())).ToList();
"ThisIsAString".Contains("") returns true.
In the case PostedName is null, it will be changed to "".
If there is leading and/or trailing blanks characters in PostedName, then they will be removed.

Determine Data Type

I have this code in my controller:
def cols = grailsApplication.getDomainClass('com.archie.Build').persistentProperties.collect {it.name}
The code above will allow me to list all the property names I have in Build class. Now, I would like to include also the properties data type, ie. boolean, String etc...
Somewhat like the output is:
[floorType:String, floorWidth:Float, ......]
Maybe not exactly like that, or maybe similar, but as long as I can return their data type. Can someone help? Thank you.
Each entry in persistentProperties is a GrailsDomainClassProperty, and this provides access to the type of the property as a Class object:
def props = [:]
grailsApplication.getDomainClass('com.archie.Build'
).persistentProperties.each {
props[it.name] = it.type.name
}
Or just pass the persistentProperties array itself through to the GSP, then extract .name and .type there.
You may also wish to consider using constrainedProperties instead of/in addition to the persistentProperties. The constrainedProperties map lists only those properties that are mentioned in the domain class constraints block, but the iterator over this map is guaranteed to return the properties in the order they are listed in the constraints. This is how the default scaffolding operates, as I'm not aware of any way to control the order of the persistentProperties array.

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