Top "Ampersand" questions

What does an ampersand (&) mean in the Swift language?

I know about the ampersand as a bit operation but sometimes I see it in front of variable names. What …

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How to select parent pseudo-class from within child using scss

I'd like to select the parent using the following pattern. I understand I could write this within the parent selector, …

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Ampersand is being HTML Encoded as &. Any way to prevent this?

I have the following block of code that creates an Action Link for a company. Html.ActionLink(Html.Encode(currentCompany.…

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Running bash script does not return to terminal when using ampersand (&) to run a subprocess in the background

I have a script (lets call it parent.sh) that makes 2 calls to a second script (child.sh) that runs …

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Python a &= b meaning?

What does the &= operator mean in Python, and can you give me a working example? I am trying to …

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Ampersand problem in XML when creating a URL String

I am working with an XML feed that has, as one of it's nodes, a URL string similar to the …

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Why does scanf() need & operator (address-of) in some cases, and not others?

Why do we need to put a & operator in scanf() for storing values in an integer array but not …

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Python gives 'Not well-formed xml' error because of presence of '&' characters

I am reading an xml file using Python. But my xml file contains & characters, because of which while running …

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php file_get_contents($url) & turns into &

I am trying to make a request to the coinbase api like this $url = "https://api.gdax.com/products/BTC-USD/…

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Use ampersand in CAST in SQL

The following code snippet on SQL server 2005 fails on the ampersand '&': select cast('<name>…

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