Top "Types" questions

Better way to get type of a Javascript variable?

Is there a better way to get the type of a variable in JS than typeof? It works fine when …

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What data type to use for hashed password field and what length?

I'm not sure how password hashing works (will be implementing it later), but need to create database schema now. I'm …

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How to find out if a Python object is a string?

How can I check if a Python object is a string (either regular or Unicode)?

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Test if a variable is a list or tuple

In python, what's the best way to test if a variable contains a list or a tuple? (ie. a collection) …

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What are POD types in C++?

I've come across this term POD-type a few times. What does it mean?

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Difference between text and varchar (character varying)

What's the difference between the text data type and the character varying (varchar) data types? According to the documentation If …

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How to cast Object to its actual type?

If I have: void MyMethod(Object obj) { ... } How can I cast obj to what its actual type is?

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How To Change DataType of a DataColumn in a DataTable?

I have: DataTable Table = new DataTable; SqlConnection = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection("Data Source=" + ServerName + ";Initial Catalog=" + DatabaseName + ";Integrated Security=…

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Long vs Integer, long vs int, what to use and when?

Sometimes I see API's using long or Long or int or Integer, and I can't figure how the decision is …

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Convert a byte array to integer in Java and vice versa

I want to store some data into byte arrays in Java. Basically just numbers which can take up to 2 Bytes …

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