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backpackerhh / inflections.rb
Last active September 18, 2017 10:24
Inflections
# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
# Add new inflection rules using the following format
# (all these examples are active by default):
ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
# inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1en'
# inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, '\1'
# inflect.irregular 'person', 'people'
# inflect.uncountable %w( fish sheep )
inflect.plural /(or)$/i, '\1es'
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backpackerhh / benchmark.rb
Last active December 10, 2015 19:36
Performance of different block invocations using Ruby 2.1.2
# Adapted from http://blog.sidu.in/2008/01/ruby-blocks-redux-ruby-190-ruby-186-and.html
require 'benchmark'
def implicit(*args)
yield args.join(' ')
end
def explicit(*args, &block)
block.call args.join(' ')
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backpackerhh / core-set.xsl
Created May 23, 2014 19:05
XML World-Countries XSLT Exercises
<!-- 1. Return all countries with population between 9 and 10 million. Retain the structure of country elements from the original data. -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="country[@population &gt; 9000000][@population &lt; 10000000]">
<xsl:copy-of select="." />
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="text()" />
</xsl:stylesheet>
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backpackerhh / core-set.xml
Created May 23, 2014 19:03
XML World-Countries XPath and XQuery Exercises
<!-- 1. Return the area of Mongolia. -->
<!-- Reminder: To return the value of an attribute attr, you must use data(@attr), although just @attr may be used in comparisons. You will need to remember this for some later questions as well. -->
//country[@name = "Mongolia"]/data(@area)
<!-- 2. Return the names of all cities that have the same name as the country in which they are located. -->
//city[name = parent::country/data(@name)]/name
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backpackerhh / core-set.xsl
Created May 21, 2014 16:39
XML Course-Catalog XSLT Exercises
<!-- 1. Return a list of department titles. -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:template match="Department">
<Title><xsl:value-of select="Title" /></Title>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
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backpackerhh / core-set.xml
Last active August 29, 2015 14:01
XML Course-Catalog XPath and XQuery Exercises
<!-- 1. Return all Title elements (of both departments and courses). -->
//Title
<!-- 2. Return last names of all department chairs. -->
//Chair//Last_Name
//Chair/*/Last_Name
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backpackerhh / spanish_postal_code_validator.rb
Last active September 16, 2019 15:53
Spanish postal code validator for Rails
# Usage:
#
# class MyClass < ActiveRecord::Base
# ...
# validate :postal_code, spanish_postal_code: true # default message
# validate :postal_code, spanish_postal_code: { message: '<Your message>' } # custom message
# ...
# end
#
class SpanishPostalCodeValidator < ActiveModel::EachValidator
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backpackerhh / countries.xml
Created May 4, 2014 11:16
XML - DTD Exercises
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE countries [
<!ELEMENT countries (country*)>
<!ELEMENT country ((language|city)*)>
<!ATTLIST country name CDATA #REQUIRED population CDATA #REQUIRED area CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT language (#PCDATA)>
<!ATTLIST language percentage CDATA #REQUIRED>
<!ELEMENT city (name, population)>
<!ELEMENT name (#PCDATA)>
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backpackerhh / core-set.sql
Last active February 4, 2025 21:59
SQL - Social-Network Query Exercises
-- 1. Find the names of all students who are friends with someone named Gabriel.
SELECT H1.name
FROM Highschooler H1
INNER JOIN Friend ON H1.ID = Friend.ID1
INNER JOIN Highschooler H2 ON H2.ID = Friend.ID2
WHERE H2.name = "Gabriel";
-- 2. For every student who likes someone 2 or more grades younger than themselves, return that student's name and grade, and the name and grade of the student they like.
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backpackerhh / core-set.sql
Last active March 10, 2025 22:37
SQL - Movie-Rating Query Exercises
-- 1. Find the titles of all movies directed by Steven Spielberg.
SELECT title
FROM Movie
WHERE director = 'Steven Spielberg';
-- 2. Find all years that have a movie that received a rating of 4 or 5, and sort them in increasing order.
SELECT DISTINCT year