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j4mie / normalise.py
Created August 30, 2010 12:44
Normalise (normalize) unicode data in Python to remove umlauts, accents etc.
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import unicodedata
""" Normalise (normalize) unicode data in Python to remove umlauts, accents etc. """
data = u'naïve café'
normal = unicodedata.normalize('NFKD', data).encode('ASCII', 'ignore')
print normal
@nerdsrescueme
nerdsrescueme / regex.txt
Created September 23, 2011 16:08
Common Regex
Perl and PHP Regular Expressions
PHP regexes are based on the PCRE (Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions), so any regexp that works for one should be compatible with the other or any other language that makes use of the PCRE format. Here are some commonly needed regular expressions for both PHP and Perl. Each regex will be in string format and will include delimiters.
All Major Credit Cards
This regular expression will validate all major credit cards: American Express (Amex), Discover, Mastercard, and Visa.
//All major credit cards regex
'/^(?:4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?|5[1-5][0-9]{14}|6011[0-9]{12}|622((12[6-9]|1[3-9][0-9])|([2-8][0-9][0-9])|(9(([0-1][0-9])|(2[0-5]))))[0-9]{10}|64[4-9][0-9]{13}|65[0-9]{14}|3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}|3[47][0-9]{13})*$/'
@clarle
clarle / app.js
Created July 26, 2012 07:35
Short tutorial on how to use Express and node-mysql
// Module dependencies
var express = require('express'),
mysql = require('mysql');
// Application initialization
var connection = mysql.createConnection({
host : 'localhost',
user : 'root',
@mattratleph
mattratleph / vimdiff.md
Last active October 16, 2024 17:26 — forked from roothybrid7/vimdiff_cheet.md
vimdiff cheat sheet

vimdiff cheat sheet

##git mergetool

In the middle file (future merged file), you can navigate between conflicts with ]c and [c.

Choose which version you want to keep with :diffget //2 or :diffget //3 (the //2 and //3 are unique identifiers for the target/master copy and the merge/branch copy file names).

:diffupdate (to remove leftover spacing issues)

:only (once you’re done reviewing all conflicts, this shows only the middle/merged file)

@zykadelic
zykadelic / array.destroy.js
Last active January 27, 2016 21:08
Destroy all occurrences of the argument from an array. Returns the destroyed element.
Array.prototype.destroy = function(obj){
// Return null if no objects were found and removed
var destroyed = null;
for(var i = 0; i < this.length; i++){
// Use while-loop to find adjacent equal objects
while(this[i] === obj){
// Remove this[i] and store it within destroyed

Moved

Now located at https://github.com/JeffPaine/beautiful_idiomatic_python.

Why it was moved

Github gists don't support Pull Requests or any notifications, which made it impossible for me to maintain this (surprisingly popular) gist with fixes, respond to comments and so on. In the interest of maintaining the quality of this resource for others, I've moved it to a proper repo. Cheers!

@Starefossen
Starefossen / gist:6699580
Last active June 22, 2022 12:37
Command line HTTP POST with custom headers and JSON payload using CURL
curl -X POST \
-H "X-Parse-Application-Id: $APP_ID" \
-H "X-Parse-REST-API-Key: $KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"score": 1337, "playerName": "Sean Plott", "cheatMode": false }' \
https://api.parse.com/1/classes/GameScore
@sloria
sloria / bobp-python.md
Last active November 14, 2024 15:01
A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

The Best of the Best Practices (BOBP) Guide for Python

A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

In General

Values

  • "Build tools for others that you want to be built for you." - Kenneth Reitz
  • "Simplicity is alway better than functionality." - Pieter Hintjens
@stephenll
stephenll / .bash_profile
Created February 2, 2014 02:45 — forked from jernejcic/.bash_profile
.bash_profile file on Mac OS X
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Description: This file holds all my BASH configurations and aliases.
# Much of this was originally copied from:
# http://natelandau.com/my-mac-osx-bash_profile/
#
# Sections:
# 1. Environment Configuration
# 2. Make Terminal Better (remapping defaults and adding functionality)
# 3. File and Folder Management
@martinklepsch
martinklepsch / README.md
Last active February 28, 2022 04:34
A very minimal Emacs configuration to get started with Emacs & Evil-mode

A Starting Point for using Emacs & Evil-mode

(I wrote a bit about why Emacs and Vim on my blog and thought it might be nice to give some starting point for people that want to try it.)

If you just want to play around with Emacs & Evil mode do the following:

  1. mkdir ~/.emacs.d/
  2. copy init.el into ~/.emacs.d/
  3. Download Emacs from http://emacsformacosx.com