Monthly Archives: November 2009
Python MySQL Associative Array
By default, the MySQLdb module to access a MySQL database returns the data as an integer indexed array. Sometimes this is not desirable and an associative array is preferred, such as the mysql_fetch_assoc function in PHP. In addition, we will … Continue reading
Python emulate mouse click in Windows
The following bit of code, which requires the win32api, simulates a mouse click using Python under the Windows OS. import win32api, win32con def click(x,y): win32api.SetCursorPos((x,y)) win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTDOWN, x, y, 0, 0) win32api.mouse_event(win32con.MOUSEEVENTF_LEFTUP, x, y, 0, 0) click(100, 100) # simulate mouse … Continue reading
Windows Batch FTP Routine
Here is some example code to connect to an FTP server and run the commands that follow. @echo on %windir%\system32\ftp.exe -n -s:”%~f0″ server.com goto done user myusername mypassword cd /home/directory/public_html ls -al quit :done pause The key to this working … Continue reading
Python Print Screen and Save Image in Windows
So you need to do a “Print Screen” and save the image in the clipboard huh? I had that exact need too. Let me save you a few hours of trouble and tell you that the win32clipboard does not yet … Continue reading
Python Abstract Snow Art using PyGame
# # Abstract Random Snow Art # Copyright 2009 Travis Crowder # travis.crowder@spechal.com # Published under the MIT License # import pygame, sys, random from pygame.color import THECOLORS pygame.init() screen = pygame.display.set_mode([640,480]) screen.fill([0,0,0]) for i in range(1, 2500): top = … Continue reading
Python Abstract Box Art using PyGame
# # Abstract Random Box Art # Copyright 2009 Travis Crowder # travis.crowder@spechal.com # Published under the MIT License # import pygame, sys, random from pygame.color import THECOLORS pygame.init() screen = pygame.display.set_mode([640,480]) screen.fill([0,0,0]) for i in range(1, 100): width = … Continue reading
C++ Read from a file using fstream
/** Read from a file (version 1) Copyright 2009 Travis Crowder travis.crowder@spechal.com Published under the MIT License */ #include <iostream> #include <fstream> #include <string> int main(int argc, char* argv[]){ // create the file handle, opening the file std::fstream myFile("text.txt", std::ios::in); … Continue reading
C++ Write to a file using fstream
/** Write to a file (version 1) Copyright 2009 Travis Crowder travis.crowder@spechal.com Published under the MIT License */ #include <iostream> #include <fstream> int main(int argc, char* argv[]){ // create the file handle, opening the file as well std::fstream myFile("text.txt", std::ios::out); … Continue reading
C++ Palindrome Checker
/** Palindrome Checker Copyright 2009 Travis Crowder Published under the MIT License */ #include <iostream> #include <algorithm> #include <string> bool isPalindrome(const std::string theWord); int main(int argc, char* argv[]){ std::string theWord; if(!argv[1]){ std::cout << "Enter the word to check: "; std::cin … Continue reading
PHP function to validate MySQL UUID or GUID
/** * Function to validate a generated GUID / UUID * @param string $guid GUID * @return bool */ function validGUID($guid){ return preg_match(‘#^[a-z0-9]{8}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{12}$#’, $guid); } Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers … Continue reading
