Questions tagged [method-names]
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Get the method name
The following code works:
class String
def color(code)
"\e[#{code}m#{self}\e[0m"
end
end
puts "Anything".color(93)
I want to be able to do:
puts "Anything".red
by catching the red as a string, and then giving it to a case-block as…

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Use @ symbol in a rails method name
Is there any way for me to use the '@' symbol in a rails method name? e.g.
def @method_name
end
Rails doesn't seem to like it.
I want to do it to adhere to some external conventions (external to rails).

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get method as text
I need to save and load some properties to a database and I am stuck with this.
I have a form with several methods and a button. button.onclick event is assigned to one of the form's methods.
I need to get the name of the assigned method as string…

Kiril Hadjiev
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How to understand the symbolic method name in JVM?
I tried to dump the methods' symbolic names. e.g.
.hasLines()Z
The strange thing is that I also got some similar names.…

JackWM
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Rename abstract test methods (Visual Studio / c#)
Question:
Is there a way to manually name a test method instead of taking the methodname?
Background:
I'm currently active as a BizTalk developer and we use the BizUnit framework to test our projects.
To get these unit tests running we use the…

Stijn Van Hoecke
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How to add methodname in logging using runtime reconfiguration
I'm working on a C# application, using NLog for logging purposes.
I have just seen the following in a logfile:
2023-06-08 11:15:58.1816 | NameSpace.ClassName | CheckMATCO | Check CheckFixstation ...
This is caused by the following piece of source…

Dominique
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Issue with method name, Spring Boot
I am working on a booking application for learning purposes, a problem with a method name in the repository interface
Optional findByIdAndStatus(int id, status status);
and I am always getting this error:
Error starting…

Djina Obradović
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Naming conventions. Method or variable names containing numbers as a words
I can't find even couple of words about containing numbers in names of variables or on methods. Does anyone have any authoritative information about such cases:
string2map
its4me
etc...
Exactly using number as a word but not number as a number.
Is…

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How to get the method name and line number in Exception in ASP Core 5
I want to get the method name and line number when an error occur, I am using Core 5.
try
{
//My code
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
_logger.LogError(ex, "Method Name / Line Number");
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How to name method that can only return one entry. (C#, ASP.NET)
I have a method, that returns a List of strings. For some reason I do not allow the method to return a List with more than one string in it. Is it better to name such a method GetEntry or GetEntries?

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how to use use class method name inside method itself?
Is there better way to get function name inside the class.
I would like to get and "A.boo" without using self.boo statement.
this is the test.py which I ran
import sys
import traceback
def foo():
print(foo.__name__)
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rho
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Method naming: including or excluding the parameter type with multiple similar methods
When faced with a class that has multiple similar methods operating on different parameter types, do you include some kind of description of the parameters in the method name, or do you keep the name the same and trust that the parameters themselves…

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Anybody know why mono SQLite uses SqliteConnection but Windows uses SQLiteConnection?
I am adapting a large open-source Windows program to Linux, using MonoDevelop.
I find that the SQLite method names in Windows look like this:
SQLiteConnection
but in Mono.Data.Sqlite they look like this:
SqliteConnection
with different case,…

JimH44
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Scala method name length convention
I'm looking into code smells that have an impact on the readability of an application. I came across long method names and I was wondering if there is a convention for this.
I've checked the naming conventions in the scaladocs but it didn't list…

RemcoW
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Ruby: what is the best way to find out method type in method_missing?
At the moment I've got this code:
name, type = meth.to_s.match(/^(.+?)([=?]?)$/)[1..-1]
But it doesn't seem to be the best solution =\
Any ideas how to make it better?
Thanks.

Daniel
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