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Text is a sequence of printable characters.

Text is a sequence of printable characters.

Text can be unformatted (plain) or formatted (rich).

The most common character codes used for representing text are Unicode and ASCII:

  • ASCII is a character code and an encoding.
  • Unicode is a complex standard, with multiple encodings, the most common of which is UTF-8.
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How to replace multiple substrings of a string?

I would like to use the .replace function to replace multiple strings. I currently have string.replace("condition1", "") but would like to have something like string.replace("condition1", "").replace("condition2", "text") although that does not…
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How can I replace text with CSS?

How can I replace text with CSS using a method like this: .pvw-title img[src*="IKON.img"] { visibility:hidden; } Instead of ( img[src*="IKON.img"] ), I need to use something that can replace text instead. I have to use [ ] to get it to…
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Using .text() to retrieve only text not nested in child tags

If I have html like this:
  • This is some text First span text Second span text
    • I'm trying to use .text() to retrieve just the string "This is some text",…
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    How to search a string in multiple files and return the names of files in Powershell?

    I have started learning powershell a couple of days ago, and I couldn't find anything on google that does what I need so please bear with my question. I have been asked to replace some text strings into multiple files. I do not necessarily know the…
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    How to stop text from taking up more than 1 line?

    Is there a word-wrap or any other attribute that stops text from wrapping? I have a height, and overflow:hidden, and the text still breaks. Needs to work in all browsers, before CSS3.
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    Scatter plot with different text at each data point

    I am trying to make a scatter plot and annotate data points with different numbers from a list. So, for example, I want to plot y vs x and annotate with corresponding numbers from n. y = [2.56422, 3.77284, 3.52623, 3.51468, 3.02199] z = [0.15, 0.3,…
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    How can I find elements by text content with jQuery?

    Can anyone tell me if it's possible to find an element based on its content rather than by an ID or class? I am attempting to find elements that don't have distinct classes or IDs. (Then I then need to find that element's parent.)
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    What is "entropy and information gain"?

    I am reading this book (NLTK) and it is confusing. Entropy is defined as: Entropy is the sum of the probability of each label times the log probability of that same label How can I apply entropy and maximum entropy in terms of text mining? Can…
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    Input text dialog Android

    When a user clicks a Button in my App (which is printed in a SurfaceView), I'd like a text Dialog to appear and I would like to store the result in a String. I'd like the text Dialog to overlay the current screen. How can I do this?
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    How to place and center text in an SVG rectangle

    I have the following rectangle: I would like to center the word "Fiction" inside of it. For other rectangles, does SVG word wrap to stay within them? I can't seem to find anything specifically…
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    How can I read and parse CSV files in C++?

    I need to load and use CSV file data in C++. At this point it can really just be a comma-delimited parser (ie don't worry about escaping new lines and commas). The main need is a line-by-line parser that will return a vector for the next line each…
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    Extracting text from HTML file using Python

    I'd like to extract the text from an HTML file using Python. I want essentially the same output I would get if I copied the text from a browser and pasted it into notepad. I'd like something more robust than using regular expressions that may…
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    How can I detect the encoding/codepage of a text file?

    In our application, we receive text files (.txt, .csv, etc.) from diverse sources. When reading, these files sometimes contain garbage, because the files where created in a different/unknown codepage. Is there a way to (automatically) detect the…
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    SQL Server Text type vs. varchar data type

    I have variable length character data and want to store in SQL Server (2005) database. I want to learn some best practices about how to choose TEXT SQL type or choose VARCHAR SQL type, pros and cons in performance/footprint/function.
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    Setting a max character length in CSS

    I am making responsive website for school and my question is: How do I set a max character length of the sentences (with CSS) on my website (like 75 characters) that when I have a very large screen, the sentences wont go further than 75…
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