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👩‍💻 Technical question

what does === mean in javascript

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In JavaScript, === is a strict equality operator. It checks if two values are equal and also ensures they are of the same type. For example:

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let a = 5; let b = '5'; console.log(a === b); // This will return false because one is a number and the other is a string. console.log(a === 5); // This will return true because both are the same value and type.

So, === is useful when you want to avoid unexpected results from type coercion. You can read more about it here.

👩‍💻 Technical question

what does % mean in python?

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The % symbol in Python is called the modulo operator. It is used to find the remainder when one number is divided by another.

Example:

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a = 10 b = 3 result = a % b print(result) # Output: 1

In the example above, 10 is divided by 3 and the remainder is 1. The modulo operator % is used to obtain that remainder.

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What does the == operator do in Python?

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The == operator in Python is used to check if two values are equal. It returns True if the values are equal and False otherwise.

Here is an example:

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x = 5 y = 10 z = 5 print(x == y) # False print(x == z) # True

In the above code, x == y evaluates to False because x and y have different values. On the other hand, x == z evaluates to True because x and z have the same value.

👩‍💻 Technical question

javascript what does != mean

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The != operator is a comparison operator in JavaScript that means "not equal to". It is used to compare two values to see if they are not equal. Here is an example:

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let x = 5; let y = 10; if (x != y) { console.log("x is not equal to y"); } else { console.log("x is equal to y"); }

In this example, x and y are not equal, so the code will output "x is not equal to y".

👩‍💻 Technical question

how do I make an or alert

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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I assume you are referring to creating an "OR" statement in JavaScript to trigger an alert under either condition.

In JavaScript, you can use the || operator to create an "OR" statement. Here is an example of how you can use the ||operator to trigger an alert if either condition is true:

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if (condition1 || condition2) { alert("This alert will be triggered if either condition1 or condition2 is true."); }

In this example, you will need to replace condition1 and condition2 with your specific conditions that you want to test. When one of the conditions (or both) is true, the alert will be triggered.

Here's an example:

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let num = 5; if (num < 1 || num > 10) { alert("The number is either less than 1 or greater than 10."); }

In this example, the alert will be triggered because the num variable is less than 1.

👩‍💻 Technical question

How to check if a number is odd in c.

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To check if a number is odd in C, we can use the modulus operator %.

Here's an example:

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int num = 5; if(num % 2 == 1){ printf("The number is odd"); } else{ printf("The number is even"); }

In this example, we use the modulus operator to get the remainder of num / 2. If the remainder is 1, then the number is odd. If the remainder is 0, then the number is even.

👩‍💻 Technical question

how do I increment the value of a variable by 1?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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To increment the value of a variable by 1, you can use the increment operator ++. Here's an example using JavaScript:

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let count = 0; count++; // increment count by 1 console.log(count); // output: 1

In this example, we declare a variable called count and initialize it to 0. Then, we use the increment operator ++ to add 1 to the value of count. Finally, we log the value of count to the console, which outputs 1.

👩‍💻 Technical question

how to add the last two indices in a list in python

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To add the last two indices of a Python list, you can use the "+" operator. Here's an example:

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# creating a list my_list = [3, 7, 9, 2, 8] # adding the last two indices result = my_list[-1] + my_list[-2] print(result) # output: 10

In this example, we have a list my_list with five integers. To add the last two indices, we first use the negative indexing to retrieve the second and last elements of the list: my_list[-1] gives us 8, and my_list[-2] gives us 2. We then simply add these together using the "+" operator and store the result in a variable called result. Finally, we print out the value of result, which is 10.

👩‍💻 Technical question

what does === mean in java script

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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In JavaScript, === is a comparison operator that checks the equality of two values without performing any type conversion. This means that if the values being compared have different data types, === will return false.

For example:

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console.log(7 === 7); // true console.log(7 === '7'); // false console.log(true === 1); // false console.log(false === 0); // false

You can read more about comparison operators in JavaScript here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Comparison_Operators

👩‍💻 Technical question

when we use logical And

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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Logical And is a logical operator used in programming languages. It's used to join two or more conditions and returns true if all conditions are true.

Here is an example in JavaScript:

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let x = 5; let y = 10; if (x > 0 && y < 20) { console.log("Both conditions are true"); }

In this example, the code checks if the value of x is greater than 0 AND the value of y is less than 20. Since both conditions are true, it will print "Both conditions are true".

If any of the conditions are false, then the entire expression will evaluate to false.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any more questions.

👩‍💻 Technical question

whats the java script operator that makes all inputs lowercase

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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The JavaScript operator that makes all inputs lowercase is .toLowerCase().

This operator can be used to convert any string value to lowercase by calling the method directly after the string variable or string value. Here's an example:

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let name = "SARAH"; let lowerCaseName = name.toLowerCase(); console.log(lowerCaseName); // sarah

In the example above, the .toLowerCase() method is called on the name variable, which converts the string from all uppercase to all lowercase. The resulting output when we print lowerCaseName to the console will be sarah.

👩‍💻 Java Code instructions

Asked 2 years ago in JavaScript by Thembelihle Tili

how to build a caclculator

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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Here's a sample code in Java that creates a console-based calculator:

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import java.util.Scanner; public class Calculator { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in); System.out.println("Enter first number: "); int num1 = scanner.nextInt(); System.out.println("Enter second number: "); int num2 = scanner.nextInt(); System.out.println("Enter operator (+, -, *, /): "); char operator = scanner.next().charAt(0); int result; switch (operator) { case '+': result = num1 + num2; break; case '-': result = num1 - num2; break; case '*': result = num1 * num2; break; case '/': result = num1 / num2; break; default: System.out.println("Invalid operator."); return; } System.out.println(num1 + " " + operator + " " + num2 + " = " + result); } }

The program prompts the user to enter two numbers and an operator (+, -, *, /). It then performs the corresponding arithmetic operation and displays the result on the console.

Note that this implementation assumes integer inputs, and does not handle input validation or error handling. Tracking multiple operations, history, or capability to handle decimals, exponentials and other operations would require more complex code.

👩‍💻 Technical question

Can you explain the ?? in this code? method: update.method === null ? undefined : update.method ?? this.method

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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?? is the null-coalescing operator in JavaScript, which is used to provide a default value when the variable referenced is null or undefined. In this code, ?? is being used as a short-hand way of saying:

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update.method === null ? undefined : update.method

In other words, if update.method is null, then the value of update.method is undefined, otherwise use whatever value is in update.method.

👩‍💻 Technical question

What does !== undefined mean?

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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The !== operator is a comparison operator in JavaScript which means "not equal and not undefined". It is used to compare two values to see if they are not equal, or if one of the two is undefined.

For example:

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let a = 1; let b; if (a !== undefined) { console.log("a is defined"); } if (b !== undefined) { console.log("b is defined"); } // This will print "a is defined" only, as b is undefined

👩‍💻 Technical question

What does incremental and increment mean

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Incremental is an adjective that means increasing by a small amount at a time. Increment is a verb meaning to increase by a small amount. In programming languages this can be done using the ++ operator, as seen below in JavaScript:

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let count = 0; count++; // Increment count

👩‍💻 Technical question

greater than but less than symbol in javascript

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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The conditional operator < and > can be used in JavaScript for comparison. For example:

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var x = 10; if (x > 5) { alert("x is greater than 5"); } if (x < 20) { alert("x is less than 20"); }

👩‍💻 Technical question

What does two exclamation marls before variable mean

🤖 SheCodes Athena says:

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In some programming languages, two exclamation marks before a variable mean "not". It is an operator used to negate the value of a boolean expression i.e. it will evalute the expression to the opposite of its normal truth value.

For example, in JavaScript:

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let a = true; let b = !!a; console.log(b); // --> true

In the code example above, the first let statement sets a value of true. Then, the two exclamation marks before the a negates the value, and b is set as true.

👩‍💻 Technical question

how to display and js alert prompt if no value is entered

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If you are using JavaScript, you can use the if statement to check if the user has entered a value. This can be done by using the prompt() method and then using the ! operator to check if the value is truthy or not. If not, you can then use the alert() method to display a prompt to the user:

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let userInput = prompt('Please enter a value'); if (!userInput) { alert('No value was entered!'); }

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