In PHP, there are a few ways in which you can specify a string which, if it contains a variable name, the corresponding value will replace it. This process is referred to as string expansion and is talked about here on PHP.net. Unfortunately, there is no real way to implement Read more…
Recently at work we had the need to convert a string parameter (passed into an iReport) into a table. For many people, the first thing that may come to mind is either the STRING_TO_ARRAY(...) function combined with the UNNEST(...) function. The biggest issue with using just those two functions is Read more…
One of the things that I love about string manipulation is the existence of regular expressions. For this reason, I have decided to share a few examples that may help those who are learning about regular expressions so that can understand them a bit better. JavaScript – General Variable Name Read more…