How to get rid of space in a string in python? I am trying to take a string in a list of strings and remove all the white space while separating non-space with a comma. For example I have the string:  '        XX       XX          X   XXXXXX   XX               XXXXXXX    XXXXX'   and need to return it as ['XX', 'XX', 'X', 'XXXXXX', 'XX', 'XXXXXXX', 'XXXXX']. Any suggestions?   Note: The amount of space between each segment varies.
How to split a string with any whitespace chars as delimiters What regex pattern would need I to pass to  java.lang.String.split()  to split a String into an Array of substrings using all whitespace characters (' ', '\t', '\n', etc.) as delimiters?
How to assign permanent drive letters to removable USB hard drives I have scripts that expect specific drive letters for hard drives. Windows sometimes assigns the different drive letters (e.g. I expected my Maxtor drive to be E:, but it's now F:, therefore my scripts will fail), depending on the order of how the drives are plugged into my laptop.  In Windows 7, how do I assign a permanent drive letter to a drive? Why does gulp.src not like being passed an array of complete paths to files? Is there a way to set the gnome-terminal title from within the terminal itself without having to right click on the tab. Something like:  active-terminal --title "Foo"   There was a related question previously with an answer that almost lets you do this:  but that doesn't set the gnome-terminal tab title only the window title. Evolution threads extra lines before signature What determines speciation at a molecular level?  At what point does a scientist determine two lineages are different enough to be considered separate species?  Does it have a margin of error? Call a javascript function after 5 sec of last key press factorization of a^n+1? What is the easiest way to encode a PHP string for output to a JavaScript variable?  I have a PHP string which includes quotes and newlines.  I need the contents of this string to be put into a JavaScript variable.  Normally, I would just construct my JavaScript in a PHP file, à la:  &lt;script&gt;   var myvar = "&lt;?php echo $myVarValue;?&gt;"; &lt;/script&gt;   However, this doesn't work when $myVarValue contains quotes or newlines. Apparently this is a  and should hopefully be fixed in an upcoming update.    I have installed SQL Server Management Studio v17.9 on a clean Windows 10 installation.  This associated all .sql files with SSMS.  I want to associate .sql files with a plain text editor (eg: Sublime) but I am unable to change the default application.  I have tried:   Right click .sql file -> Open With -> Sublime + "Always use this program". Settings -> Default Applications by File Type -> Find .sql -> Change to Sublime Right click .sql file -> Properties -> "Change" button -> Sublime. Using ftype via elevated command prompt as seen    In all 3 cases, my selection is not reflected in any way, anywhere.  The icon remains SSMS, and the file opens with SSMS.  Is there some kind of "File Association retention" setting within SSMS I am unaware of?  Edit: I can change the default application for non-SSMS-associated extensions without issue.  Edit: after deleting registry key HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.sql, .sql files show a VSCode icon:    If I then double-click New Users.sql, it opens with SSMS and a refresh of regedit shows the .sql entry recreated with ssms.exe associated (the icon remains VSCode):    If I then right-click -> open with -> Choose Another App -> Select Sublime and hit "Always use this to open .sql files", it opens with Sublime and a refresh of regedit shows a new "b" entry created for Sublime.  The icon remains VSCode, and double-clicking opens it in SSMS:    If I then delete the a entry for ssms.exe and rename b -> a such that only sublime exists, then double-click the .sql file, it opens with SSMS and generates a new b entry for itself: I was thinking of the noted 1980 paper by Sidney Coleman and Frank de Luccia--"Gravitational effects of and on vacuum decay"-- about metastable vacuum states that could tunnel to a lower energy "true vacuum" with catastrophic results. I suspect the answer is that if our vacuum is a false one, we wouldn't "see" the true one til it hit us. I'm not quite sure how the total attack bonus interacts with BAB.   Can you make more attacks than shown by your BAB (e.g. +11/+6/+1 BAB allows you to make 3 attacks) by having a high enough DEX, STR or other attack bonus modifiers? Assuming I have +11/+6/+1 BAB, and a spell gives me +6 attack bonus, would that make me able to attack as if I had +17/+12/+7/+2 BAB, giving me an extra attack?)   Can you make multiple attacks even if you have one of your stats drained, making your attack bonus negative, or less than 5?      It says in the SRD that the formula for attack bonus in melee is this:       Base attack bonus + Strength modifier + size modifier   I've also been told that you can make multiple attacks in one turn, but each attack gains a -5 penalty to attack bonus. Objects with transparent texture not always show transparency in 3dview For some reason objects don't show their transparency all the time.  In this image the circles in red are suposed to be transparent like the ones in green.    When I select the object in the back, all objects in front of it become opaque.    When I select the two objects that are opaque, then they become transparent as they sould be.    The display is in GLSL mode  These are the material and texture properties      I'm not worried about the final render, just the editing view. I would like to see the actual transparency at editing time only, because the scene is to be imported in a third party game engine.  Blender is v2.68   is the blend file An incorrect proof by exhaustion JavaScript YAML Parser Calculating determinant with different numbers on diagonal and x everywhere else I'm having troubles solving the following determinant:  $$\left|   \begin{array}{cccc}     a_1 &amp; x &amp; \ldots &amp; x \\    x &amp; a_2 &amp; \ldots &amp; \vdots \\     \vdots &amp; \ldots &amp; \ddots &amp; x \\     x &amp; \ldots &amp; x &amp; a_n \\   \end{array} \right|$$  I have tried coming up with recurrent formula, but there's always one lingering row and column. I also tried finding values of x for which determinant is 0, hoping I could get a nice polynomial solution, with no luck.  By subtracting first row from every other I get somewhat nicer result, but there's still that one row/column which I can't solve. If all other columns are added to the first one and then I subtract the first row, then the column doesn't depend on x anymore, but I haven't found 1..n much more useful. Is there a way to get reverse numbering on the enumerate environment? To build a list of publications, I wish to show the most recent on top of the list, while keeping the numbering similar. This can be achieved manually by doing something like:  \begin{enumerate} \item[42] pub num 42 \item[41] pub num 41 \item[...] \item[1] pub num 1 \end{enumerate}   but is there a more principled approach? Combining php arrays I have the following arrays in PHP (okay they are a bit bigger but the idea is what counts).  $array1 = array(1 =&gt; 'a', 2 =&gt; 'b'); $array2 = array(3 =&gt; 'c', 4 =&gt; 'd');   Essentially I want to combine the two arrays as if it were something like this  $array3 = array(1 =&gt; 'a', 2 =&gt; 'b', 3 =&gt; 'c', 4 =&gt; 'd');   Thanks What is /etc/mtab in Linux? What is /etc/mtab in Linux?   Why is it needed and advantages of having it? When quoting a quotation, how do you handle the double quotes? Assume there is original source text:     This restaurant is amazing with "delicious lasagna" and great service.   Make sure you go 6-7pm for the quietest times.   I want to quote "delicious lasagna" but not sure how to handle the outer double quotes.  If I was quoting more than just that quotation (e.g. is amazing with "delicious lasagna" and great service) I'd just do:     "...is amazing with 'delicious lasagna' and great service."   However, when quoting just that quotation, it looks like:     "'delicious lasagna'"   Is this the correct way or is there something better? I have Windows 8 (final, MSDN) on my Macbook Pro Retina.  Windows 8's ongoing, continuous tantrum of insisting that it's on a tablet device is causing it to always have a touch keyboard 'icon' on  the taskbar.  The 'icon' is actually a toolbar and I can temporarily disable it by right clicking the taskbar and DE-selecting it. However, upon rebooting the system, it always insists on coming back and activating itself.    How can I permanently disable the touch keyboard toolbar in the taskbar?