How to convert escaped characters? [duplicate]

>>> escaped_str=”One \\\”example\\\” >>> print escaped_str.encode(‘string_escape’) One \\\’example\\\’ >>> print escaped_str.decode(‘string_escape’) One ‘example’ Several similar codecs are available, such as rot13 and hex. The above is Python 2.x, but – since you said (below, in a comment) that you’re using Python 3.x – while it’s circumlocutious to decode a Unicode string object, it’s still possible. … Read more

Binding StringFormat

Since BindingBase.StringFormat is not a dependency property, I do not think that you can bind it. If the formatting string varies, I’m afraid you will have to resort to something like this <TextBlock Text=”{Binding MyFormattedProperty}” /> and do the formatting in your view model. Alternatively, you could use a MultiBinding and a converter (example code … Read more

Right padding with zeros in Java

You could use: String.format(“%-5s”, price ).replace(‘ ‘, ‘0’) Can I do this using only the format pattern? String.format uses Formatter.justify just like the String.printf method. From this post you will see that the output space is hard-coded, so using the String.replace is necessary.