Editor's Note: This article has been updated by its author. Thank you, Pat. Have you ever wanted to change the names of many files at once? Or, have you ever needed to use a default value for a ...

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We often read (including in the book Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper) that if we pass variable names as parameters to functions, they will be treated as string literals and cannot be ...

In my last two articles, I discussed how to read and write to files using Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript). This week we discuss how to declare and use variables, constants and strings. In ...

C# finally gets the BASIC GOSUB feature through local functions, but local functions take that GOSUB-like capability up a few notches. If you're an old-timer like me, you probably remember the ...

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. Follow these steps to find the length of a String in Java: Declare a variable of type String ...

Irina Medvinskaya offers an example that shows how VB.NET’s String.Compare method can come in handy when you need to compare two string variables. Working with strings is a very important ...

Don't struggle to pass strings. Instead, apply these five simple rules when working with embedded strings in VBA. If you want to work with VBA, eventually, you’ll struggle with embedded strings. It ...