How to pass a callback as a parameter into another function

Yup. Function references are just like any other object reference, you can pass them around to your heart’s content. Here’s a more concrete example: function foo() { console.log(“Hello from foo!”); } function caller(f) { // Call the given function f(); } function indirectCaller(f) { // Call `caller`, who will in turn call `f` caller(f); } … Read more

Running bash script from within python

Making sleep.sh executable and adding shell=True to the parameter list (as suggested in previous answers) works ok. Depending on the search path, you may also need to add ./ or some other appropriate path. (Ie, change “sleep.sh” to “./sleep.sh”.) The shell=True parameter is not needed (under a Posix system like Linux) if the first line … Read more

Calling a Sub in VBA

Try – Call CatSubProduktAreakum(Stattyp, Daty + UBound(SubCategories) + 2) As for the reason, this from MSDN via this question – What does the Call keyword do in VB6? You are not required to use the Call keyword when calling a procedure. However, if you use the Call keyword to call a procedure that requires arguments, … Read more

Javascript inheritance: call super-constructor or use prototype chain?

The answer to the real question is that you need to do both: Setting the prototype to an instance of the parent initializes the prototype chain (inheritance), this is done only once (since the prototype object is shared). Calling the parent’s constructor initializes the object itself, this is done with every instantiation (you can pass … Read more

subprocess.call() arguments ignored when using shell=True w/ list [duplicate]

When shell is True, the first argument is appended to [“/bin/sh”, “-c”]. If that argument is a list, the resulting list is [“/bin/sh”, “-c”, “ls”, “-al”] That is, only ls, not ls -al is used as the argument to the -c option. -al is used as the first argument the shell itself, not ls. When … Read more

Referencing a variable from another method

Usually you’d pass it as an argument, like so: void Method1() { var myString = “help”; Method2(myString); } void Method2(string aString) { var myString = “I need “; var anotherString = myString + aString; } However, the methods in your example are event listeners. You generally don’t call them directly. (I suppose you can, but … Read more