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Instead of iterating over all possible integer numbers, let's iterate over all possible sequences
a1n + a2n + a3n + .. + ann = A, where 0 ≤ ai ≤ 9
and checking corresponding sums A for "Armstrongeness".

As sum is commutative (a+b = b+a) we need to iterate only over non-decreasing sequences:
a1n ≤ a2n ≤ a3n ≤ .. ≤ ann

For example, lets find all 3-digit Armstrong numbers:
03 + 03 + 03 = 0
03 + 03 + 13 = 1
03 + 03 + 23 = 8
...
03 + 33 + 63 = 243
03 + 33 + 73 = 370 <-- Armstrong number
03 + 33 + 83 = 539
...
03 + 43 + 63 = 280
03 + 43 + 73 = 407 <-- Armstrong number
03 + 43 + 83 = 576
...
13 + 33 + 43 = 92
13 + 33 + 53 = 153 <-- Armstrong number
13 + 33 + 63 = 244
13 + 33 + 73 = 371 <-- Armstrong number
13 + 33 + 83 = 540
...
93 + 93 + 93 = 2187

There is 900 3-digit numbers, but only 178 possible 3-digit permutations. Does not sound like big deal, however for 900'000'000'000'000'000 18-digit numbers, there is only 4'515'854 permutations.

My written on Java implementation computes all numbers by ~2 sec on my machine:

package org.example;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
  private static int[] digits;
  private static long sumOfPows = 0;
  private static long[] pows;
  private static long min = 0;
  private static long max = 0;
  private static List<Long> result = new ArrayList<>();

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    for (int numOfDigits = 1; numOfDigits <= 19 ; numOfDigits++) {
      search(numOfDigits);
    }

    System.out.println(result);
  }

  private static void search(int numOfDigits) {
    digits = new int[numOfDigits];
    sumOfPows = 0;
    pows = new long[10];
    min = powerN(10, numOfDigits-1);
    max = powerN(10, numOfDigits);
    if (max < 0) { // check for overflow
      max = Long.MAX_VALUE;
    }
    for (int i = 0; i < pows.length; i++) {
      pows[i] = powerN(i, numOfDigits);
    }
    searchRecursively(0, 0);
  }

  // fast power alhorithm, not relevant here
  private static long powerN(int number, int power){
    long res = 1;
    long sq = number;
    while(power > 0){
      if(power % 2 == 1){
        res *= sq;
      }
      sq = sq * sq;
      power /= 2;
    }
    return res;
  }

  private static void searchRecursively(int curI, int minDigit) {
    if (curI == digits.length) {
      if (min <= sumOfPows && sumOfPows < max) {
        int[] digitsSorted = toDigits(sumOfPows, digits.length);
        if (Arrays.equals(digits, digitsSorted)) {
          result.add(sumOfPows); // we found it!
        }
      }
    } else {
      for (int j = minDigit; j <= 9; j++) {
        digits[curI] = j;
        sumOfPows += pows[j];
        if (sumOfPows >= 0 && sumOfPows < max) { // check for overflow
          searchRecursively(curI + 1, j);
        }
        sumOfPows -= pows[j]; // backtracking
      }
    }
  }

  private static int[] toDigits(long num, int len) {
    int[] result = new int[len];
    while(num > 0) {
      result[--len] = (int)(num % 10);
      num /= 10;
    }
    Arrays.sort(result);
    return result;
  }
}
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  • What are you testing here?
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Oct 7, 2023 at 9:13
  • @ShadowTheGPTWizard, typical "Your post appears to contain code that is not properly formatted as code. Please indent all code by 4 spaces using the code toolbar button or the CTRL+K keyboard shortcut. For more editing help, click the [?] toolbar icon." Unfortunately I cannot reproduce this on meta.stackexchange.com
    – Viktor Karabut
    Commented Oct 8, 2023 at 19:43
  • Yeah this filter isn't active here or even in Meta Stack Overflow.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 7:16
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Trying to narrow down a bug. Found a post where the list renders as expected in edit preview, meaning both items have #. bullets, but when posted, they render inconsistently.

I have tried several different methods that give the same result, not suitable for me.

1)

    QMatrix4x4 mat = m_view * m_projection * m_model;

    QVector3D screenPos(p.x(),p.y(),1.0f);
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This is a domain-relative link. And a tag:

This is the first part of testing what happens when a post contains a domain-relative link and is transcluded.

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SVG flowchart embedded in HTML in Snippet:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN"

 "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">

<!-- Generated by graphviz version 9.0.0 (20230911.1827)

 -->

<!-- Title: G Pages: 1 -->

<svg width="531pt" height="456pt" viewBox="0.00 0.00 530.50 455.57" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">

<g id="graph0" class="graph" transform="scale(1 1) rotate(0) translate(4 451.57)">

<title>G</title>

<polygon fill="white" stroke="none" points="-4,4 -4,-451.57 526.5,-451.57 526.5,4 -4,4"/>

<!-- Enter -->

<g id="node1" class="node">

<title>Enter</title>

<ellipse fill="black" stroke="black" stroke-width="1.2" cx="435.25" cy="-433.43" rx="60.63" ry="14.14"/>

<text text-anchor="start" x="400.38" y="-430.93" font-family="Georgia" font-weight="bold" font-size="10.00" fill="white">Start Process</text>

</g>

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<g id="node2" class="node">

<title>Htsrb</title>

<polygon fill="#fff68f" stroke="black" stroke-width="1.2" points="435.25,-396.28 348,-352.28 435.25,-308.28 522.5,-352.28 435.25,-396.28"/>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="435.25" y="-360.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Check</text>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="435.25" y="-348.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Previous Script</text>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="435.25" y="-336.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Execution</text>

</g>

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<g id="edge1" class="edge">

<title>Enter&#45;&gt;Htsrb</title>

<path fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width="2" d="M435.25,-419C435.25,-416.16 435.25,-413 435.25,-409.64"/>

<polygon fill="black" stroke="black" stroke-width="2" points="438.75,-409.86 435.25,-399.86 431.75,-409.86 438.75,-409.86"/>

</g>

<!-- Strfep -->

<g id="node9" class="node">

<title>Strfep</title>

<polygon fill="#bbffff" stroke="black" stroke-width="1.2" stroke-dasharray="5,2" points="491.25,-105.28 379.25,-105.28 379.25,-85.28 491.25,-85.28 491.25,-105.28"/>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="435.25" y="-91.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Update Last Position</text>

</g>

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<g id="edge12" class="edge">

<title>Htsrb&#45;&gt;Strfep</title>

<path fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="2" d="M435.25,-307.81C435.25,-282.1 435.25,-254.78 435.25,-254.78 435.25,-254.78 435.25,-163.13 435.25,-118.78"/>

<polygon fill="red" stroke="red" stroke-width="2" points="438.75,-118.78 435.25,-108.78 431.75,-118.78 438.75,-118.78"/>

<text text-anchor="start" x="438.62" y="-247.23" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">First</text>

<text text-anchor="start" x="435.25" y="-238.23" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">Script</text>

<text text-anchor="start" x="439.75" y="-229.23" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">Run</text>

</g>

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<g id="node3" class="node">

<title>Hfsd</title>

<polygon fill="#fff68f" stroke="black" stroke-width="1.2" points="69.25,-285.28 0,-241.28 69.25,-197.28 138.5,-241.28 69.25,-285.28"/>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="69.25" y="-249.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Check</text>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="69.25" y="-237.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">for File Size</text>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="69.25" y="-225.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Decrease</text>

</g>

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<g id="node4" class="node">

<title>Hfsi</title>

<polygon fill="#fff68f" stroke="black" stroke-width="1.2" points="69.25,-139.28 0,-95.28 69.25,-51.28 138.5,-95.28 69.25,-139.28"/>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="69.25" y="-103.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Check</text>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="69.25" y="-91.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">for File Size</text>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="69.25" y="-79.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Increase</text>

</g>

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<g id="edge11" class="edge">

<title>Hfsd&#45;&gt;Hfsi</title>

<path fill="none" stroke="green" stroke-width="2" d="M69.25,-197.08C69.25,-182.98 69.25,-167.12 69.25,-152.23"/>

<polygon fill="green" stroke="green" stroke-width="2" points="72.75,-152.49 69.25,-142.49 65.75,-152.49 72.75,-152.49"/>

<text text-anchor="start" x="89.88" y="-178.73" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">File</text>

<text text-anchor="start" x="88.75" y="-169.73" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">Has</text>

<text text-anchor="start" x="89.88" y="-160.73" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">Not</text>

<text text-anchor="start" x="69.25" y="-151.73" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00"> &#160;&#160;&#160;Decreased</text>

</g>

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<g id="node6" class="node">

<title>MtS</title>

<polygon fill="#bbffff" stroke="black" stroke-width="1.2" points="365.5,-251.28 279,-251.28 279,-231.28 365.5,-231.28 365.5,-251.28"/>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="322.25" y="-237.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Set to File Start</text>

</g>

<!-- Hfsd&#45;&gt;MtS -->

<g id="edge14" class="edge">

<title>Hfsd&#45;&gt;MtS</title>

<path fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="2" d="M139.39,-241.28C179.29,-241.28 228.59,-241.28 265.94,-241.28"/>

<polygon fill="red" stroke="red" stroke-width="2" points="265.59,-244.78 275.59,-241.28 265.59,-237.78 265.59,-244.78"/>

<text text-anchor="start" x="167.12" y="-247.98" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">File Size Decreased</text>

</g>

<!-- MtLP -->

<g id="node7" class="node">

<title>MtLP</title>

<polygon fill="#bbffff" stroke="black" stroke-width="1.2" points="265.25,-117.28 195.25,-117.28 195.25,-73.28 265.25,-73.28 265.25,-117.28"/>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="230.25" y="-103.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Go to</text>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="230.25" y="-91.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Last Known</text>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="230.25" y="-79.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Position</text>

</g>

<!-- Hfsi&#45;&gt;MtLP -->

<g id="edge10" class="edge">

<title>Hfsi&#45;&gt;MtLP</title>

<path fill="none" stroke="green" stroke-width="2" d="M139.4,-95.28C153.76,-95.28 168.57,-95.28 181.96,-95.28"/>

<polygon fill="green" stroke="green" stroke-width="2" points="181.78,-98.78 191.78,-95.28 181.78,-91.78 181.78,-98.78"/>

<text text-anchor="start" x="159.75" y="-117.73" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">File</text>

<text text-anchor="start" x="157.88" y="-108.73" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">Size</text>

<text text-anchor="start" x="145.5" y="-99.73" font-family="Arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="9.00">Increased</text>

</g>

<!-- Left -->

<g id="node11" class="node">

<title>Left</title>

</g>

<!-- Hfsi&#45;&gt;Left -->

<g id="edge6" class="edge">

<title>Hfsi&#45;&gt;Left</title>

<path fill="none" stroke="red" stroke-width="2" d="M69.25,-51.01C69.25,-32.53 69.25,-15.14 69.25,-15.14"/>

</g>

<!-- GrvLP -->

<g id="node5" class="node">

<title>GrvLP</title>

<polygon fill="#bbffff" stroke="black" stroke-width="1.2" points="128.25,-362.28 10.25,-362.28 10.25,-342.28 128.25,-342.28 128.25,-362.28"/>

<text text-anchor="middle" x="69.25" y="-348.78" font-family="Georgia" font-size="10.00">Retrieve Last Position</text>

</g>

<!-- GrvLP&#45;&gt;Htsrb -->

<g id="edge9" class="edge">

<title>GrvLP&#45;&gt;Htsrb</title>

<path fill="none" stroke="green" stroke-width="2" d="M141.41,-352.28C200.41,-352.28 284.09,-352.28 347.07,-352.28"/>

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</g>

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<title>GrvLP&#45;&gt;Hfsd</title>

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<title>RtE</title>

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<g id="edge4" class="edge">

<title>MtS&#45;&gt;RtE</title>

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<title>MtLP&#45;&gt;RtE</title>

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<g id="edge5" class="edge">

<title>RtE&#45;&gt;Strfep</title>

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<title>Right</title>

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<g id="edge7" class="edge">

<title>Strfep&#45;&gt;Right</title>

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<title>Exit</title>

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</svg>

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Column A Column B
Cell 1 Cell 2
Formatting Sandbox Cell 4

Formatting Sandbox

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alert("ACE test")

ACE does not work on Stack Exchange, because if it did you would have seen a browser alert.

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<b>Test</b> t`e`st `test`

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Testing image sizes Why huge images?

enter image description here

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trying to make a copy button for my markdown

function test() {
  console.log("This code will have a copy button to the right of it");
}
Employee ID# Employee Name Company Orientation Date
blank space blank space blank space Lifetime
blank space blank space blank space WFD
blank space blank space blank space 5 hours
Employee ID# Employee Name Company Orientation Date
752856 Smith, John Waste LLC 12/28/2023
685273 Jones, Tracy Paint & Co 11/07/2023
385418 Ramirez, Jen Waste LLC 12/23/2023
787233 Johnson, Ted Paint & Co 10/07/2023
988534 Smith, Jane Waste LLC 10/22/2023
438541 Williams, Ken PipeFab LLC 11/18/2023
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<sub>
test _hello_ test - newline at start and end
</sub>
test _hello_ test - newline at start and end 
<sub> test _hello_ test - oneline</sub>

test hello test - oneline

<sub>
test _hello_ test - newline at start</sub>
test _hello_ test - newline at start 
<sub>test _hello_ test - newline at end
</sub>

test hello test - newline at end

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Create Markdown from T-SQL?

https://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/creating-markdown-formatted-text-for-results-from-sql-server-tables

From Excel

ID Name Age Salary Height MaritalStatus
1 Tim 31 300 191.2 1
2 Tom 21 400 181.87 2
3 Tam 51 500 176.54 3

https://davetallett26.github.io/excel-markdown.html

Excel > Data > Get Data > From Database > From SQL Server database

From T-SQL

ID Name Age Salary Height MaritalStatus
1 Tim 31 300.00 191.20 1
2 Tom 21 400.00 181.87 2
3 Tam 51 500.00 176.54 3 
USE [TestMD]
GO
/****** Object:  StoredProcedure [dbo].[Select2MD]    Script Date: 27/03/2024 07:50:32 ******/
SET ANSI_DEFAULTS ON
GO
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[Select2MD]
/*
Author: Tomaz Kastrun and David Tallett
Date: 26.Mar.2024
Description: Turns result set of selected table into Markdown suitable for use on StackOverflow
Usage:
        EXEC dbo.select2MD
                @table_name = 'TestForMD'
               ,@schema_name = 'dbo'

        DECLARE @text NVARCHAR(100)
        SET @text = 'This is line 1.' + CHAR(13) + 'This is line 2.'
        SELECT @text

stackoverflow.com/questions/31057/how-to-insert-a-line-break-in-a-sql-server-varchar-nvarchar-string

Tools > Options > Query Results > SQL Server > Results to Grid > Retain CR/LF on copy or save
SQL Server Management Studio                        19.3.4.0

ToDO:
*/    @table_name VARCHAR(200)
     ,@schema_name VARCHAR(20)
AS 
BEGIN
        SET NOCOUNT ON;
    -- get the columns of the table
        SELECT 
            c.Column_name
            ,c.Ordinal_position
            ,c.is_nullable
            ,c.Data_Type
        
        INTO  #temp
        
        FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES AS  t
        JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS c 
        ON t.table_name = c.table_name
        AND t.table_schema = c.table_schema
        AND t.table_Catalog = c.table_Catalog
        WHERE
        t.table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
        AND t.Table_name = @table_name
        AND t.table_schema = @schema_name

            DECLARE @MD NVARCHAR(MAX)

            -- header | name | name2 | name3 | name4 | name5 | name6 
            DECLARE @header VARCHAR(MAX)
            SELECT @header = COALESCE(@header + ' | ','') + column_name 
            FROM #temp
            ORDER BY Ordinal_position ASC
            SELECT @header = ' | ' + @header + ' | '

            -- delimiter | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- 
            DECLARE @nof_columns INT = (SELECT MAX(Ordinal_position) FROM #temp)
            DECLARE @firstLine NVARCHAR(MAX) = (SELECT  REPLICATE('| --- ',@nof_columns) + '|')  
            SET @MD = @header + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) + CHAR(32) + @firstLine + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10)

            -- body
            DECLARE @body_sql NVARCHAR(MAX)
            SET @body_sql = 'SELECT
            ''| '' + CAST(' 
            DECLARE @i INT = 1
            WHILE @i <= @nof_columns
            BEGIN
                DECLARE @w VARCHAR(1000) =  (SELECT column_name FROM #temp WHERE Ordinal_position = @i)
                    SET @body_sql = @body_sql + @w + ' AS VARCHAR(MAX))+ '' | '' + CAST( '
                SET @i = @i + 1
            END
            SET @body_sql  = (SELECT SUBSTRING(@body_sql,1, LEN(@body_sql)-8))
            SET @body_sql = @body_sql + ' FROM ' + @table_name

            DECLARE @bodyTable TABLE(MD VARCHAR(MAX))
            INSERT INTO @BodyTable
            EXEC sp_executesql @body_sql

            DECLARE @body2 NVARCHAR(MAX)
            SELECT @body2 = COALESCE(@body2 + ' ', ' ') + MD + CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) 
            FROM @bodyTable
            SET @MD = @MD + @body2
          
            SELECT @MD
END;
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Testing whitespace in inline code formatting. (Seems to render different in the preview.) Edit: Confirmed, whitespace at the start of a line gets stripped, but not in preview.

Original

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: cannot import name 'foo' from 'gi' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py)

Inline formatted

Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: cannot import name 'foo' from 'gi' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py)

How that previews (preformatted):

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: cannot import name 'foo' from 'gi' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py)

Newlines replaced with spaces, inline formatted

Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: cannot import name 'foo' from 'gi' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py)

How that previews (preformatted):

Traceback (most recent call last):   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ImportError: cannot import name 'foo' from 'gi' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/__init__.py)
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Let's try to play with code snippets...

$("#fade-toggle").click(() => {
  $("p").fadeToggle();
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<button id="fade-toggle">Show/Hide</button>
<br>
<p>text</p>

It worked. Maybe I can use ReactJS?

function MyForm() {
  return (
    <div>
      <form>
        <label>Enter your name:
          <input type="text" />
        </label>
      </form>
    </div>
  )
}

const root = ReactDOM.unstable_createRoot(document.getElementById('root'));
root.render(<MyForm />);
<div id="root"></div>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/16.6.3/umd/react.production.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react-dom/16.6.3/umd/react-dom.production.min.js"></script>

It actually works, you just have to use Babel and create a root element.

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note to self: This sandbox is probably best for further reading/ comment overflow etc.. https://chat.stackoverflow.com/ seems more for -- chat.

Test whether links to Sandbox answers break on archival, created [2024-07-15]: Formatting Sandbox

Tests

https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/401417/164541
https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/401417

https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/68957/164541   
https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/68957   
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68957/manually-clear-saved-question-drafts/401417#answer-401417  
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68957/manually-clear-saved-question-drafts/401417  
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/68957/manually-clear-saved-question-drafts

↓
Manually clear saved question drafts
Manually clear saved question drafts
Manually clear saved question drafts
Manually clear saved question drafts
Manually clear saved question drafts

  • None of these get replaced in comments.
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    Do note that chat markdown is different from the main sites, and comments - some basic things are same, but some things exist in one and not the other. Chat should also have sandbox rooms.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Jul 15 at 16:53
  • @ShadowWizard indeed, and check that stylish id x) : chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/1/sandbox
    – Aaron Thoma
    Commented Jul 15 at 17:05
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It is a “lose-lose scenario” or a “lose-lose situation”, in which, no matter which path you take, you lose.

Merriam-Webster

    presenting two options both of which put one at a disadvantage
    (example usage) a lose-lose proposition

    Recent Examples on the Web:

    ︙
    During a war, NATO would face a lose-lose choice: lose a fight with conventional weapons or initiate a mutually catastrophic nuclear exchange.
    — Keir A. Lieber, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023

Wiktionary
    Having only negative outcomes.
Wordnik
    A situation that has only negative outcomes
“lose-lose situation” at Urban Dictionary
    You lose both ways in a situation.

    I thought that lying to Mark would keep his feelings from being hurt, but really his feelings got hurt AND he doesn't trust me any more.  That's a lose-lose situation.
Cambridge English Dictionary
    A lose-lose situation or result is one that is bad for everyone who is involved:

    • He said that going ahead with the strike would be a lose-lose situation for all concerned.
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World. Hello. World. Hello. World. Hello.

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  • testing if I can bypass grace period using a comment
    – wjandrea
    Commented Sep 6 at 20:28
  • second edit isn't showing... test comment to see if this will kick it in
    – wjandrea
    Commented Sep 6 at 20:30
  • 1
    Oh that's so weird! I made multiple edits in quick succession but only the first one is showing! I wonder if there's a race condition or SE is using eventual consistency and either I'm just not seeing it yet or there's a conflict on the back end.
    – wjandrea
    Commented Sep 6 at 20:33
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Testing the new highlighter changes.

This code block with the lang-console hint highlights in the preview pane:

Code block with highlighted text

Here's how it looks when rendered in a post:

% perl -lae 'BEGIN {$, = " "} scalar(grep {$_ eq $F[0]} @buf) ? print(reverse(@F)) : do {print(@F); push(@buf, $F[0])}' input
172.55.34.48 172.55.33.95
172.55.32.163 172.55.34.48
172.55.33.95 172.55.32.163

JavaScript test

Available highlighting hints:

  • Official code: lang-javascript
  • Stack Exchange alternate: lang-js
  • HL.js alternates: lang-jsx, lang-mjs, lang-cjs
No highlighting (lang-none)
console.log('Hello highlighter!');

In preview, each of the below look like this:

Highlighted JS code

lang-javascript
console.log('Hello highlighter!');
lang-js
console.log('Hello highlighter!');
lang-jsx
console.log('Hello highlighter!');
lang-mjs
console.log('Hello highlighter!');
lang-cjs
console.log('Hello highlighter!');
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Doing some experiment with the code snippet from https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/372141

var langNameOverride = {    // when name needs some tweaking
  bash:  'Bash and other shell scripts', c: 'C and C-likes', delphi: 'Delphi, Pascal',
  http:  'HTTP request/&#8203;response',                     ini:    'INI, TOML',
  javascript:     'JavaScript',                              latex:  'LaTeX, TeX',
  mathematica:    'Mathematica / Wolfram Language',          matlab: 'MATLAB',
  ocaml: 'OCaml, F#, SML and other ML-family languages',     php:    'PHP',
  'php-template': 'PHP template (HTML+PHP)',  r: 'R, S',     scheme: 'Scheme, Racket',
  vbnet: 'Visual Basic&nbsp;(.NET), VBScript',               shell:  'Shell session',
  xml:   'XML, HTML and their derivatives'
};
var langComments = {
  plaintext:   'explicitly disables syntax highlighting',
  mathematica: 'Mathematica&nbsp;SE only'
};
var markdown = `<!-- Generated by https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/372141/578924 using Highlight.js v${hljs.versionString} on ${(new Date()).toISOString()} -->
Format: **Language name: \`lang-code\`**, custom Stack Exchange aliases, (other Highlight.js aliases)\n\n`;

var languages = hljs.listLanguages();
languages.splice(languages.indexOf('plaintext'), 1);
languages.sort().unshift('plaintext');

for (var langCode of languages) {
  var lang = hljs.getLanguage(langCode), aliasesSE = '', langProcessed = false;
  for (var alias in customAliases) {
    if (customAliases[alias] != langCode)
      // custom aliases go in blocks per language,
      // no need to search further if the block is over
      if (langProcessed) break; else continue;

    aliasesSE += ', `lang-'+alias+'`';
    if (lang.aliases && (i = lang.aliases.indexOf(alias)) > -1)
      if (lang.aliases.length > 1)
        lang.aliases.splice(i, 1);
      else
        delete lang.aliases;
    langProcessed = true;
    delete customAliases[alias];        // don't check the processed aliases again
  }

  var aliases = '';
  if (lang.aliases)
    aliases = ', (`lang-'+lang.aliases.join('`, `lang-')+'`)';

  var langName = langNameOverride[langCode] || lang.name;
  var comment = langComments[langCode] || '';
  if (comment)
    comment = '  \n  ('+comment+')';
  markdown += '- **'+langName+': `lang-'+langCode+'`**'+aliasesSE+aliases+comment+'\n';
}
markdown += '<!'+'-'.repeat(90)+'>';
document.getElementById('markdown').textContent = markdown;

function copyLangListToClipboard() {
  // Majority kindly borrowed from https://stackoverflow.com/a/987376
  const node = document.getElementById('markdown');
  const selection = window.getSelection();
  const range = document.createRange();
  range.selectNodeContents(node);
  selection.removeAllRanges();
  selection.addRange(range);
  document.execCommand('copy');
}
<script>
    var StackExchange = {};             // prevents highlightjs-loader execution error

    // hack to get custom Stack Exchange aliases
    Object._keys = Object.keys;
    Object.keys = function(obj) {
        if (obj.none) {
            window.customAliases = obj;
            Object.keys = Object._keys;
        }
        return Object._keys(obj);
    };
</script>
<script id="webpack-public-path"></script>
<script src="https://meta.stackexchange.com/Content/Js/highlightjs-loader.en.js"></script>

<button type="button" onclick="copyLangListToClipboard()">Copy to Clipboard</button>
<pre><code id="markdown"></code></pre>

Format: Language name: lang-code, custom Stack Exchange aliases, (other Highlight.js aliases)

  • Plain text: lang-plaintext, lang-none, (lang-text, lang-txt)
    (explicitly disables syntax highlighting)
  • Bash and other shell scripts: lang-bash, lang-bsh, lang-csh, lang-sh
  • C and C-likes: lang-c, lang-cyc, lang-m, lang-c-like, (lang-h)
  • Clojure: lang-clojure, lang-clj, (lang-edn)
  • CoffeeScript: lang-coffeescript, lang-coffee, (lang-cson, lang-iced)
  • C++: lang-cpp, lang-cc, lang-cxx, (lang-c++, lang-h++, lang-hpp, lang-hh, lang-hxx)
  • C#: lang-csharp, lang-cs, (lang-c#)
  • CSS: lang-css
  • Dart: lang-dart
  • Delphi, Pascal: lang-delphi, (lang-dpr, lang-dfm, lang-pas, lang-pascal)
  • Erlang: lang-erlang, lang-erl
  • Go: lang-go, (lang-golang)
  • Haskell: lang-haskell, lang-hs
  • HTTP request/​response: lang-http, (lang-https)
  • INI, TOML: lang-ini, (lang-toml)
  • Java: lang-java, (lang-jsp)
  • JavaScript: lang-javascript, lang-js, (lang-jsx, lang-mjs, lang-cjs)
  • JSON: lang-json
  • Julia: lang-julia
  • Kotlin: lang-kotlin, (lang-kt, lang-kts)
  • LaTeX, TeX: lang-latex, lang-tex
  • Less: lang-less
  • Lisp: lang-lisp, lang-cl, lang-el, lang-lsp
  • Lua: lang-lua
  • Makefile: lang-makefile, (lang-mk, lang-mak, lang-make)
  • Markdown: lang-markdown, (lang-md, lang-mkdown, lang-mkd)
  • MATLAB: lang-matlab
  • Objective-C: lang-objectivec, (lang-mm, lang-objc, lang-obj-c, lang-obj-c++, lang-objective-c++)
  • OCaml, F#, SML and other ML-family languages: lang-ocaml, lang-fs, lang-ml
  • Perl: lang-perl, lang-pl, (lang-pm)
  • PHP: lang-php
  • PHP template (HTML+PHP): lang-php-template
  • Protocol Buffers: lang-protobuf, (lang-proto)
  • Python: lang-python, lang-py, lang-cv, (lang-gyp, lang-ipython)
  • R, S: lang-r, lang-s
  • Ruby: lang-ruby, lang-rb, (lang-gemspec, lang-podspec, lang-thor, lang-irb)
  • Rust: lang-rust, lang-rc, lang-rs
  • Scala: lang-scala
  • Scheme, Racket: lang-scheme, lang-scm, lang-ss, lang-rkt
  • SCSS: lang-scss
  • Shell session: lang-shell, (lang-console, lang-shellsession)
  • SQL: lang-sql
  • Swift: lang-swift
  • TypeScript: lang-typescript, (lang-ts, lang-tsx, lang-mts, lang-cts)
  • Visual Basic (.NET), VBScript: lang-vbnet, lang-vb, lang-vbs
  • VHDL: lang-vhdl, lang-vhd
  • XML, HTML and their derivatives: lang-xml, lang-html, lang-xsl, (lang-xhtml, lang-rss, lang-atom, lang-xjb, lang-xsd, lang-plist, lang-wsf, lang-svg)
  • YAML: lang-yaml, (lang-yml)
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  • Apparently there's no change (see revision) :S
    – Meta Andrew T.
    Commented Oct 11 at 6:22
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Testing: Does markdown in edit summaries render properly in the revisions list? (See revisions list.)

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Are multi-paragraph comments possible?

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  • Let's see... Shift-enter just combined the whitespace, so no.
    – Anerdw
    Commented Nov 26 at 4:07
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Very good! Fantastic! Very good! Fantastic! Very good! Fantastic!frefferfgerger

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This is to have a known post that definitely has the text Paytm=पेटीएम in it to test searching.

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  • Test successful, I found this post when searching for पेटीएम .
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Dec 1 at 14:53
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    @ShadowWizard That wasn't the intended test. The intended test was to be able to differentiate between "Paytm=(something)" and just "Paytm" or "paytm" without the equals sign. While it's possible to write code to do that, there doesn't appear to be any easy way to do so.
    – Makyen
    Commented Dec 1 at 17:12
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С#:

public string X {get; set;}

default:

public string X {get; set;}
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this post is so not by Stormblessed it’s just incredible how written-by-a-different-person it is (this is going to be for a bug report)

Hi this is a person who is very non-blessed-by-the-storms.

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.bold text after a dot works in answers

.it can also be done using HTML tags

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<$ ‮ !oboRhceTehT m'I ,iH

Try editing the above sentence post to say something else (but dont remove the <$), you'll have nightmares >:)

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  • Aha! Unicode hacks! ‮‮
    – mindstormsboi
    Commented Jun 30, 2020 at 14:00
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