In IntelliJ (the Java IDE) or PhpStorm (the PHP IDE) it is called Live Templates. 

Go to `Setting`s and start typing `&quot;live templates&quot;` in the search box. On the right panel you can edit and create such templates. 

So in your case, you simply type &quot;con&quot; in the abbreviation text box and &quot;console.log();&quot; in the template box text area below. You may even change, with which action you want to expand the template (Tab is default, space and enter are possible).

The live template thing is much more complex than what I wrote above. You can use variables and some context information. For further reading, I suggest the [JetBrains / PhpStorm documentation.][1]


  [1]: http://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/webhelp/creating-and-editing-live-templates.html

I have an ArrayList with values like &quot;abcd#xyz&quot; and &quot;mnop#qrs&quot;. I want to convert it into an Array and then split it with # as delimiter and have abcd,mnop in an array and xyz,qrs in another array. I tried the following code:


    String dsf[] = new String[al.size()];              
    for(int i =0;i&lt;al.size();i++){
      dsf[i] = al.get(i);
    }

But it failed saying &quot;Ljava.lang.String;@57ba57ba&quot;
 

Converting ArrayList to Array in java

In Python I can define a function as follows:

```py
def func(kw1=None,kw2=None,**kwargs):
   ...
```

In this case, I can call `func` as:

```py
func(kw1=3,kw2=4,who_knows_if_this_will_be_used=7,more_kwargs=Ellipsis)
```

I can also define a function as:

```py
def func(arg1,arg2,*args):
    ...
```

which can be called as

```py
func(3,4,additional,arguments,go,here,Ellipsis)
```

Finally, I can combine the two forms

```py
def func(arg1,arg2,*args,**kwargs):
    ...
```

But, what does not work is calling:

```py
func(arg1,arg2,*args,kw1=None,kw2=None,**kwargs):  #SYNTAX ERROR (in Python 2 only, apparently this works in Python 3)
    ...
```

My original thought was that this was probably because a function

```py
def func(arg1,arg2,*args,kw1=None):
    ...
```

can be called as

```py
func(1,2,3)  #kw1 will be assigned 3
```

So this would introduce some ambiguity as to whether 3 should be packed into `args` or `kwargs`. However, with Python 3, there is the ability to specify keyword only arguments:

```py
def func(a,b,*,kw=None):  # can be called as func(1,2), func(1,2,kw=3), but NOT func(1,2,3)
    ...
```

With this, it seems that there is no syntactic ambiguity with:

```py
def func(a,b,*args,*,kw1=None,**kwargs):
    ...
```

However, this still brings up a syntax error (tested with Python3.2).  Is there a reason for this that I am missing? And, is there a way to get the behavior I described above (Having `*args` with default arguments) -- I know I can simulate that behavior by manipulating the `kwargs` dictionary inside the function.


Calling a Python function with *args,**kwargs and optional / default arguments

I use PhpStorm.   I want to make snippets of code and then assign shortcuts to them. I can do it in NetBeans, but in PhpStorm I don&#39;t know how to make them.


For example, to add `console.log();` in NetBeans, I only type **con + space**. `con` is the shortcut that I had defined.


Code snippets in PhpStorm

I use PhpStorm. I want to make snippets of code and then assign shortcuts to them. I can do it in NetBeans, but in PhpStorm I don't know how to make them.
For example, to add <code>console.log();</code> in NetBeans, I only type con + space. <code>con</code> is the shortcut that I had defined.

How can I enable *word* wrapping in PhpStorm?

I need to enable it only for some of my files (with extension .txt). Is it possible?




Word wrapping in PhpStorm

How to select opened file in projects list in PHPstorm? I mean, have a PHPstorm &quot;select in projects&quot; Netbeans function analog.

PHPstorm project navigation

Is it possible to remove empty/blank lines using code formatting in Intellij IDEA?

How to remove unnecessary blank line on code formatting in IntelliJ?

I have a project in PHPStorm, which contains a few libraries (Zend, Doctrine, ...) grouped under a `library` folder.

When running the code inspection, I *do* want the PHP code in these folders to be analysed (so that PHPStorm will know how `Zend_Form` is declared, for example).

However, I *do not* want the issues found in these folders to be reported, as they are out of my control.

The only workaround I&#39;ve found so far is to mark the directories as &quot;Test source&quot;, and uncheck the &quot;Include test sources&quot; box in the code inspection window. Needless to say that this is not the best solution!

How to exclude files/folders from code inspection in PHPStorm?

When I write Javascript, I use semi-colons. However when I write in webstorm/phpstorm, it auto completes braces and brackets, but doesn&#39;t auto-add a semicolon. I know that isn&#39;t required per the standards, etc., but that&#39;s the way that I code - and I&#39;m not alone, many people code this way.

Example:

    var data = $.ajax({});

Normally, webstorm/phpstorm will do this, and leave the cursor inside the curly braces:

    var data = $.ajax({})

All in the world that I want is to not have to add the semicolon manually and have it just auto-complete as I noted in my first example.

How can I setup webstorm to automatically add semi-colons to javascript functions, methods, etc

While trying to write my own snippets for Sublime Text 2, I ran into the following two problems:

 1. **Finding scope keys**. I figured out that I can look through my packages one by one and find references to a declared &quot;scope&quot; property. For example in `~/Library/Application Support/Sublime Text 2/Packages/JavaScript/Comments.tmPreferences` (a file in my HTML package) there&#39;s these two lines:

        &lt;key&gt;scope&lt;/key&gt;
        &lt;string&gt;source.js&lt;/string&gt;

    So if I want my current snippet to work on javascript files, I define my scope like:
    
        &lt;scope&gt;source.js&lt;/scope&gt;

    I&#39;m assuming all these scope keys are defined on-the-fly based on what Packages I have installed. Does Sublime Text build a list anywhere that I can more easily reference? Perusing through a bunch of package files seems overly tedious. 

 2. **Defining multiple scope properties**. This I&#39;ve figured out, and the following line allows my snippet to work in both HTML and JavaScript files.
    
        &lt;scope&gt;text.html, source.js&lt;/scope&gt;

Defining scope for custom Sublime Text 2 snippets

Is it possible to add custom code snippets in Visual Studio Code? And if so, how? VSCode is based on Atom, so it should be possible.

How to add custom code snippets in VSCode?

I can&#39;t seem to find a way to change the code font size in WebStorm. I change the font size in options and it changes the menu and toolbar font size but not the actual code. Any ideas?

Changing the code font size in WebStorm IDE

And what are counterparts to eclipse&#39;s declaration view and javadoc view?

How to set single clicking to open file in IntelliJ IDEA?

I am investigating potential code-completion speedups while using clang&#39;s code-completion mechanism. The flow described below is what I found in [rtags](https://github.com/Andersbakken/rtags), by Anders Bakken.

Translation units are parsed by a daemon monitoring files for changes. This is done by called `clang_parseTranslationUnit` and related functions(`reparse*`, `dispose*`). When the user requests a completion at a given line and column in a source file, the daemon passes the cached translation unit for the last saved version of the source file and the current source file to `clang_codeCompleteAt`. ([Clang CodeComplete docs](http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/group__CINDEX__CODE__COMPLET.html)).

The flags passed to `clang_parseTranslationUnit`(from [CompletionThread::process, line 271](https://github.com/Andersbakken/rtags/blob/master/src/CompletionThread.cpp)) are `CXTranslationUnit_PrecompiledPreamble|CXTranslationUnit_CacheCompletionResults|CXTranslationUnit_SkipFunctionBodes`. The flags passed to `clang_codeCompleteAt`(from [CompletionThread::process, line 305](https://github.com/Andersbakken/rtags/blob/master/src/CompletionThread.cpp)) are `CXCodeComplete_IncludeMacros|CXCodeComplete_IncludeCodePatterns`.

The call to `clang_codeCompleteAt` is very slow - it takes around 3-5 seconds to obtain a completion even in the cases where the completion location is a legitimate member access code, a subset of the intended use case mentioned in the documentation of [`clang_codeCompleteAt`](http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/group__CINDEX__CODE__COMPLET.html#ga50fedfa85d8d1517363952f2e10aa3bf). This seems way too slow by IDE code-completion standards. Is there a way of speeding this up?

Faster code-completion with clang

Edit: Pylance seems to be _much_ better at this and has so far resolved all problems with the previous Python language server from Microsoft.

I&#39;m using VS Code and it&#39;s wonderful is all areas but code completion, where it is usually just too slow to be of any use. This example shows how long intellisense took to to find a local variable, and this is only after it was prompted to do so after I hit ctrl+enter.

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

I&#39;ve not been able to find a solution to this as of yet, so I am here to ask if anyone else has had a similar issue and ask how they have overcome it. 


  [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/k0MsN.gif

Content Type	Original Author	Original Content on Stackoverflow
Question	Aladdin Mhemed	View Question on Stackoverflow
Solution 1 - Phpstorm	synopia	View Answer on Stackoverflow

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