Windows Map disk D: to disk C:

As stupidity is inherent part of humanity :) the next case occurred:

In our big corporate project we must install external program and use special libraries. This external application can be installed only on disk D:\ and there is no way to change it. Yes, 21st century.

And what to do if you do not have disk D:?

One of the simplest solution in such case can be mapping all calls of the disk D: to disk C: with regedit:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices]

"D:"="\\??\\C:\\D"

Digits in Regular Expression

There are two ways for matching any digit via regular expression: \d and [0-9].

[0-9] matches any arabic numeral, i.e. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9;

\d matches any unicode number.

In addition to arabic numeral unicode contains more than 300 numbers from different cultures. For example, indian numbers ० (0), १ (1), २ (2), etc.

With simple C# script all possible unicode numbers can be found (up to 65536 characters)

0: 0,٠,۰,߀,०,০,੦,૦,୦,௦,౦,೦,൦,๐,໐,༠,၀,႐,០,᠐,᥆,᧐,᭐,᮰,᱀,᱐,꘠,꣐,꤀,꩐,０
1: 1,١,۱,߁,१,১,੧,૧,୧,௧,౧,೧,൧,๑,໑,༡,၁,႑,១,᠑,᥇,᧑,᭑,᮱,᱁,᱑,꘡,꣑,꤁,꩑,１
2: 2,٢,۲,߂,२,২,੨,૨,୨,௨,౨,೨,൨,๒,໒,༢,၂,႒,២,᠒,᥈,᧒,᭒,᮲,᱂,᱒,꘢,꣒,꤂,꩒,２
3: 3,٣,۳,߃,३,৩,੩,૩,୩,௩,౩,೩,൩,๓,໓,༣,၃,႓,៣,᠓,᥉,᧓,᭓,᮳,᱃,᱓,꘣,꣓,꤃,꩓,３
4: 4,٤,۴,߄,४,৪,੪,૪,୪,௪,౪,೪,൪,๔,໔,༤,၄,႔,៤,᠔,᥊,᧔,᭔,᮴,᱄,᱔,꘤,꣔,꤄,꩔,４
5: 5,٥,۵,߅,५,৫,੫,૫,୫,௫,౫,೫,൫,๕,໕,༥,၅,႕,៥,᠕,᥋,᧕,᭕,᮵,᱅,᱕,꘥,꣕,꤅,꩕,５
6: 6,٦,۶,߆,६,৬,੬,૬,୬,௬,౬,೬,൬,๖,໖,༦,၆,႖,៦,᠖,᥌,᧖,᭖,᮶,᱆,᱖,꘦,꣖,꤆,꩖,６
7: 7,٧,۷,߇,७,৭,੭,૭,୭,௭,౭,೭,൭,๗,໗,༧,၇,႗,៧,᠗,᥍,᧗,᭗,᮷,᱇,᱗,꘧,꣗,꤇,꩗,７
8: 8,٨,۸,߈,८,৮,੮,૮,୮,௮,౮,೮,൮,๘,໘,༨,၈,႘,៨,᠘,᥎,᧘,᭘,᮸,᱈,᱘,꘨,꣘,꤈,꩘,８
9: 9,٩,۹,߉,९,৯,੯,૯,୯,௯,౯,೯,൯,๙,໙,༩,၉,႙,៩,᠙,᥏,᧙,᭙,᮹,᱉,᱙,꘩,꣙,꤉,꩙,９ 

Code

In online regex tool you can find the proof for this unicode test.

By the way java script does not support unicode in regular expressions by default, so there \d is the same as [0-9].

And here is code in C# that collects all numbers:

Does your e-mail checking regular expression have protection from unicode special numbers?

Or they will appear in a company database? :)

var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 
 var digitRegex = new Regex(@"\d");
 var charDigitGroups = Enumerable.Range(Char.MinValue, Char.MaxValue)
                                 .Select(Convert.ToChar)
                                 .Where(ch => digitRegex.IsMatch(ch.ToString()))
                                 .GroupBy(ch => Char.GetNumericValue(ch));
 
foreach (var charGroup in charDigitGroups)
{
      string joinedValues = String.Join(",", charGroup);
      string rowResult = String.Concat(charGroup.Key.ToString(), ": ", joinedValues);
      stringBuilder.AppendLine(rowResult); 
} 

Idea is based on Turkey Test.

Go to Basic/ .NET Floating Numbers

One can surprise why d1 does not equal d2 in the next example

double d1 = 0.6 - 0.2;
double d2 = 0.4;
Assert.AreNotEqual(d1, d2); // d1 != d2

This is a normal behaviour :)

However there are some funny bugs in .NET (imho). For example,

Decimal.Convert(1.51m) != Convert.ToInt32(1.51m);

More cases with explanation can be found at my Go to Basic/ .NET Floating Numbers tips and tricks at codeproject.