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export interface Person {
  name: string;
  age: number;
}

export class LinqTestsComponent {

  people: Person[] = [
    { name: "User 4", age: 27 },
    { name: "User 5", age: 42 },
    { name: "User 6", age: 8 },
    { name: "User 1", age: 20 },
    { name: "User 2", age: 35 },
    { name: "User 3", age: 78 }
  ];

}

  logTitle(title: string) {
    console.log(`%c${title}`, "background: #222; color: #bada55");
  }

  logOriginalArray() {
    console.log(`original this.people:${JSON.stringify(this.people)}`);
  }

  logResult(message: string, result: any) {
    console.log(`${message}:${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
  }

  equivalentToWhere() {
    const youngerThan40 = this.people.filter(person => person.age < 40); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("People younger than 40", youngerThan40);

    // Filtering on Multiple Criteria
    const youngsters = this.people.filter(
      person => person.age < 40 && person.name.toLocaleLowerCase().indexOf("user") !== -1);
    this.logResult("Users younger than 40", youngsters);
  }

People younger than 40:[
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 6","age":8},
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35}
]

Users younger than 40:[
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 6","age":8},
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35}
]

  equivalentToAny() {

    const anyUnder40 = this.people.some(person => person.age < 40); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("Are any people under 40?", anyUnder40); // true

    // Filtering on Criteria Matching any Object Properties
    const filterBy = "user";
    const anyUsers = this.people.filter(person =>
      Object.keys(person).some(property => {
        let value = (<any>person)[property];
        if (typeof value === "string") {
          value = value.toLocaleLowerCase();
        }
        return value.toString().indexOf(filterBy) !== -1;
      })
    );
    this.logResult("anyUsers", anyUsers);
  }

Are any people under 40?:true
anyUsers:[
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 6","age":8},
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35},
{"name":"User 3","age":78}
]

  equivalentToContains() {

    const searchElement: Person = { name: "User 4", age: 27 };
    const containsUser4 = this.people.includes(searchElement); // ECMAScript 2016 = ECMAScript 7
    this.logResult("Contains searchElement", containsUser4); // false -> only compares by reference and not by value.

    const indexOfUser4 = this.people.indexOf(searchElement); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("indexOfUser4", indexOfUser4); // -1 -> only compares by reference and not by value.

    const stringifiedObj = JSON.stringify(searchElement);
    const includesUser4 = this.people.some(person => JSON.stringify(person) === stringifiedObj);
    this.logResult("includesUser4", includesUser4); // true -> compares by by value.
  }

  equivalentToAll() {
    const allUnder30 = this.people.every(person => person.age < 30); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("Are all people under 30?", allUnder30); // false
  }

 Are all people under 30?:false

  equivalentToFirstOrDefault() {
    const vahidOrDefault = this.people.filter(item => item.name === "Vahid")[0] || null; // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("vahidOrDefault", vahidOrDefault);

    const user1OrDefault = this.people.find(item => item.name === "User 1") || null; // ECMAScript 2015 = ECMAScript 6
    this.logResult("user1OrDefault", user1OrDefault);
  }

  equivalentToFindIndex() {
    const index = this.people.findIndex(person => person.age === 8); // ECMAScript 2015 = ECMAScript 6
    this.logResult("index of the user with age 8", index)
  }

 index of the user with age 8:2

  equivalentToSelect() {
    const names = this.people.map(person => person.name); // ECMAScript 5
    this.logResult("Selected the names of people", names);
  }

  equivalentToAggregate() {
    // ECMAScript 5
    const aggregate = this.people.reduce((person1, person2) => {
      return { name: "", age: person1.age + person2.age };
    });
    this.logResult("Aggregate age", aggregate.age); // { age: 210 }
  }

 Aggregate age:210

  equivalentToForEach() {
    // ECMAScript 5
    this.people.forEach(person => {
      this.logResult("person", person);
    });
  }

 person:{"name":"User 4","age":27}
 person:{"name":"User 5","age":42}
 person:{"name":"User 6","age":8}
 person:{"name":"User 1","age":20}
 person:{"name":"User 2","age":35}
 person:{"name":"User 3","age":78}

    // ECMAScript 5
    let orderedByAgeAscending = this.people.sort((person1, person2) => {
      const a = person1.age;
      const b = person2.age;
      return a > b ? 1 : -1;
    });
    this.logResult("Ordered by age ascending", orderedByAgeAscending);

    orderedByAgeAscending = this.people.sort((person1, person2) => person1.age - person2.age);
    this.logResult("Ordered by age ascending", orderedByAgeAscending);

Ordered by age ascending:[
{"name":"User 6","age":8},
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 2","age":35},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 3","age":78}
]

    const orderedByName = this.people.sort((person1, person2) => {
      // name1.localeCompare(name2) // is case insensitive
      // or use toUpperCase() to ignore character casing
      const name1 = person1.name.toUpperCase();
      const name2 = person2.name.toUpperCase();
      return name1 > name2 ? 1 : -1;
    })
    this.logResult("Ordered by name", orderedByName);
    this.logOriginalArray();

Ordered by name:[
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35},
{"name":"User 3","age":78},
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 6","age":8}
]

original this.people:[
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35},
{"name":"User 3","age":78},
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 6","age":8}
]

  chainFunctionCalls() {
    const namesOfPeopleOver30OrderedDesc =
      this.people
        .filter(person => person.age > 30)
        .map(person => person.name)
        .sort((name1, name2) => {
          // name1.localeCompare(name2) // is case insensitive
          // or use toUpperCase() to ignore character casing
          name1 = name1.toUpperCase();
          name2 = name2.toUpperCase();
          return name2 > name1 ? 1 : -1;
        });
    this.logResult("the names of all people over 30 ordered by name descending", namesOfPeopleOver30OrderedDesc);
  }

 the names of all people over 30 ordered by name descending:["User 5","User 3","User 2"]

skip2 -> the deleted elements:[
{"name":"User 3","age":78},
{"name":"User 4","age":27},
{"name":"User 5","age":42},
{"name":"User 6","age":8}
]

original this.people:[
{"name":"User 1","age":20},
{"name":"User 2","age":35}
]

• در متد تحریف شده‌ی OnOpenDocument ، یک قالب PDF ساده را تولید می‌کنیم (مثلا یک مستطیل کوچک خالی).
• سپس در متد OnEndPage ، این قالب را به انتهای تمام صفحات در حال تولید اضافه خواهیم کرد.
• زمانیکه متد OnCloseDocument فراخوانده شد، عدد تعداد کل صفحات را در این قالب که به تمام صفحات اضافه شده، درج خواهیم کرد. به این ترتیب این عدد به صورت خودکار در تمام صفحات نمایش داده خواهد شد.

using System;
using System.IO;
using iTextSharp.text;
using iTextSharp.text.pdf;

namespace iTextSharpTests
{
   public class PdfWriterPageEvents : PdfPageEventHelper
   {
       PdfContentByte _pdfContentByte;
       // عدد نهایی تعداد کل صفحات را در این قالب قرار خواهیم داد
       PdfTemplate _template;
       BaseFont _baseFont;

       public override void OnOpenDocument(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
       {
           _baseFont = BaseFont.CreateFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
           _pdfContentByte = writer.DirectContent;
           _template = _pdfContentByte.CreateTemplate(50, 50);
       }

       public override void OnEndPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
       {
           base.OnEndPage(writer, document);
           String text = writer.PageNumber + "/";
           float len = _baseFont.GetWidthPoint(text, 8);
           Rectangle pageSize = document.PageSize;
           _pdfContentByte.SetRGBColorFill(100, 100, 100);
           _pdfContentByte.BeginText();
           _pdfContentByte.SetFontAndSize(_baseFont, 8);
           _pdfContentByte.SetTextMatrix(pageSize.GetLeft(40), pageSize.GetBottom(30));
           _pdfContentByte.ShowText(text);
           _pdfContentByte.EndText();
           //در پایان هر صفحه یک جای خالی را مخصوص تعداد کل صفحات رزرو خواهیم کرد
           _pdfContentByte.AddTemplate(_template, pageSize.GetLeft(40) + len, pageSize.GetBottom(30));
       }
       public override void OnCloseDocument(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
       {
           base.OnCloseDocument(writer, document);
           _template.BeginText();
           _template.SetFontAndSize(_baseFont, 8);
           _template.SetTextMatrix(0, 0);
           //درج تعداد کل صفحات در تمام قالب‌های اضافه شده
           _template.ShowText((writer.PageNumber - 1).ToString());
           _template.EndText();
       }
   }

   public class AddTotalNoPages
   {
       public static void CreateTestPdf()
       {
           using (var pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4))
           {
               var pdfWriter = PdfWriter.GetInstance(pdfDoc, new FileStream("tpn.pdf", FileMode.Create));
               pdfWriter.PageEvent = new PdfWriterPageEvents();
               pdfDoc.Open();


               pdfDoc.Add(new Phrase("Page1"));
               pdfDoc.NewPage();
               pdfDoc.Add(new Phrase("Page2"));
               pdfDoc.NewPage();
               pdfDoc.Add(new Phrase("Page3"));
           }
       }
   }
}

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using System;

namespace CultureAndNumbers
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var number = Convert.ToDecimal("12.32");
            Console.WriteLine(number);
        }
    }
}

    public class CultureScope : IDisposable
    {
        private readonly CultureInfo _originalCulture;

        public CultureScope(string culture)
        {
            _originalCulture = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture;
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = new CultureInfo(culture);
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = _originalCulture;
        }
    }

using (var cultureScope = new CultureScope("fa-IR"))
{
   Console.WriteLine(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator);
   var number = decimal.Parse("12.32");
   Console.WriteLine(number);
}

 using (var cultureScope = new CultureScope("fa-IR"))
{
   Console.WriteLine(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator);
   var number = decimal.Parse("12.32", new CultureInfo("en"));
   Console.WriteLine(number);
}

 using (var cultureScope = new CultureScope("fa-IR"))
{
   Console.WriteLine(Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture.NumberFormat.NumberDecimalSeparator);
   var number = decimal.Parse("12.32", CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
   Console.WriteLine(number);
}

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