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Copilot for code completion

Copilot for code completion - Github Copilot Tutorial

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Copilot for code completion

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- [Instructor] Code completion is where you will interact with CoPilot the most. Once installed, CoPilot will start suggesting code immediately. Code completion can mean a lot of things. There are times where CoPilot will understand you returning a bull and complete a conditional for you. Other times you can type a comment and CoPilot will attempt to infer your meaning and provide code for that. Here's a simple example in PHP. I'll start a function and give it a simple name, alphabetize by last name and I'll type hint it as an array of names. There are a ton of ways to solve this problem. You can probably think of two or three, along with questions about the data format in the array. For now, we'll take co-pilot's approach. Another approach to prompt and co-pilot is to write a comment. I'll add a comment here. Validate the string is an email address. The ghost text shows a suggestion of a function, but I can be more explicit in my comment and suggest I want to reg exit. Being AI…

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