Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Re: Parsing timestamps?
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In article <1f433fabcb4d053d16cbc098dedc6c370608ac01@i2pn2.org>,
dxf  <dxforth@gmail.com> wrote:
>Is there an easier way of doing this?  End goal is a double number
>representing centi-secs.
>
>
>empty decimal
>
>: SPLIT ( a u c -- a2 u2 a3 u3 )  >r 2dup r> scan 2swap 2 pick - ;
>: >INT ( adr len -- u )  0 0 2swap >number 2drop drop ;
>
>: /T ( a u -- $hour $min $sec )
>  2 0 do  [char] : split  2swap  dup if 1 /string then  loop
>  2 0 do  dup 0= if 2rot 2rot then  loop ;
>
>: .T  2swap 2rot  cr  >int . ." hr "  >int . ." min " >int . ." sec " ;
>
>s" 1:2:3"    /t .t
>s" 02:03"    /t .t
>s" 03"       /t .t
>s" 23:59:59" /t .t
>s" 0:00:03"  /t .t

After ca. 50 years I have completed the $@ $! $+! $C+ $/ with
$\ . Now I can do this

"12:03:43" &: $\ TYPE &: $\ TYPE &: $\ TYPE
43 03 12 OK

"12:03:43" &: $/ TYPE &: $/ TYPE &: $/ TYPE
12 03 43 OK

Insert
    "hr" TYPE
as required.

I can't believe the long posts this sparks.

Groetjes Albert
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