[aprssig] Programming Language Advice

[Andrew Rich]

Perl would be the best

#!/usr/bin/perl

$data = "15/05:30pm 29.4 29.4 19.7 56 6.3 E 19 26 10 14 1008.3 - 0.0"
@ray = split(/ /);

print $ray[1]." ".$ray[5]." "; etc

I use perl for everything

Andrew VK4TEC

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ray Wells 
  To: TAPR APRS Mailing List 
  Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:58 PM
  Subject: [aprssig] Programming Language Advice


  I'm seeking advice from members of the list as to which would be the 
  best programming language to use to massage a string of data so that 
  it's suitable to upload as aprs weather info.

  This is the data string I have to work with from a nearby professional 
  weather station that posts the data to the internet.

  > 15/05:30pm 29.4 29.4 19.7 56 6.3 E 19 26 10 14 1008.3 - 0.0
  Using cut I can extract the fields of interest - 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 
  14 which are temperature, humidty, course, speed, gust, barometer and 
  total rainfall since 9.00am (that's the standard we use).

  I have a shell script to convert course in compass points to degrees, 
  and I have a perl script to convert the metric figures to imperial, and 
  round up/down.
   
  I'd like to be able to handle the lot with a single programming language 
  and end up with a line I can feed to xastir.

  The question is, what should I be using, perl or awk? Armed with the 
  answer I can devote my time in that direction.

  Ray vk2tv




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