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Re: [ECS] Reading a text file into a number
Don Stephens
Fri, 3 Mar 2000 06:18:22 -0800

Fri, 3 Mar 2000 06:18:22 -0800

A.J.

You would have to convert the text to a number. (Where is Michael David when you need
him?) One way, awkward I admit, would be to create an Event that does something like
this

IF Text-Temp         Is      30Degrese
Then Num-Temp    Is      30

and so on. I think TV Parse refers to TVL.TXT

Don
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: A.J. Griglak 
  To: ECS List 
  Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 10:06 PM
  Subject: [ECS] Reading a text file into a number


  Can someone please explain how to read a text file into a Number Item in ECS???
   
  I have been looking at the TVL Parse event that's in Example.CFG and for the life
of me can't figure it out!!!
   
  I have a text file called cur temp.txt that holds the current temperature, parsed
from weather.com.  It looks like this:
   
  36degrees
   
  I would like to have an Item in ECS that is of type number that I can do something
like
   
  If       cur temp#        IS LT     32
  Then  msg:It's Cold   Set        Speak
   
  I just don't get the Set/Char operator and all the 
   
  Do   Character-A    Set/Char    Text-A
   
  lines...
   
  Also, where in the Event TVL Parse is the actual filename of the text file??
   
  Clueless,
  -=A.J.

A.J.

You would have to convert the text to a number. (Where is Michael David when you need him?) One way, awkward I admit, would be to create an Event that does something like this

IF Text-Temp Is 30Degrese

Then Num-Temp Is 30

and so on. I think TV Parse refers to TVL.TXT

Don

----- Original Message -----

From: A.J. Griglak

To: ECS List

Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 10:06 PM

Subject: [ECS] Reading a text file into a number

Can someone please explain how to read a text file into a Number Item in ECS???

I have been looking at the TVL Parse event that's in Example.CFG and for the life of me can't figure it out!!!

I have a text file called cur temp.txt that holds the current temperature, parsed from weather.com. It looks like this:

36degrees

I would like to have an Item in ECS that is of type number that I can do something like

If       cur temp#      IS LT     32

Then msg:It's Cold   Set        Speak

I just don't get the Set/Char operator and all the

Do   Character-A    Set/Char    Text-A

lines...

Also, where in the Event TVL Parse is the actual filename of the text file??

Clueless,

-=A.J.