Re: Parsing timestamps?

On 7/10/2024 10:00 pm, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:

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.
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empty decimal
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: 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 ;
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: /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 ;
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: .T  2swap 2rot  cr  >int . ." hr "  >int . ." min " >int . ." sec " ;
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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.

The HH:MM:SS format is easy but how to deal with the variants shown above?
They occur in the real world.