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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Perl would be the best</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>#!/usr/bin/perl</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>$data = "<FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">15/05:30pm 29.4 29.4 19.7 56 6.3 E 19 26 10 14 1008.3 -
0.0"</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>@ray = split(/ /);</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>print $ray[1]." ".$ray[5]." "; etc</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I use perl for everything</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Andrew VK4TEC</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=vk2tv@exemail.com.au href="mailto:vk2tv@exemail.com.au">Ray Wells</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=aprssig@tapr.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:58
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [aprssig] Programming Language
Advice</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT size=2
face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV>I'm seeking advice from members of the list as to
which would be the <BR>best programming language to use to massage a string of
data so that <BR>it's suitable to upload as aprs weather info.<BR><BR>This is
the data string I have to work with from a nearby professional <BR>weather
station that posts the data to the internet.<BR><BR>> 15/05:30pm 29.4 29.4
19.7 56 6.3 E 19 26 10 14 1008.3 - 0.0<BR>Using cut I can extract the fields
of interest - 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12 and <BR>14 which are temperature, humidty,
course, speed, gust, barometer and <BR>total rainfall since 9.00am (that's the
standard we use).<BR><BR>I have a shell script to convert course in compass
points to degrees, <BR>and I have a perl script to convert the metric figures
to imperial, and <BR>round up/down.<BR> <BR>I'd like to be able to handle
the lot with a single programming language <BR>and end up with a line I can
feed to xastir.<BR><BR>The question is, what should I be using, perl or awk?
Armed with the <BR>answer I can devote my time in that direction.<BR><BR>Ray
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