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- HorusUK - 03-06-2004
In the following code fragment from a provider file I'm writing, I've found a potential problem with fetching temperatures.
Code:
; Dewpoint
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
[CustomParam4]
name = Dewpoint
unit = C
find0 = "<!-- CURRENT REPORT TABLE -->"
find1 = "<!--Temp-->"
find2 = "Dewpoint:"
delim = "<"Here's the HTML I'm parsing:
Code:
Dewpoint: 3 °C<br />Parsing this returns 0°C, but if I remove the Unit = C line from the provider file, I get 3 returned.
I've tried a delim = "°" just in case that was the cause, but I still get 0°C!
- Yuri Kobets - 03-06-2004
Try to change find2 string:
find2 = "Dewpoint: "
Add space into string.
- shapeshifter - 03-06-2004
I'm pretty sure Yuri's suggestion will fix this problem, but just in case, you can try adding a "ValueType = INT" to your ini section. I'm not holding my breath on that one becuase I suspect that assigning C or F as the unit has the same effect. I do know that if you try to assign a string variable (like a space or a letter) to an INTeger variable type (such as with unit type C), the plugin will return a 0 as the measurement. (I'm pretty sure you already knew this, HorusUK, just posting it here for the benefit of others.) I exploited this in my X-Mod Wind skin. The web page I'm parsing will sometimes report "N/A" for the wind gust speed, which would throw off my skin's alignment. By telling WM to expect an INT(eger), it interprets "N/A" as 0, which fits just fine in my skin.
- HorusUK - 03-07-2004
Quote:...you can try adding a "ValueType = INT" to your ini section....Shapeshifter, you're right, I've pretty pretty much exhausted all combinations here! The trouble with using a valuetype=int is that I can't get accurate °F temperatures as they're in the format 43.2°F, so valuetype=INT only returns 43°F. I too use the valuetype = INT "trick" to return 0 for gusts in my wind skin!
Quote:Try to change find2 string:Yuri, I changed my code to include spaces at the end of find2 = "Dewpoint " and beginning of "delim = " °" to eliminate ALL spaces:
find2 = "Dewpoint: "
Add space into string.
Code:
; Dewpoint
; -------------------------------------------------------------------------
[CustomParam4]
name = Dewpoint
unit = C
find0 = "<!-- CURRENT REPORT TABLE -->"
find1 = "<!--Temp-->"
find2 = "Dewpoint: "
delim = " °"Which brings me very nicely around to the point I made in this thread.
- shapeshifter - 03-07-2004
Unless you specify a ValueType, the default is STRING. I think ignoring whitespace would cause problems. I frequently use a space as either a find parameter or a delimiter.
Yuri: I was under the assumption (though I'm not sure why) that WM only used one character as the delimiter. Is it true that you can use multiple characters to deliminate?
- HorusUK - 03-07-2004
shapeshifter Wrote:Unless you specify a ValueType, the default is STRING. I think ignoring whitespace would cause problems. I frequently use a space as either a find parameter or a delimiter.That's the problem, shapeshifter, we all have slightly different requirements. And I must admit, I use a space as a delimiter, on occasion.
Boy, has Yuri got his work cut out on the Universal Data Fetcher
- HorusUK - 03-26-2004
Whilst parsing a news web site, I noticed that TLB is filtering out apostrophes. I'm not sure if other punctuation is affected.
i.e. I want to fetch Major Backs Blair's Libya Trip becomes Major Backs Blair s Libya Trip (notice the missing apostrophe in Blair s...
