I would split on spaces and then see if the array elements contain h,
m, d, or s
then put them into your own order.
also assert that the format only has one instance of each h, m, d, or
s in each part.
On Jun 30, 2009, at 11:52 AM, Brad Lindsay wrote:
>
> On Jun 30, 2009, at 1:44 PM, Steve Piercy - Web Site Builder wrote:
>> I don't think it exists yet. If you create one, please do post it
>> to tagswap.net.
>
> I definitely will.
>
>
>> I would start off by taking the string, '1d 17h 45m 22s', split on
>> space, then parse each element in the resulting array.
>
> I was thinking of starting by removing the spaces - making them
> optional. However, do you think I should enforce the logical
> order? In other words, should you have to put minutes before
> seconds, or should you be able to reference them in any order? (I'm
> leaning towards allowing them to be specified in any order)
>
> -Brad
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