Re: Need some advice on project
I will write an autocomplete for you.
I can build it with either of two variables passed.
first variable is being_typed.
second variable can be either a sequence with the
possible mathes or the name of a file that contains
a list of possible matches.
usage:
puts(1, auto_complete("L", {"Lucius", "Lamar", "Hilley", "III"}))
would return and display "L"
puts(1, auto_complete("La", {"Lucius", "Lamar", "Hilley", "III"}))
would return and display "La"
s = auto_complete_list("L", {"Lucius", "Lamar", "Hilley", "III"})
--s = {"Lucius", "Lamar"}
-- you could eaisly impose alphabetical order by using sort.
-- I would suggest creating a Uppercase or Lowercase set to sort by
I could create a case insensitive sort.
Lucius L. Hilley III
lhilley at cdc.net lucius at ComputerCafeUSA.com
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From: Ben Logan <wbljr79 at HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 6:34 AM
Subject: Need some advice on project
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> Howdy ya'll.
>
> I would like to write a program, but I need help with some of the details.
> If someone could help me every once and a while I'd appreciate it.
>
> Here's what the program should do:
> I ride a bicycle a good bit and I keep records of all my rides. For a
while
> I kept them in Lotus 123, but transferred them to paper when my old
computer
> died. Here's an example record (yesterday's):
>
> Ride #
> 395
> Date
> 10-1-99
> Route
> H-608-648-640-608-|hwy 52 @ Fancy Gap|-608-640-648-608-H
> Miles
> 24.60
> Time
> 94' 58"
> Average Speed
> 15.54
> Total Mileage since 6-27-97
> 4670.65
> Description
> Windy!!
>
>
> The records usually run horizontally instead of vertically.
> Those are road numbers in the "Route" field (the "H" stands for Home).
> The "||" means I turned around at that intersection.
>
> I would like for the program to store/retrieve/sort/find these records.
It
> should be able to find/sort by ride number, date, mileage, time, average
> speed, or route. I'd also like for it to (eventually) draw graphs of
> various fields over different ranges, etc. But I'm getting ahead of
myself.
>
> To begin with, it will be command line driven (DOS). It needs to be
easily
> expandable so that I can add a GUI in the future.
>
> Here are some questions I have:
>
> What would be the best way to store the date? It needs to be able search
> for things like "all the records with dates between 6-9-98 and 8-23-99".
> For this purpose, it seems like storing the date in a numerical format
would
> be best; but I'm not sure how to do that.
>
> As you can see, the "Route" field is long compared to the others (and that
> example is a short one). There's a lot of repetition between records
(i.e.,
> I travel the same routes over and over again). In order to make the field
> more searchable, and to conserve space, I was thinking that it might be
good
> to let each route be represented by an integer. The integer would be
stored
> in the file with all of the records, and a separate file would store a
table
> relating each integer with a specific route.
>
> Another feature I'd like for it to have is a kind a auto-completion. By
> "auto-completion" I mean that, as you're typing the route, the next
matching
> route appears. If it's not the right one, then you simply keep typing.
> (Similar to the location box auto-completion feature of Internet
Explorer.)
> I don't know how do this either...needs to search through the table of
> integers and records as you type...
>
> I can't decide whether to store the average speed and total mileage or let
> the program calculate them each time the database is run. Seems like the
> latter method would take a lot of time, and complicate the searching and
> sorting processes.
>
> I keep the time in minutes and seconds, but perhaps it should be kept in
> seconds and converted to minutes only when displayed.
>
> Storing the records in a file would be easier in Euphoria than any other
> language I know of, but I'm still not sure of the best way to go about it.
>
> Sorry this is so lengthy.
> If anyone is interested in helping me, I'd 'preciate it.
>
> Ben
>
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