[vorbis-dev] ogg123 -k 1:59 patch.ogg # minutes and seconds

[Segher Boessenkool]

Hans Schou wrote:

> I guess my patch is a little buggy and would like to improve it upon 
> request (guidelines are welcome). Anyway, here it is:

In pseudo-code, I'd do:

        time := get number
        while next character is ':'
                skip that ':'
                time := 60*time + get number

That way, things like 2:14:01 parse, too.  You can also accept
fractional seconds with this, like in 5:49.216 for example,
by having "get number" get floating point numbers, not integer.
(You'll have to temporarily set the locale to "C" for this
to work perfectly; otherwise, the locale-specific decimal
point is used instead of '.', and that is not appropriate).

Ah well, I'll write it in C for you [completely untested!]
(leaving out the locale stuff).

double strtotime(const char *s)
{
        double time;

        time = strtod(s, &s);

        while (*s == ':')
                time = 60 * time + strtod(s + 1, &s);

        return time;
}

<p>Good luck,

Segher

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