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Originally Posted by Elgin Clock
Hey Jeff, what kind of problems were you running into? I obviously can't commit to anything yet, but just wondering if we would be able to help out any. Let me know sometime before Hartford, & we'll see what can be done with it. I'll actually be in the neighborhood this weekend up at CCSU for a play on Saturday night. (Btw, I haven't used a TI heavily in about 5 years or so, but I did have limited programming experience on it at one time back in the day! lol)
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The problem is with converting the matrix file that TI outputs to something useful. It's basically an XML file, but I, nor anyone on the team, has any experience with xml.
The data is stored in a matrix. Each team per match has their own row. The format is, in column order from left to right: Team #, Robot balls made, robot balls missed, empty cells grabbed, empty cells converted, payloader made, payloader missed, match #. Here's what the file looks like when opened in a text editor:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>cells</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>11</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>2</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>6</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>11</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>3</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>25</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>3</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>839</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>7</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>2</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>2</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>7</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>6</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>6</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>2</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>571</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>2</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>0</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>173</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>12</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>6</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>6</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>3</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>7</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>5</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>10</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>0</integer>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>column</key>
<integer>7</integer>
<key>numberValue</key>
<integer>2</integer>
<key>row</key>
<integer>3</integer>
</dict>
</array>
<key>columnCount</key>
<integer>8</integer>
<key>containsComplex</key>
<false/>
<key>device name</key>
<string>[F]</string>
<key>device type</key>
<string>TI-83 Plus</string>
<key>object type</key>
<string>Matrix</string>
<key>rowCount</key>
<integer>15</integer>
</dict>
</plist>
Converting that text (matrix file) is what we're having trouble with. If anyone can get it, it would be great.
I was also thinking of adding a 9th column to the table for # of balls in their trailer. It's easy enough to add in the calculator program and it will allow you to get the +/- rating that many teams are using.