your favorite equations for build seasion

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by lineskier

A nice little as3 script for parsing the FIRST website

PHP Code:

var temp:ArrayCollection = ArrayCollection(event.result);
                var tempString:String = "";
                var sentUrl:String = temp.getItemAt(0) as String;
                var eid:String = sentUrl.substr(sentUrl.search("eid=")+4,sentUrl.length);
                eid = eid.substr(0,eid.search("&"));
                for(var n:int = 1; n < temp.length; n++){
                    tempString+=temp.getItemAt(n);
                }
                tempString = tempString.substr(tempString.search('<tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">'),tempString.length);
                tempString = tempString.substr(0, tempString.search('</table>'));
                var i:int = tempString.search('\t');
                while( i != -1){
                    tempString = tempString.replace('\t',' ');
                    i = tempString.search('\t');
                }
                i = tempString.search('<br />');
                while( i != -1){
                    tempString = tempString.replace('<br />',' ');
                    i = tempString.search('<br />');
                }
                i = tempString.search('nowrap');
                while( i != -1){
                    tempString = tempString.replace('nowrap',' ');
                    i = tempString.search('nowrap');
                }
                
                tempString = "<table>" +tempString+"</table>";
                var xml:XML = XML(tempString);
                for(i = 0; i < xml.children().length(); i++){
                    var location:String = xml.child(i).child(0).child(0).toString();
                    var name:String = xml.child(i).child(1).child(0).toString();
                    var url:String = "https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=event_details&eid="+eid+"&-session=myarea:C77D640504fbb2FB82SVt2270655"
                    var number:String = xml.child(i).child(2).child(0).child(0).toString();
                    var service:EventService = new EventService();
                    service.addMember(parseInt(eid),parseInt(number));
                } 


I think we need to introduce you to our friend the regular expression...

Favorite equation for this build season? Torque = r x F. Law of Cosines comes in a close second. Though, I am also a pretty big fan of: Position = ∫∫Acceleration and the cylindrical coordinate system.