NAME
Fsdb::Support - support routines for Fsdb
SYNOPSIS
This class contains the bits of Fsdb::Old that needed to be kept.
FUNCTIONS
LOGGING REALTED FUNCTIONS
progname
Generate the name of our program for error messages.
IO SETUP FUNCTIONS
default_in(@READER_OPTIONS)
Generate a default Fsdb::Reader object with the given READER_OPTIONS
default_out(@WRITER_OPTIONS)
Generate a default Fsdb::Writer object with the given READER_OPTIONS
CONVERSION FUNCTIONS
code_prettify
Convert db-code into "pretty code".
shell_quote
Convert output to shell-like quoting
CONVERSION FUNCTIONS
number_prettify
Add-thousands-separators to numbers.
xxx: should consider locale.
(This code is from http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=653, contributed by Andrew Johnson from University of Alberta.)
force_numeric
my $x = force_numeric($s, $include_non_numeric)Return $S if it's numeric, or undef if not. If $INCLUDE_NON_NUMERIC, then non-numeric values register as zero.
fullname_to_sortkey
my $sortkey = fullname_to_sortkey("John Smith");Convert "Firstname Lastname" to sort key "lastname, firstname".
ddmmmyy_to_iso
my $iso_date = ddmmmyy_to_iso('1-Jan-10')Converts a date in the form dd-mmm-yy to ISO-style yyyy-mm-dd. Examples:
2-Jan-70 to 1970-01-02 2-Jan-99 to 1999-01-02 2-Jan-10 to 2010-01-02 2-Jan-69 to 2069-01-02 Jan-10 to 2010-01-00 99 to 1999-00-00