TCA.GetPart of a Timestamp

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MiniRobotLanguage (MRL)

TCA.GetPart

Get a part of a Timestamp

Intention

Using TCA.GetPart you can easily just get a defined Part of the Timestamp.

This is similar to TCA.Split, but here you can define the Parts you want and also the Output Format.

For this you need to use the following Placeholder which will be replaced by the values during the process.

H:M:S.x

Hereby the

- H is Hours (0 to 23)

- M is the Minutes limited 59

- S is the Seconds limited 59

- x is the Milliseconds limited to 9999

The Format of the Milliseconds is internally rounded to 4 places by prefixing zeroes.

If you specify 00:00:23 this will be treated as 00:00:00.0023

If you specify 00:00:00.023 this will be treated as 00:00:00.0230

Sample: GetPart (Add Timestamps)

' Get Hour only

$$LAA=25:09:03.001

$$LAB=H

TCA.Get|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

DBP.$$LAC

' Result is here "01" due to the fact that the System will automatically detect Overflow

' Over 23:00 and then calculate the difference which is "01"

' Get Minutes only

$$LAA=03:19:23.01

$$LAB=M

TCA.Get|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

DBP.$$LAC

' Result is "19"

' Get Microseconds only

$$LAA=03:19:23.0199

$$LAB=X

TCA.Get|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

DBP.$$LAC

' Result is "019"

' Get Hours:Minutes.Microseconds with Overflow

$$LAA=25:79:03.001

$$LAB=H:M.x

TCA.Get|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

DBP.$$LAC

' Result is "01:19.001" due to Overflow calculations for the "25"->"01" and the "79"->"19"

' Get Hours:Minutes.Microseconds, notice the Microseconds are filled to the Left with "00"

$$LAA=23:59:03.98

$$LAB=H:M.x

TCA.Get|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

DBP.$$LAC

' Result is "23:59.098"

' Get Hours:Minutes.Microseconds

$$LAA=08:09:59.098

$$LAB=H:M.X

TCA.Get|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

DBP.$$LAC

ENR.

' Result is "08:09.098"

Syntax

TCA.GetPart|P1|P2[|P3]

TCA.Get|P1|P2[|P3]

Parameter Explanation

P1 - Timestamp like 08:39:40.123

If Microseconds are not 3 digits, they will be filled with "0" from left. side.

P2 - Format of Output, "H:M:S.x" -> Complete Timestamp

"H" -> Return only Hours

"S" -> Return only Seconds etc.

P3 - (Optional) Variable for result. If missing, Result is stored in Variable P1.

Example

'**********************************************

' TCA.Get - Sample

'**********************************************

' Get Hours:Minutes.Microseconds

$$LAA=08:09:59.098

$$LAB=H:M.X

TCA.Get|$$LAA|$$LAB|$$LAC

DBP.$$LAC

' Result is "23:59:098"

ENR.

Remarks

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