hpoydar-chronic_duration 0.3.1 → 0.4.0

data/README.rdoc

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 = Chronic Duration
 
-A simple Ruby natural language parser for elapsed time. (For example, 4 hours and 30 minutes, 6 minutes 4 seconds, 3 days, etc.) Returns all results in seconds. Will return an integer unless you get tricky and need a float. (4 minutes and 13.47 seconds, for example.)
+A simple Ruby natural language parser for elapsed time. (For example, 4 hours and 30 minutes, 6 minutes 4 seconds, 3 days, etc.) Returns all results in seconds. Will return an integer unless you get tricky and need a float. (4 minutes and 13.47 seconds, for example.) 
+
+The reverse can also be accomplished with the output method.  So pass in seconds and you will get values like 4 ins 31.51 secs.
 
 == Installation
 
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ A simple Ruby natural language parser for elapsed time. (For example, 4 hours an
     => true
     >> ChronicDuration.parse('4 minutes and 30 seconds')
     => 270
+    >> ChronicDuration.output(270)
+    => 4 mins 30 secs
     
 Nil is returned if the string can't be parsed
 
@@ -33,4 +37,5 @@ Examples of parse-able strings:
 
 * Benchmark and optimize
 * Context specific matching (E.g., for '4m30s', assume 'm' is minutes)
-* Smartly parse vacation-like durations (E.g., '4 days and 3 nights')
+* Smartly parse vacation-like durations (E.g., '4 days and 3 nights')
+* Allow alternative formatting for output

data/lib/chronic_duration.rb

@@ -6,8 +6,57 @@ module ChronicDuration
     result == 0 ? nil : result
   end  
   
+  # Refactor, DRY up, make recursive
+  def output(seconds)
+    
+    years = months = days = hours = minutes = 0
+
+    if seconds >= 60
+      minutes = (seconds / 60).to_i 
+      seconds = seconds % 60
+      if minutes >= 60
+        hours = (minutes / 60).to_i
+        minutes = (minutes % 60).to_i
+        if hours >= 24
+          days = (hours / 24).to_i
+          hours = (hours % 24).to_i
+          if days >= 30
+            months = (days / 30).to_i
+            days = (days % 30).to_i
+            if months >= 12
+              years = (months / 12).to_i
+              months = (months % 12).to_i
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    
+    result = []
+    
+    result << pluralize(years, 'yr')
+    result << pluralize(months, 'mo')
+    result << pluralize(days, 'day')
+    result << pluralize(hours, 'hr')
+    result << pluralize(minutes, 'min')
+    result << pluralize(seconds, 'sec')
+
+    result = result.join(' ').squeeze(' ').strip
+    return nil if result.length == 0
+
+    result
+  end
+  
 private
   
+  # A poor man's pluralizer
+  def pluralize(number, word)
+    return '' if number == 0
+    res = "#{number} #{word}"
+    res << 's' unless number == 1
+    res
+  end
+  
   def calculate_from_words(string)
     val = 0
     words = string.split(' ')

data/spec/chronic_duration_spec.rb

@@ -46,6 +46,31 @@ describe ChronicDuration, '.parse' do
   
 end
 
+describe ChronicDuration, '.output' do
+  
+  @exemplars = { 
+    '1 min 20 secs'                  => 60 + 20,
+    '1 min 20.51 secs'               => 60 + 20.51,
+    '3 mins 20.51 secs'               => 3 * 60 + 20.51,
+    '4 hrs 1 min 1 sec'               => 4 * 3600 + 60 + 1,
+    '3 mins 4 secs'          => 3 * 60 + 4,
+    '2 hrs 20 mins'          => 2 * 3600 + 20 * 60,
+    '1 mo 1 day'           => 1 * 30 * 24 * 3600 + 24 * 3600,
+    '6 mos 1 day'           => 6 * 30 * 24 * 3600 + 24 * 3600,
+    '6 mos 2 days'           => 6 * 30 * 24 * 3600 + 2 * 24 * 3600,
+    '2 hrs 30 mins'               => 2.5 * 3600
+  }
+  
+  
+  @exemplars.each do |k, v|
+    it "should properly output a duration of #{v}" do
+      ChronicDuration.output(v).should == k
+    end
+  end
+  
+end
+
+
 # Some of the private methods deserve some spec'ing to aid
 # us in development...
 

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification 
 name: hpoydar-chronic_duration
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
-  version: 0.3.1
+  version: 0.4.0
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Henry Poydar
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2009-01-13 00:00:00 -08:00
+date: 2009-01-14 00:00:00 -08:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []
 
-description: A simple Ruby natural language parser for elapsed time.  (For example, 4 hours and 30 minutes, 6 minutes 4 seconds, 3 days, etc.)  Returns all results in seconds. Will return an integer unless you get tricky and need a float.  (4 minutes and 13.47 seconds, for example.)
+description: A simple Ruby natural language parser for elapsed time.  (For example, 4 hours and 30 minutes, 6 minutes 4 seconds, 3 days, etc.)  Returns all results in seconds. Will return an integer unless you get tricky and need a float.  (4 minutes and 13.47 seconds, for example.) The reverse can also be performed via the output method.
 email: henry@poydar.com
 executables: []