1Fsdb::Support(3)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     Fsdb::Support(3)
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NAME

6       Fsdb::Support - support routines for Fsdb
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SYNOPSIS

9       This class contains the bits of Fsdb::Old that needed to be kept.
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FUNCTIONS

LOGGING REALTED FUNCTIONS

13   progname
14       Generate the name of our program for error messages.
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IO SETUP FUNCTIONS

17   default_in(@READER_OPTIONS)
18       Generate a default Fsdb::Reader object with the given READER_OPTIONS
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20   default_out(@WRITER_OPTIONS)
21       Generate a default Fsdb::Writer object with the given READER_OPTIONS
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CONVERSION FUNCTIONS

24   code_prettify
25       Convert db-code into "pretty code".
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27   shell_quote
28       Convert output to shell-like quoting
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CONVERSION FUNCTIONS

31   number_prettify
32       Add-thousands-separators to numbers.
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34       xxx: should consider locale.
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36       (This code is from http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=653, contributed
37       by Andrew Johnson from University of Alberta.)
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39   force_numeric
40           my $x = force_numeric($s, $include_non_numeric)
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42       Return $S if it's numeric, or "undef" if not.  If $INCLUDE_NON_NUMERIC,
43       then non-numeric values register as zero.
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45   fullname_to_sortkey
46           my $sortkey = fullname_to_sortkey("John Smith");
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48       Convert "Firstname Lastname" to sort key "lastname, firstname".
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50   ddmmmyy_to_iso
51           my $iso_date = ddmmmyy_to_iso('1-Jan-10')
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53       Converts a date in the form dd-mmm-yy to ISO-style yyyy-mm-dd.
54       Examples:
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56       2-Jan-70 to 1970-01-02 2-Jan-99 to 1999-01-02 2-Jan-10 to 2010-01-02
57       2-Jan-69 to 2069-01-02 Jan-10 to 2010-01-00 99 to 1999-00-00
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59   int_to_metric
60           my $value_str = int_to_metric(1000000);
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62       Converts an integer into a string with its metric abbreviation.
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64       1000 => 1k 1000000 => 1M
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68perl v5.36.0                      2023-01-20                  Fsdb::Support(3)