another getlength question...

Ad Mulders · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 9:30 am

I am looking for a (good) script that converts the long string of seconds recieved from a GetLength into an Hour:minute:seconds format
Who can help me.

Kind regards,

Ad Mulders

Lar_123 · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 11:17 am

Ad,

I do not play much with audio/video.
You might do a Search here... for: time getlength
(all terms)
search.php?mode=results

(be logged-in to the forum and you will 'see' any Attachment files posted)

Cheers,
Larry

Duncan Lilly · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 12:20 pm

Code:

function TwoDigit(n)
{
   return ((n > 9) ? "" : "0") + n
}

function ConvertTime(sec)
{
   var min = Math.floor(sec/60)
   sec = sec % 60
   var hr = Math.floor(min/60)
   min = min % 60

   return TwoDigit(hr) + ":" + TwoDigit(min) + ":" + TwoDigit(sec)
}

Example:

Code:

BOB = ConvertTime(3660)
Debug.trace BOB

Ad Mulders · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 1:05 pm

thanks, gonne try it

Ad

Ad Mulders · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 2:13 pm

Do you have an example because i don't understand the code you suggested. Sorry

Ad

mackavi · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 6:59 pm

Hi Ad,

Duncan's example works perfectly..but the JS is a little compact unless you know what it does :-)

- very cool thought :-)

Basically just copy the two functions into your script and pass the time in seconds to the ConvertTime(sec) function. You can do this in two ways, either place the function as part of a Constant Expression (like you did with the function I wrote for you) or have a variable receive the returned result from the function call as in Duncan's debug example.

If you want to understand the actual script then - the first function is a compact if, then else statement called a ternary operator that basically says if n greater than 9 return an empty string else add a leading zero.

The second function is some maths that finds how many times 60 goes exactly into each of the base elements (mins / hours) using the floor command and also what the remainders are using the modulo (%) command.

I've popped a small example on our website to show you this in action. There is a ticker action on the page:

www.interaktiv.co.uk/timer.zip

Mack

Ad Mulders · **Posted:** May 18th, 2008, 9:00 pm

Great, it works.
Thank your for your clear explenation.

Ad

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