I need to calculate total alarm real-time for multiple applications. Meaning there are times when different application's alarms may overlap each other. For instance,
start time stop time
Alarm A 04:10:16 17:04:58
Alarm B 15:59:33 17:01:08
Alarm C 17:00:28 17:00:38
Alarm A 04:10:16 15:52:32
Alarm C 11:26:45 11:40:56
Alarm C 04:10:16 11:18:04
Currently, I am parsing these into stem variables. I know the equation I need.
Compare first alarm stop time to second alarm start time, if it is Greater than/Equal then combine first and second alarm (using first alarm start time and second alarm stop time):
Alarm A 04:10:16 17:04:58
Alarm B 15:59:33 17:01:08 --> 04:10:16 17:01:08
repeat this process.
My question is, what is the best way to approach this? Can you use the COMPARE on two stem variables?
TIA
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by yodish » Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:09 am
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Re: comparing stem variables
by enrico-sorichetti » Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:26 am
Can you use the COMPARE on two stem variables?
??? what does that mean ???
a stem variable can be used as a <normal> variable
if stemone.i = stemtwo.j then do
...
end
...
end
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Re: comparing stem variables
by Akatsukami » Sat Dec 15, 2012 3:29 am
Your terminology is a bit confused; A. is a stem, A.I is a compound symbol (or compound variable).
No, the COMPARE function cannot be used on stems, only on strings (which compound symbols resolve to). Having parsed the lines into stems, IMNSHO your best bet would be to compare them in a loop i = 1 to alarm.0 (remember that, although storing the nuber of assigned variables in stem.0 is a common convention, it is only a convention, and Rexx will not automatically do it for you). Do not forget to handle crossings of the midnight boundary.
No, the COMPARE function cannot be used on stems, only on strings (which compound symbols resolve to). Having parsed the lines into stems, IMNSHO your best bet would be to compare them in a loop i = 1 to alarm.0 (remember that, although storing the nuber of assigned variables in stem.0 is a common convention, it is only a convention, and Rexx will not automatically do it for you). Do not forget to handle crossings of the midnight boundary.
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Re: comparing stem variables
by yodish » Mon Dec 17, 2012 10:59 pm
in that case, is there a way to concatenate stem.1 and stem.2 into one string?
start time stop time
Alarm A 04:10:16 17:04:58 <-- stem.1
Alarm B 15:59:33 17:01:08 <-- stem.2 ---would equal --> Alarm A 04:10:16 17:04:58 Alarm B 15:59:33 17:01:08
Alarm C 17:00:28 17:00:38
Alarm A 04:10:16 15:52:32
Alarm C 11:26:45 11:40:56
Alarm C 04:10:16 11:18:04
start time stop time
Alarm A 04:10:16 17:04:58 <-- stem.1
Alarm B 15:59:33 17:01:08 <-- stem.2 ---would equal --> Alarm A 04:10:16 17:04:58 Alarm B 15:59:33 17:01:08
Alarm C 17:00:28 17:00:38
Alarm A 04:10:16 15:52:32
Alarm C 11:26:45 11:40:56
Alarm C 04:10:16 11:18:04
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Re: comparing stem variables
by Akatsukami » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:35 pm
yodish wrote:in that case, is there a way to concatenate stem.1 and stem.2 into one string?
start time stop time
Alarm A 04:10:16 17:04:58 <-- stem.1
Alarm B 15:59:33 17:01:08 <-- stem.2 ---would equal --> Alarm A 04:10:16 17:04:58 Alarm B 15:59:33 17:01:08
Of course:
do i = 1 to alarm.0 by 2
j = i + 1
conjoin = alarm.i" "alarm.j
/* Other processing */
end
/* Logic to handle possibility of odd number of alarms */
j = i + 1
conjoin = alarm.i" "alarm.j
/* Other processing */
end
/* Logic to handle possibility of odd number of alarms */
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Re: comparing stem variables
by yodish » Thu Dec 20, 2012 7:01 pm
Thanks Akatsukami, that got me on the right track!
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