Yet another date finder

[GSAC3]

Petr:

Attached is another version of my previous "date finder" program, RETURN_DATES.

This one takes any date that is entered, for example May 18 2009 (a Monday), and finds all future May 18ths that also fall on the same weekday, Monday.

Don

[Petr Schreiber]

Thanks!,

very useful. Maybe the days, if not too many, could be outputted both directly to console and file.
Interesting to see next May 18th is in 2015 :)


Petr

[GSAC3]

Petr:

Good idea.

Attached version displays up to the first 10 return dates on the console while writing the complete list to the output file.

Don

[Petr Schreiber]

Very nice,

thank you for new version!

[GSAC3]

Petr:

Attached is a revised version of the RETURN_DATES program.

I found a small logic error in the previous ones that caused the program to miss some return dates. I had missed including one of the date return periods. It is fixed now.

I tried sending this post earlier this AM, but apparently my message got lost in the system.

Don

[Petr Schreiber]

Thanks Don,

here is is bonus ChkInput function for you - it writes red warning in case of incorrect input, and then it correctly restores original color, whatever it was.


FUNCTION ChkInput(sRequest AS STRING, minValue AS LONG, maxValue AS LONG) AS LONG
'*********************************
' Petr's input validation function
'*********************************

DIM AS LONG tempVal, secondTry, textAttr

tempVal = 0
DO
IF secondTry THEN
' -- Retrieving original settings
textAttr = Console_GetTextAttribute()

' -- Print red
Console_SetTextAttribute(Console_ForegroundRGB(1,0,0,1))
PRINTL
PRINTL STRFORMAT$("Please enter value between {1} and {2}:", minValue, maxValue )

' -- Reseting original settings
Console_SetTextAttribute(textAttr)
END IF

PRINT (sRequest)
tempVal = VAL(CONSOLE_READ())
secondTry = %TRUE
LOOP WHILE outside(tempVal, minValue, maxValue)

FUNCTION = tempVal
END FUNCTION



Petr

[GSAC3]

Petr:

Many thanks; I give it a try.

Don

[GSAC3]

Petr:

You'r modification makes things more colorful and attention-getting!

Don