Re: OT - trivial programming language

From: Benedict Verheyen (linux4bene_at_pandora.be)
Date: 05/22/04

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Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 00:56:51 +0200

    richard lyons wrote:
    > I'm asking for a bit of advice here.
    >
    > I wish to convert a kaddressbook database to abook format saving as
    > many fields as possible.
    >
    > I could do this by exporting to cvs, importing to gnumeric (or any
    > spreadsheet), shuffling the columns around, re-exporting to cvs and
    > importing back to abook. I'll lose a lot more than I want to, as the
    > abook cvs is only a partial dump.
    >
    > I could do it in BASIC - I still vaguely remember my first language!
    >
    > I could probably do it in perl - but I've never really learned perl,
    > and would have to work from the manual.
    >
    > But it seems to me most rational to use the opportunity to begin
    > learning one of the lighter languages that I keep seeing mention of.
    > So the question is, which do you people recommend?
    >
    > The input data will be the cvs dump from kmail, and the output will be
    > abook native format, which is a series of numbered paragraphs ,
    > reminiscent of an doze .ini file. That is to say, it begins:
    > [2]
    > name=name
    >
    > email=email1@here.com,email2@here.com,email3@here.com,email4@here.com
    > address=address_1 address2=address_2 city=hereville ...
    > so I assume sed is less than optimal. It seems like a function I
    > might need again, so it is worth having it in a script.
    >
    > I really do need to equip myself with a convenient scripting language
    > for all these day-to-day admin tasks, and I'd like it if it can do a
    > little maths for me at time too. Please advise me which manual to
    > open.
    >
    > TIA
    >
    > --
    > richard

    A lot of languages are suited for this. A really easy language to learn
    is
    Python. There is also php, java and so on. But if i where you i would
    first
    have a look at Python.

    Regards,
    Benedict 

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      ... I wish to convert a kaddressbook database to abook format saving as ... I could do this by exporting to cvs, ... I could do it in BASIC - I still vaguely remember my first language! ...
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      ... > I wish to convert a kaddressbook database to abook format saving as ... > I could do this by exporting to cvs, ... > importing back to abook. ... > I could do it in BASIC - I still vaguely remember my first language! ...
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