i don' even know what to call this

[ecookman]

well, the curse of the countdown timer has come to haunt me again T_T
my friend wants me to make another one....except the user of the program enters the time to countdown time to, instead of it being a fixed time and date

Turing:

var Day : string put "enter the date and time in this format: dd (jan,feb..) yy hh:mm:ss" get Day %var Day : string := "31 Mar 09 00:00:00" loop     var totalseconds : int := Time.DateSec (Day) - Time.DateSec (Time.Date)     var days, hours, mins, secs : int     days := totalseconds div 86400     totalseconds := totalseconds - days * 86400     hours := totalseconds div 3600     totalseconds := totalseconds - hours * 3600     mins := totalseconds div 60     totalseconds := totalseconds - mins * 60     secs := totalseconds     var total : int := days * 86400 + hours * 3600 + mins * 60 + secs     var f1 : int     f1 := Font.New ("Airil:56:bold")     colorback (black)     color (brightgreen)     Font.Draw (intstr (days) + " DAYS", maxx div 6, 320, f1, brightgreen)     Font.Draw (intstr (hours) + " HOURS", maxx div 6, 220, f1, brightgreen)     Font.Draw (intstr (mins) + " MINUITES", maxx div 6, 120, f1, brightgreen)     Font.Draw (intstr (secs) + " SECONDS", maxx div 6, 15, f1, brightgreen)     delay (1000)     cls end loop

so my problem is in the first 3 lines...how can i get the entered info to be used as the date and time...

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[SNIPERDUDE]

You can approach that part is several ways: For one you can do it as you have, all in one string. Or you can break it up into its elements, and ask for each part separately (ex: "Enter the Month: "). Although breaking it up requires less string manipulation (although nothing too much), it also allows for easier error checking. So you can easily have a loop for each section to make sure they enter a valid number before moving on. Just an idea.

Ex:

Turing:

var day, month, year : string loop     put "Enter a valid day: "..     get day     exit when strintok (day) and strint (day) > 0 and strint (day) <= 31 end loop

But to be more specific, does the user enter a time for it to count down, or a date (and time) to count down to?

[ecookman]

the Time.DateSec function needs to have the date and then the time....and that part that you put above....is way over my head...i just know the basics