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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / How to conver timestamp$ string to value for ping calculation

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Sph!nx
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 23:41
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I use IanM's matrix plugins 'timestamp$()' command.

I would figure this would convert it to values I could use to calculate latency...




However, it does not accept it. It puts + and e and other character, so it cannot be used.

Any ideas on how to get this working, or get milliseconds another way? Normal get time$() will not add milliseconds...

Any help is much appreciated!

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SamKM
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 23:56
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You could try just cutting out the bit you need, and converting that to a value, like

That seems to work!
I honestly have never made any kind of networked game or program with DBPro, so my guess is you already know a lot more than me about this, but wouldn't timer commands be better for calculating latency?
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TheComet
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Posted: 15th Sep 2013 23:59 Edited at: 16th Sep 2013 00:00
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Well, e+some_other_character simply means the number is multiplied by 10 raised to the power of some_other_character. I suppose you could do the conversion like this:



(not tested)

For instance, 2.542e2 translates to 2.542*10^2, which equals 254.2.

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Sph!nx
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Posted: 16th Sep 2013 00:02 Edited at: 16th Sep 2013 00:03
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Timer... DOH! Why didn't I think of it! Thanks for the quick reply, though.

What I still do not understand is why it will not convert as it should. Well, I can continue anyway.

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TheComet, Thanks!!

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