65. class HHMField: Time of day

65. `class HHMField`: Time of day

This field represents the approximate capture time, as HHMM with the units digit of the minutes dropped. For its format, see the specification.

baseclasses.py

# - - - - -   c l a s s   H H M F i e l d   - - - - -

class HHMField(FieldItem):
    '''Represents a ten-minute slice of time.

      Exports, other than those inherited:
        HHMField(encounter, hhm):
           [ hhm is a time with the minutes units digit dropped, as
             a string ->
               return a new HHMField representing that time ]
        .encounter:   [ as passed to constructor, read-only ]
        .hhm:         [ as passed to constructor, read-only ]
    '''

65.1. `HHMField.scanField()`

Scans a time field. The field may be left blank, in which case we take no action, so that the BaseEncounter object's time attribute remains None. The class attribute HHM_PAT is a compiled regular expression that matches a valid time field.

baseclasses.py

# - - -   H H M F i e l d . s c a n F i e l d   - - -

    HHM_PAT = re.compile (
        r'[012]'       # First digit of hour
        r'[0-9]'       # Second digit of hour
        r'[0-5]')      # First digit of minutes

    @staticmethod
    def scanField(encounter, scan, fieldName):
        '''Scan a time field in HHM format.
        '''

        #-- 1 --
        # [ if the line in scan starts with BLANK_HHM ->
        #     scan  :=  scan advanced past that pattern
        #     return
        #   else -> I ]
        rawHHM = scan.tabMatch(BLANK_HHM)
        if  rawHHM is not None:
            return

As we test the field for validity, we don't need to test that the H part is valid. The regular expression handles that—it can be only a single digit from 0 through 6 inclusive.

baseclasses.py

        #-- 2 --
        # [ if the line in scan starts with a pattern that matches
        #   self.HHM_PAT ->
        #      scan    :=  scan advanced past that pattern
        #      rawHHM  :=  the matching pattern
        #   else ->
        #     Log()  +:=  error message
        #     raise SyntaxError ]
        m = scan.tabReMatch(HHMField.HHM_PAT)
        if  m is None:
            scan.syntax("Time is not valid.")
        else:
            rawHHM = m.group()
            hh = rawHHM[:2]
            if  not(0 <= int(hh) <= 23):
                scan.syntax("Hour '%s' is not valid." % hh)

        #-- 3 --
        # [ encounter.(fieldName)  :=  a new HHMField object with
        #                              value rawHHM ]
        setattr(encounter, fieldName,
                HHMField(encounter, rawHHM))

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