On May 26, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
given this string (all one line):
Tracker Load: (9 %)<table class=main border=0 width=400><tr><td
style='padding: 0px; background-image: url(pic/loadbarbg.gif);
background-repeat: repeat-x'><img height=15 width=36 src="/pic/
loadbargreen.gif" alt='9%'></td></tr></table>18:25:15 up 2 days,
23:44, 1 user, load average: 18.73, 20.96, 27.06<br></td></tr></
table>
what is the best way to parse out the first load average figure, ie in
this case 18.73
The best way will depend on what you're using, and how likely that
string is to change.
Just off the top of my head, you could find the index of the
substring "load average" and go from there, or maybe throw everything
into a CSV parser to get the string " load average: 18.73", which
wouldn't need much manipulation to convert to a numeric data type.
- Dave
