Folks,
I am looking for a fast but most importantly a bullet proof method to pass
and NMEA data stream (GPS output) ascii numeric strings. The best I can
offer is:
def fint(a):
try: return int(float(a))
except: return 0
The reason for this is the quality of the data from the huge variety of
GPS units available varies considerably. Some units do not follow the
standard and I want to pass the data as best I can without hanging the
code for an oddball data value.
Can anyone suggest better?
For example, each of the following throw the exception so do not return
the correct value:
int('00.')
int(' 00.')
float('- 00')
float(' - 00')
float(' - 00')
float(' - 00.')
float('- 00.')
float('- 10.')
float('- 10.')
float('- 10.')
int('- 10.')
int('- 10.')
float('- 10.')
int('1.0')
Also, why should I consider the string module? Is it faster/better?
TIA,
Doug
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