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<?php /* File: $Id$ This script generates a LaTeX include file that contains macros specifying the dates for every lecture in a teaching period. It doesn't generate dates for multiple papers; rather, you should generate a separate include file for each paper individually. The main reason for this approach is that paper codes include digits, which you can't include in LaTeX macro names. We therefore generate generic macros (\DateLectureOne, \DateLectureTwo, etc.), that don't include any paper information. The configuration for a specific paper is read from a separate file. The output of the script should be placed at the root of the tree for the target paper, alongside the paper_init.tex file. / // LaTeX macro names can't include numbers, so we have to convert them to words. include( 'Numbers/Words.php' ); / Configuration requires the following variables to be specified in the file paper_config.php: $start_dates A list of starting dates for contiguous teaching weeks, e.g., the six weeks up to mid-semester break, and the seven weeks after. We pretty much ignore breaks, etc., otherwise; all we want to know is what the date(s) are for the lecture(s) in each week. It also means that we don't have to do any thing clever for things like full year papers that span more than one semester. Example (INFO 405 2012, full year with one break in each semester): $start_dates => array( new DateTime( "2012-02-27" ), new DateTime( "2012-04-02" ), new DateTime( "2012-07-09" ), new DateTime( "2012-09-03" ), ); $period_lengths A list of integers representing the length in weeks of each period specifed in $start_dates. Both $start_dates and $period_lengths must therefore have the same length! Example (INFO 405 2012): $period_lengths => array( 6, 7, 7, 6 ); $class_offsets: For each class in a week, specify the offset interval from the start of week (Monday). Thus, a class on Monday will be 'P0D', Wednesday 'P2D', Friday 'P4D', etc. Include as many entries in the list as there are classes per week (e.g., two lectures => two entries). Example (INFO 405 2012, one lecture per week, on Monday): $class_offsets => array( new DateInterval( 'P0D' ), ); */ include( 'lecturedates_config.php' ); $numwords = new Numbers_Words(); // A handy date interval: seven days to the start of next week. $plus_seven_days = new DateInterval( 'P7D' ); $week_num = 1; for ( $period = 0; $period < count( $start_dates ); $period++ ) { $period_start = $start_dates[$period]; $week_start = clone( $start_dates[$period] ); for ( $week = 0; $week < $period_lengths[$period]; $week++ ) { $lecture_num = 1; foreach ( $class_offsets as $class ) { $class_date = clone( $week_start ); $class_date->add( $class ); // Note that the toWords() method generates hyphens in the result, // so we need to strip these out for LaTeX to be happy. Larger // numbers may well include spaces and commas, but it's pretty // unlikely that we'll ever get that high! printf( "\\newcommand{\\DateWeek%sLecture%s}{%s}\n", ucfirst( str_replace( '-', '', $numwords->toWords( $week_num ) ) ), ucfirst( str_replace( '-', '', $numwords->toWords( $lecture_num ) ) ), $class_date->format( 'j F' ) ); $lecture_num++; } // for every class in week $week_start->add( $plus_seven_days ); $week_num++; } // for every week in period } // for every period

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<?php

/*
	File: $Id$
	
	This script generates a LaTeX include file that contains macros specifying
	the dates for every lecture in a teaching period. It doesn't generate dates
	for multiple papers; rather, you should generate a separate include file for
	each paper individually. The main reason for this approach is that paper
	codes include digits, which you can't include in LaTeX macro names. We
	therefore generate generic macros (\DateLectureOne, \DateLectureTwo, etc.),
	that don't include any paper information. The configuration for a specific
	paper is read from a separate file.
	
	The output of the script should be placed at the root of the tree for the
	target paper, alongside the paper_init.tex file.
*/

// LaTeX macro names can't include numbers, so we have to convert them to words.
include( 'Numbers/Words.php' );

/*
	Configuration requires the following variables to be specified in the file
	paper_config.php:
	
	$start_dates
		A list of starting dates for contiguous teaching weeks, e.g., the six
		weeks up to mid-semester break, and the seven weeks after. We pretty
		much ignore breaks, etc., otherwise; all we want to know is what the
		date(s) are for the lecture(s) in each week. It also means that we
		don't have to do any thing clever for things like full year papers that
		span more than one semester.
		
		Example (INFO 405 2012, full year with one break in each semester):
		
			$start_dates => array(
				new DateTime( "2012-02-27" ),
				new DateTime( "2012-04-02" ),
				new DateTime( "2012-07-09" ),
				new DateTime( "2012-09-03" ),
			);
	
	$period_lengths
		A list of integers representing the length in weeks of each period
		specifed in $start_dates. Both $start_dates and $period_lengths must
		therefore have the same length!
		
		Example (INFO 405 2012):
		
			$period_lengths => array( 6, 7, 7, 6 );
	
	$class_offsets:
		For each class in a week, specify the offset interval from the start
		of week (Monday). Thus, a class on Monday will be 'P0D', Wednesday
		'P2D', Friday 'P4D', etc. Include as many entries in the list as there
		are classes per week (e.g., two lectures => two entries).
		
		Example (INFO 405 2012, one lecture per week, on Monday):
		
			$class_offsets => array(
				new DateInterval( 'P0D' ),
			);
*/
include( 'lecturedates_config.php' );

$numwords = new Numbers_Words();

// A handy date interval: seven days to the start of next week.
$plus_seven_days = new DateInterval( 'P7D' );

$week_num = 1;

for ( $period = 0; $period < count( $start_dates ); $period++ )
{
	$period_start = $start_dates[$period];
	$week_start = clone( $start_dates[$period] );

for ( $week = 0; $week < $period_lengths[$period]; $week++ )
	{
		$lecture_num = 1;
		
		foreach ( $class_offsets as $class )
		{
			$class_date = clone( $week_start );
			$class_date->add( $class );
			
			// Note that the toWords() method generates hyphens in the result,
			// so we need to strip these out for LaTeX to be happy. Larger
			// numbers may well include spaces and commas, but it's pretty
			// unlikely that we'll ever get that high!
			printf( "\\newcommand{\\DateWeek%sLecture%s}{%s}\n",
				ucfirst( str_replace( '-', '', $numwords->toWords( $week_num ) ) ),
				ucfirst( str_replace( '-', '', $numwords->toWords( $lecture_num ) ) ),
				$class_date->format( 'j F' )
			);
			$lecture_num++;
		} // for every class in week
		
		$week_start->add( $plus_seven_days );
		$week_num++;
	} // for every week in period
} // for every period

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