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Re: Looking for some new dats
06/29/23 05:13 PM
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> Thanks - is this documented anywhere for users?
It’s mentioned here, with the link for getting the file: https://docs.mamedev.org/plugins/data.html
> I assume the user needs to save the page from their browser into the folder used to
> hold dat files and it works from there.
Yeah, you can save it with a web browser, but I assume people who are serious about this stuff use a script to download it automatically every week or something (e.g. using PowerShell or using the curl command).
> The format appears to be text based, so I should be able to work out something.
Yeah, the whole thing is in a pre element. The main table uses colon characters as column delimiters, and has a blank line between games.
The columns are:
- System short name for top score, blank for following scores
- Numerical score, or “--” if no score recoded
- Player’s nickname, or “--” if no score recorded
- Comments, not directly related to the score on the same line – usually the system description for the top score, and then notes for the following scores
MAME’s code for parsing it is here: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/plugins/data/data_marp.lua
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