Could someone have a go at converting this Python code to C#?

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I have found the perfect piece of code that does what I want for something and have it running in Python 2 but I desperately need it to be in C# as that is what I am writing my main application in. I have tried for ages to convert it manually and there are no online converters because the two languages are just too different to convert automatically. I know it is a big ask but is there any change one of you could have a go at converting the code from Python 2 into C#? The code is in the first link and the 'what it should do' is in the last post of the last link. Thank you for any help.

I think my main problem is that Python annoyingly does not require data types when initializing variables which makes it much harder to convert...

Code: http://04819193935789338545.googlegroups.com/attach/635a5f7d08fa9a7a/check_capabilities.py?part=4&view=1&vt=ANaJVrFW4aLpCAf5vlei2dM7vN-AWAK3Kjd4mSUAqxk55sqmPSn_MfPSCUBALdPXaKggUyRtWbqz9ixrxBDndGrgTdBUHiEkdOMP5Dlc_peGxOVgNSoUkoQ
Page: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/metoffice-datapoint/lO7TysG4-CI
By the way the code is the same file as the attachment in the Google post

Posted 5-Nov-13 7:50am

Henry Hunt

Updated 5-Nov-13 7:51am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-05T07:56:00

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Just write the code in C#. It has a lot of similarities with Python, yet the languages are very different, and the frameworks you might have used can be even more different. What I see from code sample, is very different from .NET and C#. You could not talk about anything like automatic translation. Just go ahead: on input, you should have understanding of the goals of your code, Python code, understanding of .NET and C#, on output — new code in C#.

—SA

Posted 5-Nov-13 7:56am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Henry Hunt 5-Nov-13 14:04pm

Ok thank you, I will have another go at writing it...one thing though: would this be a DateTime or an int?: nextExpected = time() + updateRate, and is time() just the current time?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Nov-13 14:14pm

Not clear what int, but here is the hint: .NET System.DateTime has the presentation as the number of "ticks", the number of 100-nanosecond intervals that have elapsed since January 1, 0001 at 00:00:00.000 in the Gregorian calendar. The data type is Int64. This is the most universal and modern presentation.

Please see: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z2xf7zzk%28v=vs.110%29.aspx.

Will you accept this answer now (green "Accept" button)? In all cases, your follow-up questions will be welcome.

—SA