My First F# program
- by sudaly
Hi
I just finish writing my first F# program. Functionality wise the code works the way I wanted, but not sure if the code is efficient. I would much appreciate if someone could review the code for me and point out the areas where the code can be improved.
Thanks
Sudaly
open System
open System.IO
open System.IO.Pipes
open System.Text
open System.Collections.Generic
open System.Runtime.Serialization
[<DataContract>]
type Quote = {
[<field: DataMember(Name="securityIdentifier") >]
RicCode:string
[<field: DataMember(Name="madeOn") >]
MadeOn:DateTime
[<field: DataMember(Name="closePrice") >]
Price:float
}
let m_cache = new Dictionary<string, Quote>()
let ParseQuoteString (quoteString:string) =
let data = Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes(quoteString)
let stream = new MemoryStream()
stream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
stream.Position <- 0L
let ser = Json.DataContractJsonSerializer(typeof<Quote array>)
let results:Quote array = ser.ReadObject(stream) :?> Quote array
results
let RefreshCache quoteList =
m_cache.Clear()
quoteList |> Array.iter(fun result->m_cache.Add(result.RicCode, result))
let EstablishConnection() =
let pipeServer = new NamedPipeServerStream("testpipe", PipeDirection.InOut, 4)
let mutable sr = null
printfn "[F#] NamedPipeServerStream thread created, Wait for a client to connect"
pipeServer.WaitForConnection()
printfn "[F#] Client connected."
try
// Stream for the request.
sr <- new StreamReader(pipeServer)
with
| _ as e -> printfn "[F#]ERROR: %s" e.Message
sr
while true do
let sr = EstablishConnection()
// Read request from the stream.
printfn "[F#] Ready to Receive data"
sr.ReadLine()
|> ParseQuoteString
|> RefreshCache
printfn "[F#]Quot Size, %d" m_cache.Count
let quot = m_cache.["MSFT.OQ"]
printfn "[F#]RIC: %s" quot.RicCode
printfn "[F#]MadeOn: %s" (String.Format("{0:T}",quot.MadeOn))
printfn "[F#]Price: %f" quot.Price
