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Listing 2.
The NWS.pm module
Ken Bandes

Scriptlets
The Perl Journal, Winter 1998
 
package NWS;
use strict;
use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK);
use LWP::Simple;

require Exporter;

@ISA = qw(Exporter AutoLoader);
@EXPORT = qw( );
$VERSION = '0.01';

sub new {
    my ($class, $state) = (shift, shift);
    my (%zone_forecasts, %county_forecasts, %city_forecasts);
    my $text = get("http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/$state/zone.html");
    return undef unless $text;

    %zone_forecasts = ();
    while ($text =~ m{                                            # extract zone forecasts
        (${state}Z\d+)[^\r\n]*\r\n                                # capture zone
        (?:UPDATED\r\n)?                                          # optional "UPDATED" line
        ([^\r\n]*)\r\n                                            # list of counties in zone
        (?:INCLUDING\ THE\ CIT(?:Y|IES)\ OF\.\.\.([^\r\n]*)\r\n)? # major city in zone
        (?:NATIONAL\ WEATHER\ SERVICE[^\r\n]*\r\n)?               # optional service
        ([^\r\n]*)\r\n                                            # time of forecast
        \s*\r\n                                                   # blank line before body
        (.*?)                                                     # body of forecast
        ^\$\$\=*\r\n                                              # end of forecast mark
       }gsmx) {
      my $zone_Id = $1;
      # dont bother with subsequent forecasts for a zone: usually the first is newest
      next if (exists $zone_forecasts{$zone_Id});
	  
      my @counties = split(/-/, $2);
      my @cities = $3 ? split(/-/, $3) : ();
      my ($time, $body) = ($4, $5);
      my $forecast = [$zone_Id, $time, $body];
	  
      $zone_forecasts{$zone_Id} = $forecast;
      foreach (@counties) { $county_forecasts{$_} = $forecast }
      foreach (@cities) { $city_forecasts{$_} = $forecast }
    }
	
    my $self = { state => $state,
          zone_forecasts => \%zone_forecasts,
        county_forecasts => \%county_forecasts,
          city_forecasts => \%city_forecasts };
		  
    return bless $self, $class;
}

sub zones { keys %{shift()->{zone_forecasts} } }

sub counties { keys %{shift()->{county_forecasts} } }

sub cities { keys %{shift()->{city_forecasts} } }

sub get_zone {
    my ($self, $zone_id) = (shift, shift);
    my($zone, $time, $body) = @{$self->{zone_forecasts}->{$zone_id}};
    return wantarray ? ($zone, $time, $body) : $body;
}

sub get_county {
    my ($self, $county) = (shift, shift);
    my($zone, $time, $body) =@{$self->{county_forecasts}->{$county}};
    return wantarray ? ($zone, $time, $body) : $body;
}

sub get_city {
    my ($self, $city) = (shift, shift);
    my($zone, $time, $body) = @{$self->{city_forecasts}->{$city}};
    return wantarray ? ($zone, $time, $body) : $body;
}
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