Floorball

At midnight, one day in the darkest period of November 2005, there was a programmer that needed to cool down a bit after having played floorball. Since this particular programmer for some reason, which to this day is still unknown, felt the need to play around a bit with awk, he created a script that could calculate his average grade. Did he do this because he was a vain man, and wanted some confirmation? Or was it simply a good way to try awk? We’ll never know.

What we do know is that I’ve managed to get my hands on the script and have created a page where all students at Linköping’s University may calculate their average grade. It might even work for other universities, but that’s untested.

So if you want to know your average grade, try it out. In addition to your average grade you’ll also get your weighted average grade. If it for some reason doesn’t work for you, please let me know.

Note 1: No, I’m not saving your grades when you submitt. If I ever wanted to see the grades of someone else, I’d ask or use my rights and get them directly from the school. All grades in Sweden are public you know. If you don’t trust me, RTFS (if you don’t know RTFS, google for RTFM and replace Manual with Source).

Note 2: No, I will not publish my average. If it’s that interesting to you, the grades are public you know.

Then, what about that poor programmer? Well, not much is know about his whereabouts these days. But you will be pleased to hear that he has left the land of awk and moved on to do greater good in another programming language.

May the source be with you Luke!