added additional comments, slight cleanup, and slight optimizations

convert.go

@@ -11,20 +11,27 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	// setup
-	itunes_media := "file://localhost/Z:/Music/usb/"
-	web_media := "https://dtam.pw/music/tracks/"
+
+	// media locations to be replaced
+	itunes_media := "file://localhost/Z:/Music/usb/" // original location
+	web_media := "https://dtam.pw/music/tracks/" // final web location
+
+	// playlist length counter
 	playlist_length := 0
+
+	// temporary variables to set up and gather information
+	// next: will toggle so we know on the next loop to save information
 	name_next := false
 	artist_next := false
 	location_next := false
 	id_next := false
+	// temp: temporarily store the song information before we insert it into our array
 	name_temp := ""
 	artist_temp := ""
 	location_temp := ""
 	id_temp := ""
 
-	// song information
+	// struct containing a single song and it's information
 	type Song_Information struct {
 		name string
 		artist string
@@ -32,12 +39,15 @@ func main() {
 		id string
 	}
 
-	//var songlist = []*Song_Information {}
+	// array of the playlist, but only it's ID. when we initially parse the xml,
+	// it only gives us the playlist in ID form
 	var playlist_tracks []string
-	var songlist []Song_Information
-	var playlist []Song_Information
 
-	fmt.Printf("%s\n%s\n", itunes_media, web_media)
+	// array of the songs, but not in the correct order
+	var songlist []Song_Information
+
+	// array of the songs, in the correct order
+	var playlist []Song_Information
 
 	// import the playlist
 	doc := etree.NewDocument()
@@ -45,7 +55,7 @@ func main() {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	// find the playlist elements
+	// find the playlist in it's ID form
 	for _, e := range doc.FindElements("./plist/dict/array/dict/array/dict/integer") {
 		// add track to playlist
 		playlist_tracks = append(playlist_tracks, e.Text())
@@ -59,9 +69,12 @@ func main() {
 
 	// cycle through the playlist and grab the song information
 	for i := 0; i < playlist_length; i++ {
-		// based on how the xml is formmated from itunes, it has 2 separate elements for each
+		// based on how the xml is formatted from itunes, it has 2 separate elements for each
 		// key, so we need to mark when we find the key we need and say the next item is the item
 		for _, e := range doc.FindElements("./plist/dict/dict/dict[" + strconv.Itoa(i) + "]/*") {
+
+			// if we find an element with the name "Name", we know the next element is the actual
+			// name, so mark it so that we know next loop to store it
 			if(e.Text() == "Name") {
 				name_next = true
 				continue
@@ -82,16 +95,20 @@ func main() {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			// once we have determined that this should be the information, save it
+			// to a temporary variable
 			if(name_next) {
 				name_temp = e.Text()
-				name_temp = strings.Replace(name_temp, "&", "&amp;", 5)
+				name_temp = strings.Replace(name_temp, "&", "&amp;", 5) // make the ampersand xml safe
 				name_next = false
+				continue
 			}
 
 			if(artist_next) {
 				artist_temp = e.Text()
 				artist_temp = strings.Replace(artist_temp, "&", "&amp;", 5)
 				artist_next = false
+				continue
 			}
 
 			if(location_next) {
@@ -100,46 +117,56 @@ func main() {
 				location_temp = strings.Replace(location_temp, itunes_media, web_media, 1)
 				location_temp = strings.Replace(location_temp, "&", "&amp;", 5)
 				location_next = false
+				continue
 			}
 
 			if(id_next) {
 				id_temp = e.Text()
 				id_next = false
+				continue
 			}
 
 			// once we have found all the information we need, put it into a struct and append it
-			// to our master struct
-			if(name_temp != "" && artist_temp != "" && location_temp != "") {
+			// to our unordered array of songs
+			if(name_temp != "" && artist_temp != "" && location_temp != "" && id_temp != "") {
 
 				songlist = append(songlist, Song_Information{name_temp, artist_temp, location_temp, id_temp})
-				name_temp = ""
+				name_temp = "" // clear our variables again
 				artist_temp = ""
 				location_temp = ""
+				id_temp = ""
+				continue
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	// put our tracks in the appropriate order based on the playlist
 	for _, e := range playlist_tracks {
+		// loop through our unordered array and find the correct song
 		for _, f := range songlist {
 			if(f.id == e) {
+				// add the correct song to the final playlist
 				playlist = append(playlist, Song_Information{f.name, f.artist, f.location, f.id})
 				break
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	//  at this point, our playlist should be sorted
+
 	// create the xml file
 	file, err := os.OpenFile("main_parsed.xml", os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
+	// write the initial information for the xml
 	w := bufio.NewWriter(file)
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, `<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>`)
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, `<playlist xmlns="https://xspf.org/ns/0/" version="1">`)
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "<tracklist>")
 
+	// cycle through our ordered playlist and write it to the file
 	for _, e := range playlist {
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "<track>")
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "<creator>" + e.artist + "</creator>")
@@ -148,9 +175,11 @@ func main() {
 		fmt.Fprintln(w, "</track>")
 	}
 
+	// closing information
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "</tracklist>")
 	fmt.Fprintln(w, "</playlist>")
 
+	// write it out
 	w.Flush()
 
 }