ledger

A quick dirty and easy ledger. The ledger.go package is used to read and write into a ledger notebook. An example can be seen in the example directory

Ledger

Account Meta Data

At the start of the ledger, there should be the account name and number. Both are required. See example below.

Entry Meta Data

The ledger has a specific format, as seen below. This addresses the needed information for each item in the ledger. The <ADDRESS> data doesn't have to be specified, this can be left blank with empty quotes

Complete meta data

<ACCT-NAME>:<ACCT-NUMBER>
<YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS>:<STORE>@<ADDRESS>:<DETAILS>:<EXCHANGE-TYPE>:<COST>:<BALANCE>

No address

<ACCT-NAME>:<ACCT-NUMBER>
<YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS>:<STORE>:<DETAILS>:<EXCHANGE-TYPE>:<COST>:<BALANCE>

Definitions:

• <ACCT-NAME>
  • Name of the ledger
• <ACCT-NUMBER>
  • Account number for the ledger
• <YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS>
  • Year, month, day, (24) hour, minute, seconds
  • The 'T' splits the date from the time
• <STORE>
  • Name of the store
• <ADDRESS>
  • Location of the store
  • Can be left blank, ""
• <DETAILS>
  • Reasoning of exchange
• <EXCHANGE-TYPE>
  • Either expense or income
• <COST>
  • Gain or loss of exchange
• <BALANCE>
  • Updated balance from exchange

Example:

Rick Kicks:936e1204e7b8c686
20200706T121409:Apple Store:Surface Pro 7:Expense:15.99:+6969.69