Class: CSVMonster

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/csvmonster.rb

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(input_file, delimiter) ⇒ CSVMonster

Returns a new instance of CSVMonster.



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# File 'lib/csvmonster.rb', line 5

def initialize(input_file , delimiter)
  @input_file = input_file
  @delimiter = delimiter || ","
  @output_table_object = []
  @object_attributes = extract_the_line_of_attributes
end

Instance Attribute Details

#delimiter ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute delimiter.



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# File 'lib/csvmonster.rb', line 3

def delimiter
  @delimiter
end

#input_file ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute input_file.



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# File 'lib/csvmonster.rb', line 3

def input_file
  @input_file
end

#object_attributes ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute object_attributes.



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# File 'lib/csvmonster.rb', line 3

def object_attributes
  @object_attributes
end

#output_table_object ⇒ Object (readonly)

Returns the value of attribute output_table_object.



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# File 'lib/csvmonster.rb', line 3

def output_table_object
  @output_table_object
end

Instance Method Details

#parse_csv ⇒ Object

this is the main method to read the file: csv_monster_obj.parse_csv



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# File 'lib/csvmonster.rb', line 13

def parse_csv
  i=0
  output_matrix = []
  trim_return_carriage(fulltext).each_line do |line|
    5.times { |i| avoid_commas_in_special_strings(line) }
    output_matrix << trim_line_ends(line).split(delimiter) unless i == 0
    i+=1
  end
  output_matrix.each do |rec|
    temp_hsh = {}
    (0..rec.size-1).each do |i|
      temp_hsh.merge! object_attributes[i] => rec[i]
    end
    @output_table_object << temp_hsh
  end

  output_table_object
end