csv-monster 1.0.0

data/lib/csvmonster.rb

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+class CSVMonster
+
+  attr_reader :input_file, :delimiter, :output_table_object, :object_attributes
+
+  def initialize(input_file , delimiter)
+    @input_file = input_file
+    @delimiter = delimiter || ","
+    @output_table_object = []
+    @object_attributes = extract_the_line_of_attributes
+  end
+
+  ### this is the main method to read the file: csv_monster_obj.parse_csv
+  def parse_csv
+    i=0
+    output_matrix = []
+    trim_return_carriage(fulltext).each_line do |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
+
+
+protected
+  def extract_the_line_of_attributes
+    trim_return_carriage(fulltext).each_line do |line|
+      return trim_line_ends(line).split(delimiter || ',').map{|x| x.to_s.downcase.to_sym}
+    end
+  end
+
+  def fulltext
+    File.open(input_file).read
+  end
+
+  def trim_return_carriage(text)
+    text.gsub!(/\r\n?/, "\n")
+  end
+
+  def trim_line_ends(text)
+    text.gsub!("\n","")
+    text.gsub!("\t","")
+    text
+  end
+
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: csv-monster
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 1.0.0
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Aghyad Saleh
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2014-01-23 00:00:00.000000000 Z
+dependencies: []
+description: CSV parsing gem
+email: aghyadsaleh@hotmail.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- lib/csvmonster.rb
+homepage: http://rubygems.org/gems/csvmonster
+licenses:
+- N/A
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: 
+rubygems_version: 1.8.25
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: CSV parsing gem
+test_files: []