flat_out 0.0.4 → 0.0.5

data/README.rdoc

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ Command:
 
   Description:
     This will return the formatted fixed length record which you can write to a file.
+    It will blank fill or truncate the output to the correct length.
 
 Command:
 
@@ -163,6 +164,16 @@ Command:
     FlatOut.phone_squeeze('(800) 555-1212 Ext 234') == "8005551212Ext234"
     FlatOut.phone_squeeze('(800) GOT-MILK') == "800GOTMILK"
 
+== Working with Templates
+
+   You can also specify a template during initialization, and then put values in the template
+   with an array.
+
+  example:
+    f = FlatOut.new(18, :template => [[5,1],[5,6],[4.2,11]])    #  '123456789012345678'
+    val = ['ABCD',10,10.23]
+    f.put(val)                                                  #  'ABCD 000100010.23 '
+
 == Full Cycle Example:
 
     myline = FlatOut.new(80)

data/lib/flat_out.rb

@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ class FlatOut
     @flat_length = rec_length
     @base = options[:base] ||= @base ||= 1
     @format = options[:format] ||= @format ||= :len_pos_fld
+    @template = options[:template] ||= @template ||= []
   end
 
   def to_s
-    @flat_out
+    (@flat_out + (' ' * @flat_length))[0...@flat_length]
   end
 
   def self.phone_squeeze(fld)
@@ -22,17 +23,28 @@ class FlatOut
     fld.gsub(/[^\d]/,"")
   end
 
-  def put p1, p2, p3
-    case @format
-    when :len_pos_fld then (len = p1; pos = p2; fld = p3)
-    when :len_fld_pos then (len = p1; fld = p2; pos = p3)
-    when :pos_len_fld then (pos = p1; len = p2; fld = p3)
-    when :pos_fld_len then (pos = p1; fld = p2; len = p3)
-    when :fld_pos_len then (fld = p1; pos = p2; len = p3)
-    when :fld_len_pos then (fld = p1; len = p2; pos = p3)
+  def put p1, p2=1, p3=''
+    if @template.size > 0 && p1.class == Array
+      fld = p1
+    else
+      case @format
+      when :len_pos_fld then (len = p1; pos = p2; fld = p3)
+      when :len_fld_pos then (len = p1; fld = p2; pos = p3)
+      when :pos_len_fld then (pos = p1; len = p2; fld = p3)
+      when :pos_fld_len then (pos = p1; fld = p2; len = p3)
+      when :fld_pos_len then (fld = p1; pos = p2; len = p3)
+      when :fld_len_pos then (fld = p1; len = p2; pos = p3)
+      else                   (len = p1; pos = p2; fld = p3)
+      end
     end
 
     case fld
+    when Array
+      fld.each_with_index do |field,idx|
+        len = @template[idx][0]
+        pos = @template[idx][1]
+        put len, pos, field
+      end
     when String
       put_alpha len, pos, fld
     when Integer

data/spec/flat_out_spec.rb

@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ describe "put float with negative length" do
   end
 end
 
+describe "put with a template" do
+  it "should put multiple fields" do
+    f = FlatOut.new(18, :template => [[5,1],[5,6],[4.2,11]])
+    val = ['ABCD',10,10.23]
+    f.put(val)
+    f.to_s.should == 'ABCD 000100010.23 '
+  end
+end
+
 describe "digits_only" do
   it "should remove non-digit characters" do
     FlatOut.digits_only('01(2)-3ABC4-5^678').should == "012345678"

metadata

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: flat_out
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version 
   prerelease: 
-  version: 0.0.4
+  version: 0.0.5
 platform: ruby
 authors: 
 - Anil Sharma
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ autorequire:
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
 
-date: 2012-05-29 00:00:00 -04:00
+date: 2012-05-30 00:00:00 -04:00
 default_executable: 
 dependencies: []