Csv help

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1

hello
Here is a extract of csv file that i use
Ticker,Trade,Date,Price
FLWS,Long,01/08/2007 2:00:00 PM,9.05

It will always have only 2 rows. How can i load it as a hash so that i
get access it like
hashvar["Ticker"] .....
It there an existing api or do i have to load it as csv and then looop
thro the array and create the hash.

thanks for the help in advance.

2

FasterCSV can do it for you:

#!/usr/bin/env ruby -wKU

require "rubygems"
require "faster_csv"

csv = <<END_CSV
Ticker,Trade,Date,Price
FLWS,Long,01/08/2007 2:00:00 PM,9.05
END_CSV

data = FCSV.parse(csv, :headers => true)[0].to_hash
p data
# >> {"Trade"=>"Long", "Date"=>"01/08/2007 2:00:00 PM", "Price"=>"9.05", "Ticker"=>"FLWS"}

__END__

Hope that helps.

James Edward Gray II

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On Nov 28, 2007, at 12:55 PM, Junkone wrote:

hello
Here is a extract of csv file that i use
Ticker,Trade,Date,Price
FLWS,Long,01/08/2007 2:00:00 PM,9.05

It will always have only 2 rows. How can i load it as a hash so that i
get access it like
hashvar["Ticker"] .....
It there an existing api or do i have to load it as csv and then looop
thro the array and create the hash.

3

If the file is always two lines and the format is always the same, I'd do:

data = {}
lines = File.readlines.collect {|line| line.chomp}
lines[0].each {|header| data[header] = lines[1].shift}

But you could use a CSV gem instead.

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On Nov 28, 2007 1:55 PM, Junkone <junkone1@gmail.com> wrote:

hello
Here is a extract of csv file that i use
Ticker,Trade,Date,Price
FLWS,Long,01/08/2007 2:00:00 PM,9.05

It will always have only 2 rows. How can i load it as a hash so that i
get access it like
hashvar["Ticker"] .....
It there an existing api or do i have to load it as csv and then looop
thro the array and create the hash.

thanks for the help in advance.

4

Oops, bad mistakes in that little snippet. Here we go:

data = {}
lines = File.readlines('data.csv').collect {|line| line.chomp.split(',')}
lines[0].each {|header| data[header] = lines[1].shift}

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On Nov 28, 2007 2:25 PM, Christian von Kleist <cvonkleist@gmail.com> wrote:

On Nov 28, 2007 1:55 PM, Junkone <junkone1@gmail.com> wrote:
> hello
> Here is a extract of csv file that i use
> Ticker,Trade,Date,Price
> FLWS,Long,01/08/2007 2:00:00 PM,9.05
>
> It will always have only 2 rows. How can i load it as a hash so that i
> get access it like
> hashvar["Ticker"] .....
> It there an existing api or do i have to load it as csv and then looop
> thro the array and create the hash.
>
> thanks for the help in advance.
>
>

If the file is always two lines and the format is always the same, I'd do:

data = {}
lines = File.readlines.collect {|line| line.chomp}
lines[0].each {|header| data[header] = lines[1].shift}

But you could use a CSV gem instead.