From: Phrogz <gavin@...>
Date: 2007-02-07T00:30:07+09:00
Subject: Re: Parse csv similar file

On Feb 6, 7:32 am, "Rebhan, Gilbert" <Gilbert.Reb...@huk-coburg.de>
wrote:
> i have a txtfile with a format like that =
>
> AP850KP;INCLIB;E023889;AP013;240107;0730
> AP850SD$;INCLIB;E052337;AP013;240107;0730
> AP850SDA;INCLIB;E050441;AP013;240107;0730
> AP850SDI;INCLIB;E023889;AP013;240107;0730
> AP850SDO;INCLIB;E052337;AP013;240107;0730
> AP850SDS;INCLIB;E050441;AP013;240107;0730
> ..
>
> i want to get a collection for every E followed by digits,
> so with the example above, i want to get =

lines = DATA.readlines.map{ |line|
  line.chomp.split( ';' )
}
lookup = {}
lines.each{ |data|
  key = data.find{ |value| /^E/ =~ value }
  lookup[ key ] = data
}
p lookup[ "E050441" ]
#=> ["AP850SDS", "INCLIB", "E050441", "AP013", "240107", "0730"]
__END__
AP850KP;INCLIB;E023889;AP013;240107;0730
AP850SD$;INCLIB;E052337;AP013;240107;0730
AP850SDA;INCLIB;E050441;AP013;240107;0730
AP850SDI;INCLIB;E023889;AP013;240107;0730
AP850SDO;INCLIB;E052337;AP013;240107;0730
AP850SDS;INCLIB;E050441;AP013;240107;0730