From: DDENNISON@...
Date: 2007-04-18T02:23:24+09:00
Subject: Re: text processing library

Hi,

Since you are describing a lot of what I do (but not in Ruby), I thought I
might point you here for some ideas:  http://www.unidex.com/overview.htm

Essentially, that link describes a flat-file parser that reads a XML
definition of the layout.  You might want to use that and model your own
schema to accomplish something similar in Ruby.

Best Regards,
Dan



                                                                           
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@Botp, That's right up my alley... Here's where I'm headed. Since CSV file
structure is a bit like vanilla icecream, I'd like to provide a file
structure with more complexity or "flavor" as an input, along with some
CSV'd data. That way I can read in the structure and the data separately
and
get my data out in the format I want. My inspiration is deBabelizer, but
also now simply some kind of String#pack.

On 4/17/07, Pe�a, Botp <botp@delmonte-phil.com> wrote:
>
> From: Stephen Smith [mailto:4fires@gmail.com] :
> # go from csv to
> # batch file automagically, and just writing a one-off for this one file
> # format seems like a total waste of time.
> # There are a bizillion of these formats out there, and I have
> # to imagine
> # spooning csv files into yet another format is pretty common.
> # I'm wondering
> # if Ruby already has a batch file library, something like
> # text-format.rb only
> # more useful?
>
> just in case you'd want to start anew, try getting some ideas fr
>   1. http://www.devsource.com/article2/0,1895,1928561,00.asp
>   2. http://fastercsv.rubyforge.org/
>
> kind regards -botp
>
>
>


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