From: Johnathan Smith <stu_09@...>
Date: 2007-12-04T23:30:44+09:00
Subject: hash

Hi

iv started writing a class which reads the data from a text file and
counts the number of Tags

however im having a struggle as I want to split the tag and the data
into a hash i.e the Tag is the index and the data is the rest

if anyone could provide me with any psuedo code i'd be very appreciative
my code is below

Many Thanks

text file:

Tag: ref1
Type: Book
Author: Little, S R

Tag: ref2
Type: Journal
Author: Smith, J

Tag: ref3
Type: Conference Paper
Author: Williams, M

Tag: ref4
Type: Book
Author: Jones, M B


ruby class:

#!/usr/local/bin/ruby
#
#
#
  require 'getoptlong'

  opts = GetoptLong.new(
    ['--style', '-n', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT ],
    ['--database', '-i', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT]
  )

  $linecount = 0

  opts.each do |opt, arg|
    case opt
      when '--style'
         require arg
      when '--database'
    end
  end
#
#
#
# process options
#
#
#
  File.open('reference.txt').each do |line|
    if line =~ /^tag:/i
      $linecount += 1
    end
  end
    puts $linecount
#
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