From: MonkeeSage <MonkeeSage@...>
Date: 2007-12-06T05:50:04+09:00
Subject: Re: hash

On Dec 5, 2:28 pm, Johnathan Smith <stu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> thanks, i've got it to print out the hash
> although I'm getting a wierd output where its taking the first letter
> off the surname e.g:
>
> >ruby main.rb
>
> 3
> {"ref1"=>["Book", "ittle, S R"], "ref2"=>["Journal", "mith, J"]
>
> can you see in my code where im going wrong?
> also, is it possible to print the different refrences on new lines?
>
> ill provide my code below
> thanks
>
> #
> #
>   File.open('reference.txt').each do |line|
>     if line =~ /^tag:/i
>       $linecount += 1
>     end
>   end
>     puts $linecount
> #
> #
> #

^ This part is pointless now. $linecount above is equal to
database.length in the code below.

>   File.open('reference.txt') { | handle |tags =
> handle.read.split("\n\n")
>     for tag in tags
>       key, type, author = tag.split("\n")
>       database[key[5..-1]] = [type[6..-1], author[9..-1]]
>     end
>   }
>   p database
> #
> #
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

It should have been author[8..-1], sorry about that.

I suggest that you go through one of the many ruby guides/tutorials
listed here: http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/documentation/

Regards,
Jordan