From: Mmcolli00 Mom <mmc_collins@...>
Date: 2009-01-12T12:57:07+09:00
Subject: array problem with sorting - maybe easy but not for me

This code reads in a text file with comma separated values. Problem is,
some values are missing and it causing other values to ride up the list.
I want to replace those values with string 'no value' then adjust there
others if the next value is not listed on the second iteration of the
array. I am new to learning programming.

patientrecords.txt

1,PersonID,PersonID
2,ID,ID
3,LastName,Social Security #<-insert 'no value'
4,Social Security, Address #<-change array[2] Social Security
5,Address,UniqueID #<-change array[2] to Address
6,UniqueID,Potassium #<-change array[2] to UniqueID



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File.open('patientrecords.txt', 'r') do |temp|
   array = []
   temp.each_line do |line|
    array = line.chomp.split(",",0)
      nextVal = array[0].to_i + 1
      line.each_line do |n1|
      if array[1] != array[2] then
        if array[0] != nextVal then
        array[2] = "no value"
        end
       #array[2] = array[1] #populates the array[2]
       end
     end
    puts  array[0]+","+array[1]+","+array[2]
   end
 end

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http://www.ruby-forum.com/attachment/3148/patientrecords.txt

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