From: Kris Thomsen <lakristho@...>
Date: 2009-04-16T03:28:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Xml-fun and how do I make a method shorter

Don Wood wrote:
> Kris Thomsen wrote:
>> I've got a little problem.
>> 
>> http://pastie.org/447561
>> 
>> I want the parseFile-method to do what the outcommented-method do - just
>> shorter and prettier.
>> Anyone who can give some tips on how I can do this?
> 
> You have no clear return value, so I don't know exactly how you want 
> those arrays returned.  I went ahead and put them in a Hash and returned 
> that.
> 
> def parseFile file
>   data= { 'code' => [], 'desc' => [], 'rate' => [] }
>   file.search('currency').each do |currency|
>     data.each_pair { |k,a| a.push currency.attributes[k] }
>   end
>   return data
> end

Oh, pretty.
But. How do I get the informations from my hashes? The idea was that I 
line the values up beside eachother. Like:

Code    Desc.               Rate
EUR     Euro                7.45
USD     American Dollars    5.55

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