From: Remington Splettstoesser <remi500@...>
Date: 2010-04-08T23:44:58+09:00
Subject: simple text parsing

Hello Everyone,

What is the best way to get this input

test.txt
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David | Hansson | Chicago
Obie | Fernandez | Jacksonville
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to this output:

First Name: David
Last Name: Hansson
City: Chicago

First Name: Obie
Last Name: Fernandez
City: Jacksonville

?????????????????????????

This is what I've tried so far.. I'm pretty far off I believe. Any suggestions would help with learning the ins and outs of Ruby (or programming in general)

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test.rb
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myArray = []
file = File.open("test.txt", 'r+')
file.each_line do |line|
  x = line.scan(/\w+/).inspect 
  myArray = x
  puts myArray
end

my output
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$ ruby test.rb
["David", "Hansson", "Chicago"]
["Obie", "Fernandez", "Jacksonville"]


Thanks in Advance
Remington Splettstoesser