From: Glenn Jackman <glennj@...>
Date: 2010-04-09T01:30:08+09:00
Subject: Re: simple text parsing

At 2010-04-08 10:44AM, "Remington Splettstoesser" wrote:
>  Hello Everyone,
>  
>  What is the best way to get this input
>  
>  test.txt
>  ------------------------------------------------
>  David | Hansson | Chicago
>  Obie | Fernandez | Jacksonville
>  ------------------------------------------------
>  
>  to this output:
>  
>  First Name: David
>  Last Name: Hansson
>  City: Chicago
>  
>  First Name: Obie
>  Last Name: Fernandez
>  City: Jacksonville

Looks like you have a specific field separator, so might as well use it:

    print_format = "First Name: %s\nLast Name: %s\nCity: %s\n\n"

    File.foreach("test.txt") do |line|
      first, last, city = line.chomp.split(/ \| /)
      print print_format % [first, last, city]
    end

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Glenn Jackman
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