From: Alpha Blue <jdezenzio@...>
Date: 2010-08-14T23:17:49+09:00
Subject: Creating an array of hashes and having issues

I have an array that contains 36 objects.  The composition of those
objects includes a date, a team, and a time.  It is being parsed from
another site.

[0] = Sept 2
[1] = vsSouthern Miss
[2] = 7:30 PM ET
[3] = Sept 9
[4] = @Florida
[5] = 7:30 PM ET
etc.

Every 3 objects should be combined into a specific hash row.

[0][:date] = Sept 2
[0][:team] = vsSouthern Miss
[0][:time] = 7:30 PM ET
[1][:date] = Sept 9
[1][:team] = @Florida
[1][:time] = 7:30 PM ET
etc.

I'm having trouble accomplishing this.  Each schedule might have more
than 36 objects in the array, but the divisor will always be 3 in terms
of what type of information is presented.  So, a team might have an
array of 39 objects or 42 objects but in the end, the objects are a
date, team, and a time.

I've tried numerous things, even adding a new class method:

class Array
  def to_spec_hash(other)
    Hash[ *(0...self.size()).inject([]) { |arr, ix| arr.push(self[ix],
other[ix]) } ]
  end
end

and then trying to use:

%W{ date team time }.to_spec_hash( %W{ value1 value2 value3 etc. } )

but I'd have to iterate over date team and time according to how many
rows of data divided by 3 would be and the same for the values.  Again,
I know it's sloppy.

I'm sure there's a much faster and a cleaner way of accomplishing this
but I'm lacking sleep and therefore not thinking as clearly.

Any help would be appreciated.
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