From: dis guy <lists@...>
Date: 2012-09-26T12:02:11+09:00
Subject: deserialize from yaml into array of objects

I have a yaml file which has many records like:

- !ruby/object:Employee
  first_name: John
  last_name: Gippert
  gender: male
  city: Detroit
  state: MI
  Programs:
  - !ruby/object:Program
    program_id: 3
    program_name: 401K
  -can be a varied number of programs for each employee

I need to parse this yaml file into an array of Employees.

I have a class variable which is an array. I would like to populate this
array with the employees, so I can use Array.Select to search for first
name, etc.

This code doesn't work and I am very new to Ruby. Have spent a lot of
time searching for this but cannot make it work. Please be specific and
provide details with your answers.

dep = Department.new
dep.employees= YAML::parse( File.read("university_db.yml"))
puts(db.employee.select{ |el| el.first_name == "john" }.length)

class Department

  attr_accessor :employees

  def initialize
    @employees= []
  end
end

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