Jason,
I think you can do better with Faster CSV gem.
You can read (slurp) the entire csv into array of arrays (two dimensional).
like zo...
require 'fastercsv'
mydata = FCSV.read('filename.csv')
now you can do whatever you need with mydata because it's a 2D Array[][]
http://fastercsv.rubyforge.org/
another solutions is persist data in yaml file and read it with YAML builtin
lib.
http://yaml4r.sourceforge.net/cookbook/
On 6/28/07, Jason Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What's your preferred method and code for looping through source files?
Essentially, each row within my source file represents a bunch of
variables I want to use - whether they be various usernames/passwords
for login; information on various fields on my screen I want to
assert; etc.
I've used the following (once) previously with success, but I don't
feel it's the optimal code. Surely there's an easier, simpler way
within Ruby? Problem is I'm just trying to learn.
userpass_file = IO.readlines('xxx_INPUT_FILE_xxx')
i = 1 #start on second line (line 1), the first line (line 0) is
column headings
while i < userpass_file.length do
array = CSV.parse_line(userpass_file[i])
varable1 = array[0]
variable2 = array[1]
variable3 = array[2]
DO YOUR STUFF WITH THE VARIABLES
i = i +1 #increment for the next line
end
Maybe the CSV parser will do a better job??? (My source file is
currently a CSV if that helps.)
- Jason
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