Re: Final iteration lost?

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 4:31 AM Leam Hall <[email protected]> wrote:

>      header_array  = line.split(',')
>      title         = header_array.shift
>      dates         = header_array.pop
>      start_date, end_date = set_dates(dates)
>      employer      = header_array.join(' ').strip!
>      data = {  start_date: start_date, end_date: end_date,
>                title: title, employer: employer }

Not everyone loves regexes :-) but a possible alternative to the above:

irb(main):008:0> line = "Linux Admin, Spidernet s.r.l, Repubblica
Italiana, (1997 - 1998)"
=> "Linux Admin, Spidernet s.r.l, Repubblica Italiana, (1997 - 1998)"
irb(main):009:0> /\A(?<title>[\w
]+),\s*(?<employer>[^,]+).+\((?<start_date>.+) -
(?<end_date>.+)\)\z/.match(line).named_captures
=> {"title"=>"Linux Admin", "employer"=>"Spidernet s.r.l",
"start_date"=>"1997", "end_date"=>"1998"}
irb(main):010:0>

FWIW!
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