require "fixed_width_file_parser/version" module FixedWidthFileParser # Parse a fixed width file, yielding the proper data for each line based on the fields passed in # # @param filepath [String] The path to the file to be parsed. # @param fields [Array(Hash{name => String, position => Range|Integer})] An array of field hashes, each containing a `name` and a `position`. # @yield [Hash] Yields a hash object based on the fields provided. # # @example # filepath = 'path/to/file' # fields = [ # { name: 'first_name', position: 0..10 }, # { name: 'middle_initial', position: 11 }, # { name: 'last_name', position: 12..25 } # ] # # FixedWidthFileParser.parse(filepath, fields) do |row| # puts row # end def self.parse(filepath, fields) # Verify `filepath` is a String unless filepath.is_a?(String) raise '`filepath` must be a String' end # Verify `fields` is an array if fields.is_a?(Array) # Verify fields is not emtpy if fields.empty? raise '`fields` must contain at least 1 item' end else raise '`fields` must be an Array' end # Verify each field has a `name` and `position` unless fields.all? { |item| item.key?(:name) && item.key?(:position) } raise 'Each field hash must include a `name` and a `position`' end # Verify that each `position` is either a Range or an Integer unless fields.all? { |item| item[:position].is_a?(Range) || item[:position].is_a?(Integer) } raise "Each field's `position` must be a Range or an Integer" end file = File.open(filepath) while !file.eof? line = file.readline # If the current line is blank, skip to the next line # chomp to remove "\n" and "\r\n" next if line.chomp.empty? line_fields = {} fields.each do |field| line_fields[field[:name].to_sym] = line[ field[:position] ].try(:strip) end yield(line_fields) end file.close end end