echi-converter.rb in echi-converter-0.4.1

- old
+ new

@@ -83,10 +83,20 @@
     rescue => err
       @log.warn err
     end
   end
   
+  #Method to strip special characters from a string
+  def strip_specials(data)
+    if $config["strip_characters"] == true
+      $config["characters_to_strip"].to_a.each do |char|
+        data.gsub!(char.chr,"")
+      end
+    end
+    return data
+  end
+  
   #Set the working directory to copy processed files to, if it does not exist creat it
   #Directory names based on year/month so as not to exceed 5K files in a single directory
   def set_directory working_directory
     @log.debug "set_directory method"
     time = Time.now
@@ -260,9 +270,12 @@
                 bool_cnt = 0
               end
             else
               #Process 'standard' fields
               value = dump_binary field["type"], field["length"]
+              if field["type"] == 'str'
+                value = strip_specials(value)
+              end
               @log.debug field["name"] + " { type => #{field["type"]} & length => #{field["length"]} } value => " + value.to_s
             end
             echi_record[field["name"]] = value
           end
           echi_record.save
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