Hi all,
As the subject says, I'm new to Ruby, though not to programming (Perl,
Python, PHP, JavaScript, bash, etc). The problem I'm having is that
comparing 2 strings is not working as expected. I have a hash that I'm
comparing to an array generated from a file, I *should* be getting 24
matches, but I'm only getting 2.
Here's the code I'm using:
measures_full = {'PROP 1A'=>'Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond
Act',
'PROP 2' =>'Standards for Confining Farm Animals',
'PROP 3' =>"Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant
Program.",
'PROP 4' =>"Parent Notif. Before Terminating Minor's
Pregnancy",
'PROP 5' =>'Nonviolent Drug Offense. Sentencing,
Parole, Rehab',
'PROP 6' =>'Police, Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal
Laws.',
'PROP 7' =>'Renewable Energy Generation',
'PROP 8' =>"Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to
Marry",
'PROP 9' =>"Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights.
Parole.",
'PROP 10'=>'Altern. Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy
Bonds',
'PROP 11'=>'Redistricting',
'PROP 12'=>"Veterans' Bond"}
fixed_ca = Array.new
prop = String.new
lines = Array.new
i = 1;
j = 0;
puts ''
puts "-----------------------READING------------------------"
# Add prop numbers to props for CA feed
open('2008-CA_ElectionResults.csv', 'r') do |f|
line = f.read
lines = line.split("\n") # Not really sure why this is necessary,
# but for some reason its the only way to
# get each line into its own place in the
array.
j += 1
#puts j
end
puts "#{lines.length} entries"
lines.each do |line|
vals = line.split('|')
measures_full.each do |key, value|
### This is where things fall apart ###
if value.eql? vals[0]
puts vals[0]
prop = "#{key} - #{value}|#{vals[1]}|#{vals[2]}|#{vals[3]}|
#{vals[4]}|#{vals[5]}|#{vals[6]}|#{vals[7]}|#{vals[8]}|#{vals[9]}"
puts prop
break
else
prop = line
break
end
end
#puts prop
fixed_ca << prop
i = i + 1
end
And the CSV is:
U.S. President|0|0||Barack Obama|Democratic|9075132|58.1|09/24/2008|
12:38:04
U.S. President|0|0||John McCain|Republican|2251793|14.4|09/24/2008|
12:38:04
U.S. President|0|0||Alan Keyes|American Independent|2278411|14.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
U.S. President|0|0||Cynthia McKinney|Green|998072|6.3|09/24/2008|
12:38:04
U.S. President|0|0||Bob Barr|Libertarian|674352|4.3|09/24/2008|
12:38:04
U.S. President|0|0||Ralph Nader|Peace and Freedom|362310|2.3|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Senate District 39|0|0||Christine Kehoe|Democratic|136932|33.0|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Senate District 39|0|0||Jeff Perwin|Republican|261331|63.0|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Senate District 39|0|0||Jesse Thomas|Libertarian|16681|4.0|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 66|0|0||Grey Kenneth Frandsen|Democratic|
122204|60.7|09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 66|0|0||Kevin D. Jeffries|Republican|79276|
39.3|09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 73|0|0||Judy Jones|Democratic|116610|53.4|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 73|0|0||Diane L. Harkey|Republican|92806|42.4|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 73|0|0||Andrew "Andy" Favor|Libertarian|9332|
4.2|09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 74|0|0||Brett Deforest Maxfield|Democratic|
28453|12.9|09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 74|0|0||Martin Garrick|Republican|129486|59.2|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 74|0|0||Paul King|Libertarian|60934|27.9|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 75|0|0||Darren Kasai|Democratic|214795|93.1|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 75|0|0||Nathan Fletcher|Republican|808|0.3|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
State Assembly District 75|0|0||John Murphy|Libertarian|15359|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Standards for Confining Farm Animals|0|0||Yes||5200770|6.6|09/24/2008|
12:38:04
Standards for Confining Farm Animals|0|0||No||10439300|6.6|09/24/2008|
12:38:04
Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program.|0|0||Yes||9756410|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Children's Hospital Bond Act. Grant Program.|0|0||No||5883660|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Parent Notif. Before Terminating Minor's Pregnancy|0|0||Yes||8111423|
6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Parent Notif. Before Terminating Minor's Pregnancy|0|0||No||7528647|
6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Nonviolent Drug Offense. Sentencing, Parole, Rehab|0|0||Yes||9168058|
6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Nonviolent Drug Offense. Sentencing, Parole, Rehab|0|0||No||6472012|
6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Police, Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Laws.|0|0||Yes||10148640|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Police, Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Laws.|0|0||No||5491430|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Renewable Energy Generation|0|0||Yes||7200459|6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Renewable Energy Generation|0|0||No||8439611|6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry|0|0||Yes||7924434|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Eliminates Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry|0|0||No||7715636|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole.|0|0||Yes||5266581|
6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Criminal Justice System. Victims' Rights. Parole.|0|0||No||10373489|
6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond Act|0|0||Yes||5552432|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Safe, Reliable High-Speed Train Bond Act|0|0||No||10087638|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Altern. Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bonds|0|0||Yes||6104326|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Altern. Fuel Vehicles and Renewable Energy Bonds|0|0||No||9535744|6.6|
09/24/2008|12:38:04
Redistricting|0|0||Yes||10740910|6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Redistricting|0|0||No||4899160|6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Veterans' Bond|0|0||Yes||5284610|6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
Veterans' Bond|0|0||No||10355460|6.6|09/24/2008|12:38:04
I've copied and pasted the values from the CSV file to the values for
the Hash, but even that doesn't help. I've tried comparing the classes
for 'values' and 'vals[0]' the are the same in every case. I've tried
'==' but get the same results, which from what I understand is to be
expected. I'm just baffled as to why only 2 matches out of the 24 I'm
expecting.
Thanks in advance for your help on this.
Michael D. Risser
Web Developer
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