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require 'nokogiri' | |
f = File.open 'cia-1996.xml' | |
doc = Nokogiri::XML f | |
f.close | |
#Find population of the country with the most people | |
pop_nodes = doc.xpath "//@population" | |
pop_array = [] | |
pop_nodes.each do |pop_node| | |
pop_array << pop_node.value.to_i | |
end | |
puts "Population of the country with the most people is #{pop_array.max}\n\n" | |
#Find 5 countries with the highest inflation rates (and their inflation rates) | |
infl_nodes = doc.xpath "//@inflation" | |
infl_array = Array.new | |
infl_nodes.each do |infl_node| | |
infl_array << {'inflation' => infl_node.value.to_i, 'country' => infl_node.parent.attributes['name'].to_s} | |
end | |
infl_array = infl_array.sort_by {|a| a['inflation']} | |
puts "The 5 countries with the highest inflation rates are:" | |
(1..5).each do |num| | |
puts "#{num}. #{infl_array[-num]['country']} (#{infl_array[-num]['inflation']})" | |
end | |
puts "\n" | |
#Find the 6 continents and list each country by continent in alphabetical order | |
continent_nodes = doc.xpath "//continent/@name" | |
continents = [] | |
continent_nodes.each {|continent| continents << continent.to_s} | |
puts "The 6 continents in the file are:" | |
continents.each_with_index do |continent,index| | |
puts "#{index+1}. #{continent}" | |
end | |
countries = Hash.new | |
continents.each do |continent| | |
countries[continent] = [] | |
country_list = doc.xpath "//country[@continent='#{continent}']/@name" | |
country_list.each do |country| | |
countries[continent] << country.to_s | |
end | |
countries[continent].sort! | |
end | |
puts "\nThe following is a list of all countries in the files grouped by continent in alphabetical order" | |
continents.each do |continent| | |
puts "#{continent}:" | |
country_list = "" | |
countries[continent].each do |country| | |
country_list += country + ", " | |
end | |
puts country_list.chomp ", " | |
end |
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