wnyc_elections_parser.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'yajl/json_gem'

module AP
  # a = AP::ParseData.new('/file.txt')
  class ParseData
    def initialize(file)
      @file = file
      @ap_scratch = []
      @final_results = []
    end
    
    #a.parse
    def parse
      File.open(@file).each do |line|
        @ap_scratch << line
      end
      
      @ap_scratch[7..68].each do |line|
        h = {}
        results = line.gsub(/[\000-\037]/,' ').gsub(/,/,'').scan(/(\w+)/)
        h[:county] = results[0][0]
        h[:precincts_total] = results[1][0]
        h[:precincts_reporting] = results[2][0]
        h[:cuomo] = results[3][0]
        h[:paladino] = results[4][0]
        h[:lazio] = results[5][0]
        h[:schaeffer] = results[6][0]
        @final_results << h
      end
      
      json_file = File.new('ny.json','w+')
      json_file.write(@final_results.to_json)
      json_file.close
    end
        
  end
end