to create an array of hashes

gistfile1.rb

 def parse_file(filename)
    @people = []
    @contents.each do |row|
      person = {}
      person[:id] = row[0]
      person[:regdate] = row[:regdate]
      person[:first_name] = clean_first_name(row[:first_name])
      person[:last_name] = clean_last_name(row[:last_name])
      person[:email] = clean_email(row[:email_address])
      person[:phone] = clean_phone(row[:homephone])
      person[:street] = clean_street(row[:street])
      person[:city] = clean_city(row[:city])
      person[:state] = clean_state(row[:state])
      person[:zipcode] = clean_zipcode(row[:zipcode])
      @people << person 
    end
    puts "Loaded #{@people.count} Records from '#{filename}'..." 
  end