ruby read SWC

read_swc.rb

require 'csv'

def read_swc(file_path)
    rows = CSV.read(file_path, col_sep: ' ')
    
    good_rows = rows.select { |row| not row[0].starts_with?('#') }

    return good_rows.collect do |row|
      {
        'id' => row[0],
        'type' => row[1].to_i,
        'x' => row[2].to_f,
        'y' => row[3].to_f,
        'z' => row[4].to_f,
        'radius' => row[5].to_f,
        'parent' => row[6],
      }
    end
end

# to convert to JSON:
# read_swc(some_path).to_json