Convert SAS formats to Stata labels.

formats.sas

value Fgender
1='male'
2='female';

value Fyesno
1='yes'
0='no';

gistfile1.rb

# Convert SAS formats to Stata labels.
#
# SAS formats must be in the following format:
#
#   value Fgender
#   1='male'
#   2='female';
#
# Note that format names are the same as variable names but
# with `F` prepended.

test = IO.read('formats.sas')

matches = test.scan /value (.*)\s+(([0-9]+='.*'[\s;]*)*)/

matches.each do |match|
  matches2 = match[1].scan /[0-9]+='.*'[\s;]*/
  print "la de #{match[0]}"

  matches2.each do |match2|
    matches3 = match2.match /([0-9]+)='(.*)'/
    print " #{matches3[1]} \"#{matches3[2]}\""
  end
  print "\n"
  puts "la val #{match[0][1..-1]} #{match[0]}"
end