require 'rubygems'
require 'nokogiri'
# Enumerable#max_by and Enumerable#group_by are implemented in Ruby 1.8.7 and Ruby 1.9. I want this to work in
# Ruby 1.8.6 also, just for the heck of it
unless Enumerable.instance_methods.include?(:max_by)
module Enumerable
def max_by(&block)
map{|elem| [block[elem], elem]}.max.last
end
def group_by
result = Hash.new {|hash,key| hash[key] = [] }
each do |elem|
result[yield elem] << elem
end
result
end
end
end
File.open(ARGV[0]) do |f|
xml_doc = Nokogiri::XML::Document.parse(f)
countries = xml_doc.css('country')
most_populous = countries.max_by {|node| node['population'].to_i}
puts "The most populous country in 1996 was #{most_populous['name']} with a population of #{most_populous['population']}"
puts
puts "The five countries with the highest inflation rate in 1996 were:"
countries.sort_by {|country| -(country['inflation'] || 0).to_f} [0..4].each do |country|
puts " #{country['name']} - #{country['inflation']}%"
end
continent_info = countries.group_by {|country| country['continent']}
puts
puts "The continents and their countries in 1996 were:"
continent_info.keys.sort.each do |continent|
continent_info[continent].sort_by {|country|
country['name']}.each do |country|
puts " #{country['name']}"
end
end
end
