Module: BioTable::LineParser

Defined in:
lib/bio-table/parser.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.parse(line, in_format, split_on) ⇒ Object

Converts a string into an array of string fields



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# File 'lib/bio-table/parser.rb', line 8

def LineParser::parse(line, in_format, split_on)
  if in_format == :csv
    $stderr.print "WARNING: this looks like a tab delimited file to me!\n" if line =~ /\t/
    CSV.parse_line(line)
  elsif in_format == :split
    line.split(split_on).map { |field| 
      fld = field.strip
      fld = nil if fld == "NA"
      fld
    }
  elsif in_format == :regex
    line.split(/#{split_on}/).map { |field| 
      fld = field.strip
      fld = nil if fld == "NA"
      fld
    }
  else
    $stderr.print "WARNING: this looks like a tab delimited file to me!\n" if line =~ /,"/
    line.split("\t").map { |field| 
      fld = field.strip
      fld = nil if fld == "NA"
      fld
    }
  end
end