module BioTable::LineParser

Public Class Methods

parse(line, in_format, split_on) click to toggle source

Converts a string into an array of string fields

# 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