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66 lines
1.7 KiB
Rust
66 lines
1.7 KiB
Rust
//DEBUG:
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#![allow(dead_code)]
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use std::fmt;
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type Column = Vec<String>;
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type Columns = Vec<Column>;
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/// split input text into columns based on separator character
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/// returns a type representing a variable length array of strings (columns) ?
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/// TODO:
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///
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/// accept &str and String
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/// error handling
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pub fn split_columns(text: &str, sep: char) -> Result<Columns, fmt::Error> {
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// read the first line stripping empty lines
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let lines: Vec<&str> = text.trim().lines().collect();
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eprintln!("lines: {:?}", lines);
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// count number of columns
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let n_col = match lines.first() {
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Some(line) => line.split(sep).count(),
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None => return Err(std::fmt::Error)
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};
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// eprintln!("first line: {:?}", lines.first().unwrap());
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// eprintln!("# columns: {n_col}");
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let mut columns = vec![Column::new(); n_col];
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for (_l_idx, line) in lines.iter().enumerate() {
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let new_n_col = line.split(sep).count();
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// HACK: I should handle repeating separators with a glob or regex library
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// TIP: usek
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if new_n_col != n_col {
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return Err(std::fmt::Error)
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}
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eprintln!("number of columns: {}", columns.len());
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for (c_idx, col) in line.split(sep).enumerate() {
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columns[c_idx].push(col.to_string())
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}
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}
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eprintln!("{:?}", columns);
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// let n_col = *lines.first().unwrap();
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// detect number of columns
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Ok(Columns::new())
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}
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#[test]
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fn test_split_columns(){
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let coltext1 = r###"
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file1.txt title1
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file2.pdf title2
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file3 title3
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"###;
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let columns = split_columns(coltext1, '\t');
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// should have two columns
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assert_eq!(2, columns.unwrap().len());
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// println!("columns:\n{:?}", columns);
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}
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