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07 2009 27

Ruby

anonymous

3

Generate random password 

def generate_passwd(length=16)
  chars = 'abcdefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ23456789'
  password = ''
  length.downto(1) { |i| password << chars[rand(chars.length - 1)] }
  password
end

This Ruby function generates a random password with variable length.

Tags

Ruby password generator

07 2009 22

Ruby

anonymous

3

CVS to XML converter 

#!/usr/bin/ruby
 
require 'csv'
 
print "CSV file to read: "
input_file = gets.chomp
 
print "File to write XML to: "
output_file = gets.chomp
 
print "What to call each record: "
record_name = gets.chomp
 
csv = CSV::parse(File.open(input_file) {|f| f.read} )
fields = csv.shift
 
puts "Writing XML..."
 
File.open(output_file, 'w') do |f|
  f.puts '<?xml version="1.0"?>'
  f.puts '<records>'
  csv.each do |record|
    f.puts " <#{record_name}>"
    for i in 0..(fields.length - 1)
      f.puts "  <#{fields[i]}>#{record[i]}</#{fields[i]}>"
    end
    f.puts " </#{record_name}>"
  end
  f.puts '</records>'
end # End file block - close file
 
puts "Contents of #{input_file} written as XML to #{output_file}."
 

Converts a comma seperated file (CVS) to XML.

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Ruby XML CVS