Class: WorldDB::Models::Country

Inherits:
ActiveRecord::Base
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/worlddb/models/country.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.create_from_ary!(countries) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/worlddb/models/country.rb', line 18

def self.create_from_ary!( countries )
  countries.each do |values|
    
    ## key & title required
    attr = {
      :key   => values[0],
      :title => values[1],
      :code  => values[2]
    }
    
    value_numbers = []
    
    ## check for optional values
    values[3..-1].each do |value|
      if value.is_a? Numeric
        value_numbers << value
      elsif value =~ /^motor:/  
        value_motor = value[6..-1]  ## cut off region: motor
        attr[ :motor ] = value_motor
      elsif value =~ /^tags:/   
        value_tags = value[5..-1]  ## cut off tags: prefix
        # do nothing now
      else
        # issue warning: unknown type for value
      end
    end
    
    if value_numbers.size > 0
      attr[ :area ] = value_numbers[0]  # NB: area for countries goes first
      attr[ :pop  ] = value_numbers[1]
    end
    
    
    
    Country.create!( attr )
  end # each country
end