class RandomUsCity

This class returns a struct with data for a random city in the US.

For example:

#<struct RandomUsCity::City
 zip="67878",
 latitude="37.986428",
 longitude="-101.751732",
 city="Syracuse",
 state="KS",
 county="Hamilton">

Constants

City
DATA_FIELDS
VERSION

Public Class Methods

new() click to toggle source

# File lib/random_us_city.rb, line 24
def initialize
  # read in our city data...
  @cities = []

  data_file = File.join(path_to_resources, "cities.csv")
  CSV.foreach(data_file, :headers => true) do |row|
    @cities << City.new(*(
         row.map do |r|
           if r[0] == 'longitude' || r[0] == 'latitude'
             r[1].to_f
           else
             r[1]
           end
         end
    ))
  end
end

Public Instance Methods

random_city() click to toggle source

Returns a struct containing data for a random US city.

# File lib/random_us_city.rb, line 44
def random_city
  return @cities.sample
end

Private Instance Methods

path_to_resources() click to toggle source

# File lib/random_us_city.rb, line 49
def path_to_resources
  File.join(File.dirname(File.expand_path(__FILE__)), '../data')
end