NYC Pigeon Organizer

nyc-pidgeon-organizer.rb

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# NYC PIGEON ORGANIZER #
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# Start with the following collected data on NYC pigeons.
require 'pry'

pigeon_data = {
  :color => {
    :purple => ["Theo", "Peter Jr.", "Lucky"],
    :grey => ["Theo", "Peter Jr.", "Ms .K"],
    :white => ["Queenie", "Andrew", "Ms .K", "Alex"],
    :brown => ["Queenie", "Alex"]
  },
  :gender => {
    :male => ["Alex", "Theo", "Peter Jr.", "Andrew", "Lucky"],
    :female => ["Queenie", "Ms .K"]
  },
  :lives => {
    "Subway" => ["Theo", "Queenie"],
    "Central Park" => ["Alex", "Ms .K", "Lucky"],
    "Library" => ["Peter Jr."],
    "City Hall" => ["Andrew"]
  }
}

# the pigeon names

def pigeon_names(pigeon_data)
  all_pigeon_names = pigeon_data.collect do |attribute, attribute_hash|
      attribute_hash.collect do |spec_attribute, names|
        names.each do |name|
          name
      end
    end
  end
  all_pigeon_names = all_pigeon_names.flatten.uniq
end


def pigeons_hash_by_name(pigeon_data)

  pigeon_list = {}
  all_pigeon_names = pigeon_names(pigeon_data)

  all_pigeon_names.each do |name|
    pigeon_list[name] = {}
  end

  all_pigeon_names.each do |pigeon|
      pigeon_data.each do |attribute, spec_attribute|
        spec_attribute.each do |data, names|
          if attribute == :color
            if names.include?(pigeon) 
              if pigeon_list[pigeon][attribute].nil?
              pigeon_list[pigeon][attribute]=[data.to_s]
              else  
              pigeon_list[pigeon][attribute]<<data.to_s
              end  
            end
          else
            if names.include?(pigeon) 
              if pigeon_list[pigeon][attribute].nil?
              pigeon_list[pigeon][attribute] = data.to_s
              end  
            end
         end
      end
    end
  end
  pigeon_list
end

pigeons_hash_by_name(pigeon_data)



# first done by each attribute, then combined into one method

# all_pigeon_names.each do |pigeon|
#   pigeon_data[:color].each do |color, names|
#     if names.include?(pigeon)
#       if pigeon_list[pigeon][:color].nil?
#         pigeon_list[pigeon][:color]=[color.to_s]
#       else  
#         pigeon_list[pigeon][:color]<<color.to_s
#       end  
#     end
#   end
# end

# all_pigeon_names.each do |pigeon|
#   pigeon_data[:gender].each do |gender, names|
#     if names.include?(pigeon)
#       if pigeon_list[pigeon][:gender].nil?
#         pigeon_list[pigeon][:gender]= gender.to_s
#       end  
#     end
#   end
# end
 
#  all_pigeon_names.each do |pigeon|
#   pigeon_data[:lives].each do |location, names|
#     if names.include?(pigeon)
#       if pigeon_list[pigeon][:lives].nil?
#         pigeon_list[pigeon][:lives]=location.to_s
#       end  
#     end
#   end
# end

# Iterate over the hash above collecting each pigeon by name by and rebuild it into the hash below 
# that displays the individual attributes of each bird.

# pigeon_list = {
#   "Theo" => {
#     :color => ["purple", "grey"],
#     :gender => "male",
#     :lives => "Subway"
#   },
#   "Peter Jr." => {
#     :color => ["purple", "grey"],
#     :gender => "male",
#     :lives => "Library"
#   },
#   "Lucky" => {
#     :color => ["purple"],
#     :gender => "male",
#     :lives => "City Hall"
#   },
#   "Ms .K" => {
#     :color => ["grey", "white"],
#     :gender => "female",
#     :lives => "Central Park"
#   },
#   "Queenie" => {
#     :color => ["white", "brown"],
#     :gender => "female",
#     :lives => "Subway"
#   },
#   "Andrew" => {
#     :color => ["white"],
#     :gender => "male",
#     :lives => "Central Park"
#   },
#   "Alex" => {
#     :color => ["white", "brown"],
#     :gender => "male",
#     :lives => "Central Park"
#   }
# }