a small converter for a dataset from http://www.grouplens.org/datasets/movielens/)

gistfile1.rb

f = File.new("u.item_utf8")
ls = f.readlines


puts "["
ls.each do |l|
  fs = l.split("|")
  /(.*) \((\d+)\)$/.match(fs[1])
  title = $1
  year = $2
  url = fs[4]
  puts %Q{{"title": "#{title}", "year": #{year ? year : 0}, "url": "#{url}"}, }
end
puts "]"