gistfile1.rbx

# A small script that collects details about matches in the Norwegian eliteserien and returns these as Ruby objects
# If you run this file itself, will return a list with details for the teams
require 'rubygems'
require 'open-uri'
require 'hpricot'

class Team
  include Comparable
  
  attr_accessor :team_name, :matches, :wins, :losses, :draws, :plus, :minus, :points
  
  def initialize(team_name)
    @team_name = team_name
  end
  
  def to_s
    "#{team_name} has #{matches} matches, with #{wins} wins and #{points} points"
  end
  
  def <=>(another_team)
    another_team.points.to_i <=> points.to_i
  end
  
  # Fetches the teams
  def self.fetch_teams
    data = open('http://live.dagbladet.no/liga.html?sex=m&sport=s&country=Norge&lid=17').read
    fruit = Hpricot(data)
    kamp_div = (fruit/"//div#gruppespill")[1]
    teams = []
    (kamp_div/"//tr").each do |tr|
      lag_navn = (tr/"td.lag")[0]
      if lag_navn
        t = Team.new(lag_navn.inner_html)
        (tr/"td").each_with_index do |td, i|
          method_names = [:team_name=, :matches=, :wins=, :losses=, :draws=, :plus=, :minus=, :points=]
          t.send(method_names[i], td.inner_html)
        end
        teams << t
      end
    end
    return teams
  end
end

if (__FILE__) == $0
  Team.fetch_teams.sort.each {|t| puts t}
end