Fork, Commit, Merge - Medium Issue (Ruby)

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Fork, Commit, Merge - Medium Issue (Ruby)

Create a Ruby script to Parse and Analyze a Text File

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How to get started:

Open the tasks/ruby/medium directory from the root of your project.
Then open a file called text_parser.rb and start implementing your solution!

Objective:

The goal is to create a Ruby script that can read a given text file (example.txt), parse its contents, and then perform some basic text analysis on it.

Requirements:

• Read a text file that is passed as a command-line argument.
• Count the total number of lines, words, and characters in the example.txt file.
• Identify the 5 most frequently occurring words in the text and display them with their occurrence counts.
• Identify the 3 longest lines in the text and display them.
• Include error handling for file not found or unreadable files.
• Define functions for each of the tasks outlined above.
• Use Ruby's built-in File class for file operations.

Expected output:

Total lines: 7
Total words: 49
Total characters: 279
5 Most Frequent Words: {"the"=>3, "this"=>2, "is"=>2, "text"=>2, "it"=>2}
3 Longest Lines:
Probably because it contains every letter of the alphabet.
It contains multiple lines, words, and characters.
Why do we use that phrase so often in examples?

How to run:

Make sure you are in the correct directory:

cd tasks/ruby/medium

Run the script:

ruby text_parser.rb example.txt

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