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+#!/bin/env ruby
+############################################################################
+#Word sorter for Pat's dissertation                                        #
+#More documentation TBD                                                    #
+#Current Usage:                                                            #
+# Scans a file for groups of words and counts the totals                   #
+# Input file:       ./tester.txt                                           #
+# Wroud group file: ./bins.json                                            #
+# Output file:      ./output.json                                          #
+#                                                                          #
+# The input file is human readable, easy to edit.                          #
+# The output file is single-line JSON, use jq to format for reading.       #
+#                                                                          #
+#To Do:                                                                    #
+# * use STDIN to accept file to scan                                       #
+# * Support scaning multiple files                                         #
+# * Output to csv                                                          #
+# * Strip out header and footer text                                       #
+############################################################################
+require 'json'
+require 'pp'
+
+json = File.read('./bins.json')
+text = File.read('tester.txt')
+bins = JSON.parse(json) #Turn bins.json into a hash
+output = Hash.new #Creating the output storage object
+
+#bin_counter expects:
+# bin - a hash with strings to search for
+# test - the document text to search through
+#This method returns a hash containg the strings and their frequency
+def bin_counter (bin, text)
+  ret = Hash.new
+  bin.each do |word|
+    ret[word.to_sym] = text.scan(word).count.to_s
+  end
+  return ret
+end
+
+#count_total expects:
+# bin - a hash created by bin_counter
+#This method returns a hash with the total count of all words in a bin
+def count_total (bin)
+  count = 0
+  bin[:words].each_key do |word|
+    count += bin[:words][word].to_i
+  end
+  return count
+end
+
+#write_output expects:
+# output - a hash containing all of our output
+#This method converts the output hash to JSON and writes it to output.json
+def write_output (output)
+  outfile = File.open('./output.json','w')
+  outfile.write(output.to_json)
+  outfile.close
+end
+
+bins.each_key do |bin_number|
+  key = bin_number.to_sym
+  output[key] = Hash.new
+  output[key][:words] = bin_counter(bins[bin_number], text)
+  output[key][:total] = count_total(output[key])
+end
+write_output(output)
+