added strip_text method

sorter.rb

@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@ require 'json'
 require 'pp'
 require 'csv'
 
-#json = File.read('./bins.json')
-csv = CSV.read('./bins.csv')
-text = File.read('tester.txt')
-#bins = JSON.parse(json) #Turn bins.json into a hash
-output = Hash.new #Creating the output storage object
-
-bins = Hash.new
-csv.each { |bin| bins[bin[0].to_sym] = bin[1..].compact }
-
 #bin_counter expects:
 # bin - a hash with strings to search for
 # test - the document text to search through
@@ -62,6 +53,22 @@ def write_output (output)
   outfile.close
 end
 
+#strip_text expects:
+# text - the text we're working on
+# start - the starting string to search for
+# fin - the ending string to search for
+#This method strips out all test before "start" and after "fin"
+def strip_text (text, start, fin)
+  text.lines(start,chomp: true)[1].lines(fin,chomp: true)[0]
+end
+
+csv = CSV.read('./bins.csv')
+text = File.read('tester.txt')
+text = strip_text(text,'PLOVEINTAKE','PLOVECLOSING')
+output = Hash.new #Creating the output storage object
+bins = Hash.new #This hash stores the bins
+csv.each { |bin| bins[bin[0].to_sym] = bin[1..].compact } #turn the csv array into a hash, remove nils
+
 bins.each_key do |bin_number|
   key = bin_number.to_sym
   output[key] = Hash.new