How to Write to csv file to create bulk address book

[iPerfect]

Hi ,

I am new to ruby, I am working on script which would create 'n'
number address book entries into a csv file which would be used to
import into a address book. I need suggestions for the same

The fileds for csv file are as follows

""Title","First Name","Middle Name","Last
Name","Suffix","Company","Department","Job Title","Business
Street","Business Street 2","Business Street 3","Business
City","Business State","Business Postal Code","Business Country","Home
Street","Home Street 2","Home Street 3","Home City","Home State","Home
Postal Code","Home Country","Other Street","Other Street 2","Other
Street 3","Other City","Other State","Other Postal Code","Other
Country","Assistant's Phone","Business Fax","Business Phone","Business
Phone 2","Callback","Car Phone","Company Main Phone","Home Fax","Home
Phone","Home Phone 2","ISDN","Mobile Phone","Other Fax","Other
Phone","Pager","Primary Phone","Radio Phone","TTY/TDD
Phone","Telex","Account","Anniversary","Assistant's Name","Billing
Information","Birthday","Business Address PO
Box","Categories","Children","Directory Server","E-mail Address","E-
mail Type","E-mail Display Name","E-mail 2 Address","E-mail 2 Type","E-
mail 2 Display Name","E-mail 3 Address","E-mail 3 Type","E-mail 3
Display Name","Gender","Government ID Number","Hobby","Home Address PO
Box","Initials","Internet Free
Busy","Keywords","Language","Location","Manager's
Name","Mileage","Notes","Office Location","Organizational ID
Number","Other Address PO
Box","Priority","Private","Profession","Referred
By","Sensitivity","Spouse","User 1","User 2","User 3","User 4","Web
Page""

All the entries written by csv file by script can be random & dummy as
this address book is used for testing purpose.


Thank you in advance,
Kanthi

 

[James Gray]

I am new to ruby, I am working on script which would create 'n'
number address book entries into a csv file which would be used to
import into a address book.

All the entries written by csv file by script can be random & dummy as
this address book is used for testing purpose.

Does the Faker library meet your needs?

http://faker.rubyforge.org/

James Edward Gray II

 

[Brian Candler]

The fastercsv gem lets you open and write CSV files. So you just need to
generate some suitable random-ish values to pass to it.