added money-mind

money-mind/lib/money-mind.rb

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+require 'net/http'
+
+# Converts currency from one format to another, for example from USD to
+# EUR
+# from_curr the code for the currency that needs to be converted
+# to_curr the code for the currency that needs to be converted to
+# amount amount of money in from_curr
+def convert_currency(from_curr = "INR", to_curr = "USD", amount = 1000)
+	host = "www.google.com"
+	http = Net::HTTP.new(host, 80)
+	url = "/finance/converter?a=#{amount}&from=#{from_curr}&to=#{to_curr}"
+	response = http.get(url)
+	# puts response.body
+	result = response.body
+	regexp = Regexp.new("(\\d+\\.{0,1}\\d*)\\s+#{to_curr}")
+	regexp.match result
+	return $1.to_f
+end

money-mind/money-mind.gemspec

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+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = 'money-mind'
+  s.version     = '0.0.0'
+  s.date        = '2012-11-05'
+  s.summary     = "Money Mind"
+  s.description = "A simple currency conversion code in Ruby"
+  s.authors     = ["Karthikeyan A K"]
+  s.email       = '[email protected]'
+  s.files       = ["lib/money-mind.rb"]
+end

money-mind/test/currency_test.rb

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+require '../lib/money-mind.rb'
+
+puts convert_currency("USD", "EUR", 1000)