Class-Array Interaction Ruby - arrays

Question

I'm trying to set up a program to help me take care of grading for students in a class. I've set it up to make a class of student then to read in from the file (something I'm not very familiar with in Ruby) via an array. My programming experience is in java so if there are errors that can be explained by that I apologize. Thank you in advance for your help.
class Student
def initialize(str_LastName, str_FirstName, arr_Score)
#str_LastName = str_LastName
#str_FirstName = str_FirstName
#arr_Score = arr_Score
str_Grade = ""
int_OutOf = 415
end
def get_LastName
str_LastName
end
def get_FirstName
str_FirstName
end
def get_Grade
str_Grade
end
def set_TotalScore()
sum = 0
arr_Score.each do |item|
sum += item
end
arr_Score[12] = sum
end
def set_Grade
if arr_Score[12]/int_OutOf >= 0.9
str_Grade = "A"
elsif arr_Score[12]/int_OutOf >= 0.8
str_Grade = "B"
elsif arr_Score[12]/int_OutOf >= 0.7
str_Grade = "C"
elsif arr_Score[12]/int_OutOf >= 0.6
str_Grade = "D"
else
str_Grade = "F"
end
end
end
def main
file_name = "Grades"
arr_students = Array.new(31)
arr_scores = Array.new(12)
int_i = 0
file_io = open(file_name).readlines.each do |line|
array = line.split(",").map(&:strip)
student = Student.new(array[0],array[1],array[2..-2]) #the final element in the array is for the final score
arr_students[int_i] = student
puts "read #{arr_students[int_i]}"
end
file_name = "Graded"
file_io = open(file_name,"a+")
arr_students.each do |student|
set_TotalScore
set_Grade
file.io_write(student)
puts "write #{student}"
end
end
main if __FILE__==$0

Answer 1

Here is my run at it. I tried to stay true in general to the original intent of your code while introducing more Rubyish ways of doing things.
class Student
def initialize(firstname, lastname, *scores)
#firstname, #lastname, #scores = firstname, lastname, scores
end
def total_score
#scores.map(&:to_i).inject(:+)
end
def grade
raise "TOO HIGH!" if total_score > MAX_SCORE
case total_score / MAX_SCORE
when 0.9..1.0; "A"
when 0.8...0.9; "B"
when 0.7...0.8; "C"
when 0.6...0.7; "D"
else "F"
end
end
def to_s
"#{#lastname}, #{#firstname}: #{total_score}, #{grade}"
end
end
MAX_SCORE = 415.0
DATA.each_line do |line|
arr = line.split(",").map(&:strip)
student = Student.new *arr
puts student
end
__END__
Herb,Goldberg,22,99,44,22,88,88
Mark,Sullivan,77,88,88,44,33
You can read and write to files like this(not tested):
outfile = File.open("Graded", "a+")
File.open("Grades").each_line do |line|
...
outfile.puts student
end
outfile.close

Answer 2

We can not easily reproduce your code because you open a file called "Grades" and we do not have or know of its content.
You should also add some code to first check whether your file exists, before continuing - right now your script exits with a Errno::ENOENT.
I would also suggest putting the logic in main into your class instead - let your class handle everything.
In the part:
if __FILE__ == $PROGRAM_NAME
end
You can then simply initialize your class with a simple call such as:
Foobar.new(ARGV)
You described the "Grades" file but I did not understand what you wrote - it would be easier if you could link in to a sample, like via a pastie or gist, then link it in; and to also say what the part is that is not working, which is also unclear.
The style issues are secondary, I consider your code ok - the other poster here does not.

Answer 3

You should go through codecademy to get your ruby syntax down.
To access your initialized instance variables (#str_LastName (which should be #last_name), etc) you need to use "attr_reader :str_LastName", preferably at the top of the class. That'll definite you getter (setter is attr_writer, both is attr_accessor).
You can also do a sum on an array like this: [1,4,6,7].inject(:+).
Does Java not allow case statements? You should use that in set_grade. You also don't need to initialize str_Grade. In set grade, you could do #grade_letter ||= "A", and then calling set_grade will return that value on each call.
I didn't look through your main method. It's ugly though. Ruby methods probably shouldn't be more than 5 lines long.