#C:\Documents and Settings\Michael\Desktop>ruby test.rb
#test.rb:5: undefined method `+' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
#        from test.rb:3:in `foreach'
#        from test.rb:3

array = Array.new

File.foreach("All_fips55_delim.txt") do |line|
    newline = line.sub(/[0-9]*\t[0-9]*\t[0-9]*\t[a-zA-Z0-9 ]*\t[A-Z0-9]{2}\t([a-zA-Z ]*)\t\t\t([A-Z]{2})/, '')
	row = $1 + '|' + $2
	array << row
end

puts array.count

#line = "1000759	37	39540	Populated Place	U6	Lowgap			NC	01	171	Surry	36.5256863	-80.8672961			2744"
#line2 = "648686	27	47221	Populated Place	C5	North Saint Paul			MN	01	123	Ramsey	45.0124657	-92.9918828			5320"
#newline = line2.sub(/[0-9]*\t[0-9]*\t[0-9]*\t[a-zA-Z0-9 ]*\t[A-Z0-9]{2}\t([a-zA-Z ]*)\t\t\t([A-Z]{2})/, '')
#puts "\n\n\n"
#puts "New line: " + newline + "\n\n\n"
#puts "$1: " + $1 + "\n\n\n"
#puts "$2: " + $2 + "\n\n\n"
#puts $1 + "|" + $2