hi,

i have ruby code to parse data in excel file using Parseexcel gem. I need to save 2 columns in that file into a Hash, here is my code:

worksheet.each { |row|
  if row != nil
    key = row.at(1).to_s.strip
    value = row.at(0).to_s.strip

    if !parts.has_key?(key) and key.length > 0
      parts[key] = value
    end
  end
}

however it still save duplicate keys into the hash: "020098-10". I checked the excel file at the specified row and found the difference are " 020098-10" and "020098-10". the first one has a leading space while the second doesn't. I dont' understand is it true that .strip function already remove all leading and trailing white space?

also when i tried to print out key.length, it gave me these weird number:

020098-10 length 18
020098-10 length 17

which should be 9....