[Chicago-talk] Building a hierarchy

[Jay Strauss]

Hi sorry for the delay.  I know everyone is hanging on this thread with
baited breath.

I was trying to parse the data on: http://www.wpc-edi.com/codes/taxonomy

<http://www.wpc-edi.com/codes/taxonomy>I initially cut/paste into word to
change the hierarchy, so I can probably reformat into something without the
potential of dupes.  I looked at the source of the webpage.  Maybe there is
a way I can parse the page directly for the hierarchy.

Thanks
Jay

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Brian Katzung <briank at kappacs.com> wrote:

>  I would try very hard to find an alternative source data format (perhaps
> with level-dependent indentation?) if at all possible before spending a lot
> of time trying to parse this one because it's ambiguous.
>
> Consider an item on line "i." after an item on line "h.". Depending on the
> type of the subsequent line, you may ("ii.") or may not ("V.") be able to
> determine what type of line the "i." item is.
>
>   - Brian
>
>
> On 2011-03-16 11:31, Jay Strauss wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  I need to build a hierarchy out of some data to load into a RDBMS.  The
> data looks like below.  I need to convert it to more like:
>
>  code, desc, parent_code
>
>  (where code is like "193200000X")
>
>  I'm struggling.
>
>  I think I could do this in a rigid manner by saying I have 4 indexes or
> levels:
> upper case roman
> lower case alpha
> lower case roman
> numeric
>
>  and keeping track where I am, and I the parent one level above.
>
>  I'd like to do it flexibly, without having to know how many levels in
> advance (I get similarly structured data with # of levels and info from time
> to time).
>
>  But I don't know:
>
>  1) whats the best structure for this (I'm thinking an array of arrays)
> 2) how to traverse the array without knowing my indexes, i.e. go one level
> up, go one level down
>
>  Can anyone suggest ways to skin this cat?
>
>  Thanks
> Jay
>
>
>  I. Individual or Groups (of Individuals)
> a. Group
> i. Multi-Specialty  - 193200000X
> ii. Single Specialty  - 193400000X
> b. Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
> i. Allergy & Immunology - 207K00000X
> 1. Allergy - 207KA0200X
> 2. Clinical & Laboratory Immunology - 207KI0005X
>  ii. Anesthesiology - 207L00000X
> 1. Addiction Medicine - 207LA0401X
> 2. Critical Care Medicine - 207LC0200X
> 3. Hospice and Palliative Medicine - 207LH0002X
> 4. Pain Medicine - 207LP2900X
>  5. Pediatric Anesthesiology - 207LP3000X
> iii. Clinical Pharmacology - 208U00000X
>  iv. Colon & Rectal Surgery - 208C00000X
> v. Dermatology - 207N00000X
> 1. Clinical & Laboratory Dermatological Immunology - 207NI0002X
> 2. Dermatopathology - 207ND0900X
> 3. MOHS-Micrographic Surgery - 207ND0101X
>  4. Pediatric Dermatology - 207NP0225X
> 5. Procedural Dermatology - 207NS0135X
> vi. Electrodiagnostic Medicine - 204R00000X
> vii. Emergency Medicine - 207P00000X
>
>
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