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AndrewMulekeSolutionProposal

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+# MedHack Solution Proposal
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+### The Process
+
+To convert the raw CSV's to the provided standard format I would take the following steps:
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+- Using a python script I would recursively read each line of the CSV to check if its a header row by checking for delimition e.g comma or pipe using Regex. The script will allow for the delimeter to be specified, but the default will be a comma. Any line that is read and found not to be a header row will deleted until the header row is found.
+- Once the header row has been found, the next step will be to align the file's columns to MedHack's standard format.
+- I will start by identifying the required fields [itemName, hospitalId, Currency, Price] using a script that uses regex and string functions to evaluate the header row's columns
+- I will then attempt to extract any additional optional fields that will be available as per the standard format.
+- I will then create a column map for the raw CSV file that is aligned with MedHack's standard format
+- Finally, once the column map is ready, I will proceed to generate a new file that has the data in the raw CSV in MedHack's required standard format.
+
+### Tools & Utilities
+
+The tools I have used before for similar tasks and ones I am likely to use inlcude:
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+- Bash, Awk & Sed
+- Python
+- PHP
+- Pentaho