From: Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair@...>
Date: 2004-06-14T10:07:20+09:00
Subject: Re: How to read a .csv file into a 2D array?

On Monday, June 14, 2004, 9:43:38 AM, Todd wrote:

> How can I do this more elegantly?

I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve.

> ary = []
> fi = File.open("test1.csv","r")
> fo = File.open("test1.out","w")
> fi.each { |line|
>         a = line.strip.split(',')
>         ary << a
>         fo.puts line
> }

That's just copying fi to fo with no transformation.

> #~ # test print-out of one arrayrow
> i=0
> 1.times do
>   puts ary[i]
>   i+=1
> end

*1* times do something?  That must be a mistake.

> fi.close
> fo.close

What you're actually *doing* (i.e. creating a 2D array) looks fine.
The rest of the stuff seems meaningless.

Cheers,
Gavin