From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2005-04-07T00:49:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Interpolating a string loaded from a text file


"John Elrick" <john.elrick@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1112801469.561320.13590@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hoping you guys can help out here.  Is there any way to interpolate a
> string that is loaded dynamically?
>
> I know that in Ruby I can do this:
>
> my_message = 'Hello World'
> my_template = "The message is #my_message"
> puts my_template <== The message is Hello World
>
> But what I want to do is
>
> my_message = 'Hello World'
> my_template =
> File.readlines('my_template_file.txt').HOW-CAN-I-FORCE-INTERPOLATION???
> puts my_template <== The message is Hello World
>
>
> Anyone have any ideas?  Or am I missing something blatantly obvious?

How about:

eval "%Q{" + File.read('my_template_file.txt') + "}"

Kind regards

    robert