From: Ben Giddings <bg-rubytalk@...>
Date: 2005-08-17T06:03:11+09:00
Subject: Re: [Newbie Alert] Probably missing something simple here ... help {wimper}

On Tuesday 16 August 2005 16:42, B. Angell wrote:
> Am trying to read from a file and write to a number of files based on 
> the first 4 letters of the data line.  Therefore, I want to be able to 
> write the line:  A0037775830|lkajsdlkfjsaljf;lsakjfdsa;jf to file A003 
> *and* append all of the A003 lines as well.  Here is the hack I have 
> below, however, produces errors and I know I am missing something 
> simple/easy ..... as follows:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/ruby -w
> File.open("meshdata.txt") do |file|
>  while line = file.gets
>  a = line
>  b = a[0,4]
>   File.open(b,"w") do |afile|
>    puts a.afile

      afile.puts a

>   end
>  end
> end

Ben