From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-08-18T00:32:26+09:00
Subject: Re: Is there a simpler way to do this?

On Aug 17, 2005, at 10:30 AM, Julian Leviston wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Just wondering if there's a simpler way to do this?
>
> file = File.open("/usr/blah/1.txt") do | file |
>     while line = file.gets
>         the_string += line
>     end
> end
>
> In other words, open a file, read the contents into a string called  
> the_string

file_contents = File.read("/usr/blah/1.txt")

James Edward Gray II