From: "Kroeger Simon (ext)" Date: 2005-09-29T18:40:49+09:00 Subject: Re: slurp a file into an array without newlines > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Davies [mailto:rasputnik@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:35 AM > To: ruby-talk ML > Subject: slurp a file into an array without newlines > > Coffee....not.....working....... > > what's a neater way of doing this? > > lines = File.new('sometextfile').readlines.map { |l| l.chomp } > > -- > Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns lines = IO.read('test.rb').split("\n") cheers Simon