From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-10-13T02:10:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby noob with a coming from Python question

On Oct 12, 2005, at 11:36 AM, Kevin Ballard wrote:

>
> James Edward Gray II wrote:
>
>> If you go back and look at the original code now, I was hoping that
>> would save all the random calls to strip() when Hash data is
>> accessed, thought the "=" split() pattern may also need to become /
>> \s*=\s*/ to get leading whitespace.
>>
>
> Ohh, leave *off* some strips. I see what you mean.

Ah, I see now.  You're right, that was a terrible typo on my part!  :(

> Perhaps an easier solution would be to just use readlines, but then
> call strip() on both key and value? That takes care of any whitespace,
> whether it be leading the line, trailing, or around the equals sign.

Yes, definitely.

James Edward Gray II