From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz <ezmobius@...>
Date: 2006-01-10T02:53:59+09:00
Subject: Re: "chomping" an array at read time


On Jan 9, 2006, at 9:44 AM, Victor Reyes wrote:

> Team,
>
> ruby -v === ruby 1.8.2 (2004-12-25) [powerpc-aix4.3.3.0]
>
> Please don't laugh at my simplistic coding "techniques?"
>
>
> I am reading a file which contains 1041 one token records into an  
> array:
>
> f_lus = File.open("/file_name", "r")
>
> lus = Array.new
> lus = File.read("/file_name")

Right here you are createing a new arrau called lus. then you destroy  
it and overwrite it with a file handle. Please try this instead:

ezra:~ ez$ cat test.txt
12
324
46
23
dgs
fh
asf
fh
dsg

lus = File.open("test.txt") {|f| f.readlines}

p lus
#=>  ["12\n", "324\n", "46\n", "23\n", "dgs\n", "fh\n", "asf\n", "fh 
\n", "dsg\n"]



Cheers-
Ezra