From: Daniel Berger <Daniel.Berger@...>
Date: 2006-03-23T06:04:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Best way to slurp a file into a string?

Wes Gamble wrote:
> All,
> 
> I would like to capture the entire contents of a file in to a string (a 
> la Perl) - is this the best way to do it?
> 
> File.open(@document.path, r) do |f|
>   @lines = f.readlines
>   html = @lines.join
> end
> 
> so that the html variable has all of the contents of f.
> 
> Is there a better/easier way?
> 
> Thanks,
> Wes
> 

IO.read(@document.path)

Regards,

Dan