From: Ashley Moran <work@...>
Date: 2006-04-28T07:56:28+09:00
Subject: Re: getting the next line with the iterator


On Apr 27, 2006, at 11:20 pm, Eric Boucher wrote:

> I would like to know if there is a ruby way to achieve what I want to
> do. I want to be able to access the next iterator while reading a  
> file.
> Basically, I want to be able to collect the next 3 lines when I
> encounter a certain line

Eric

How bout this?

list = []
File.open('testdata.txt') do |file|
   start_line = -1
   file.each do |line|
     start_line = $. if line =~ /start_here/
     list << line if ($. == start_line + 1) .. ($. == start_line + 3)
   end
end

Ashley