From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-05-24T01:05:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Read File Into An Array

2006/5/23, Daniel Harple <dharple@generalconsumption.org>:
> On May 23, 2006, at 5:43 PM, Robert Klemme wrote:
>
> > Why do you settly with a complicated version?  IO.readlines() will
> > perfectly suit your needs.  If you want to do it while iterating
> > yourself you should at least use the block form of File.open().
>
> or IO::foreach:
>
> IO.foreach("somefile") do |line|
>    ...
> end
>
> anonymous ruby-forum user wrote:
> > That did it - thanks!  :-)
>
> f = open("somefile")
> contents_array = []
> f.each_line { |line| contents_array << line }
> f.close
>
> or:
>
> contents_array = IO.readlines("somefile")
>
> Which looks better?

I don't accept your second variant because you didn't use the block form. :-))

robert

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