From: hemant kumar <inxs.hemant@...>
Date: 2006-08-09T12:28:37+09:00
Subject: Re: Question on how to source a file with variables in it.

Or convert you file to a YAML.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ezra Zygmuntowicz [mailto:ezmobius@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 6:52 AM
To: ruby-talk ML
Subject: Re: Question on how to source a file with variables in it.


On Aug 8, 2006, at 5:46 PM, Oscar Gon wrote:

> I meant:
>
>> url = 'http://www.anydomain.com'
>> contact = 'Joe'
>> contactlast = 'Smith'
>>
>
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>


The only way to do it with plain old local variables that I know of is to
use eval.


def load_vars(filname)
   eval(File.open(filename).read)
end

-Ezra