From: Oscar Lok <oscarlok@...>
Date: 2006-09-16T00:17:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Need help about Ruby with text file

Paul Lutus wrote:
> Mike Durham wrote:
> 
> / ...
> 
>>>> 2)I get the result like :-
>>>> hh
>>> 
>>> Please explain the circumstances under which you want to get this result.
>>> 
>> He said the text is "in a file"
> 
> I generally don't require newbies to create and then read a file for
> demonstration purposes. I prefer my examples to run exactly as posted. 
> This
> avoids the otherwise inevitable "I tried it and it didn't work!"" 
> replies.
> 
> What this means is the OP needs to explain the circumstances under which 
> he
> wants two "h" character in a row, clearly and unambiguously. Before, 
> after,
> and in between.
> 
> And now, on re-reading his first post, I can't tell whether he got that
> result and didn't want it, or didn't get it and wanted it. Or ... got it
> and wanted it, and thought he would mention it in passing.

Hi,Paul Lutus
Thanks for your reply!

aabbcc
ddeeff
gghhii
jjkkll

2)I get the result like :-
hh

* What I would like to do is :-
1) go through each line from the begin
2) compare "hh" each letter on each line
3) found the line number of "gghhii"
4) extract "hh" of it.

Thanks!
Oscar

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