From: Peter Bailey Date: 2007-01-17T02:39:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Simple editing. Works in IRB; not as script. James Gray wrote: > On Jan 16, 2007, at 11:24 AM, Peter Bailey wrote: > >> contents = File.read{"test1.txt"} > > That's a typo. You want (...) instead of {...}. > > James Edward Gray II Duh, sorry James, but, I don't see what you mean. I don't have any (...) data in there. The test file I made is named "test1.txt.") -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.