From: Tamreen Khan <tamreenkhan@...>
Date: 2007-01-17T04:00:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Simple editing. Works in IRB; not as script.

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On 1/16/07, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
>
> On Jan 16, 2007, at 11:39 AM, Peter Bailey wrote:
>
> > 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.")


You need to pass File.read a simple method argument, which goes inside
parentheses, you don't need a block.

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