From: Yannick Grams <yannick_grams@...>
Date: 2007-03-03T17:52:46+09:00
Subject: Re: File Question

Harry wrote:
>>
>> This is a rather strange request, but here goes. I'm writing a program which
>> will store output in a .txt file. There are seventeen (17) lines of output,
>> and each one must be placed under one another. However, when the output gets
>> too long (about 10200 characters), it messes up the formatting. My question
>> is whether or not there is a way to make it so that the lines will go on
>> infinitely. If I haven't explained this very well, forgive me, and let me
>> know.
>>
> 
> Can you show some code?
> It will make it easier to understand what you mean and where the problem 
> is.
> 
> Harry

First, a small explanation. Some of you may have heard of ASCII art. It 
involves using symbols such as @ and # in Notepad to create words or 
images. My program will take input from the user, and then turn this 
into ASCII. Here is an excerpt:

line1 = []
line2 = []
line3 = []
line4 = []
line5 = []
line6 = []
line7 = []
line8 = []
line9 = []
line10 = []
line11 = []
line12 = []
line13 = []
line14 = []
line15 = []
line16 = []
line17 = []
a1 = "...@@@...."
a2 = ".@@@@@@@.."
a3 = "@@@...@@@."
a4 = "@@@...@@@."
a5 = "@@@...@@@."
a6 = "@@@...@@@."
a7 = "@@@...@@@."
a8 = "@@@...@@@."
a9 = "@@@...@@@."
a10 = "@@@...@@@."
a11 = "@@@@@@@@@."
a12 = "@@@@@@@@@."
a13 = "@@@...@@@."
a14 = "@@@...@@@."
a15 = "@@@...@@@."
a16 = "@@@...@@@."
a17 = "@@@...@@@."
puts "INPUT TEST"
input = gets.chomp.to_s.downcase
input.each_byte do |x|
  x = x.chr
  if x == "a"
    line1.push(a1)
    line2.push(a2)
    line3.push(a3)
    line4.push(a4)
    line5.push(a5)
    line6.push(a6)
    line7.push(a7)
    line8.push(a8)
    line9.push(a9)
    line10.push(a10)
    line11.push(a11)
    line12.push(a12)
    line13.push(a13)
    line14.push(a14)
    line15.push(a15)
    line16.push(a16)
    line17.push(a17)
  else
    #other letters
  end
end
$File = File.open("test.txt", "w")
$File.puts(line1.join, line2.join, line3.join, line4.join, line5.join, 
line6.join, line7.join, line8.join, line9.join, line10.join, 
line11.join, line12.join, line13.join, line14.join, line15.join, 
line16.join, line17.join)
$File.close

I know it isn't very good, as I'm only a beginner programmer. This 
excerpt will work for the letter "a" alone. Try it out: it will only 
store a maximum of 102 A's until the format goes all crazy in the 
Notepad file. If you know of any way to fix this, I'd be grateful for 
your help.

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