From: Bill Guindon <agorilla@...>
Date: 2007-06-14T06:11:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Learn to Program, by Chris Pine

On 6/13/07, Tm Bo <vineire77@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all. Thanks to all the posters who came before me! You've been
> tremendous help. I have a quick question on Chapter 11 - Reading and
> Writing, Section 11.3:
>
> <quote>
> file_name = 'TestFile.txt'
> test_string = 'Nothing!'
>
> File.open file_name, 'w' do |f|
>   f.write test_string
> end
>
> read_string = File.read file_name
> puts(read_string == test_string)
> </quote>
>
> I poked around the web, but I can't find out what the 'w' is for. Can
> anyone shed any light? Muchas gracias in advance.

It's the file 'mode'.  w = write.
http://www.zenspider.com/Languages/Ruby/QuickRef.html#15

> -Todd
>
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>


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