From: Aaron Patterson <aaron@...>
Date: 2007-06-26T10:01:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Looking for a match

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 07:44:14AM +0900, Ari Brown wrote:
> Hey,
> 	I'm looking to match a string to another string ANYWHERE in a new  
> file. For instance, my code looks like such:
> 
>       if readlines[*] == chosen_one          # If there's a match -
>         next                                 # Boil some brains (try  
> again)
>       end

You should check out Enumerable#any?.  I think that is what you are
looking for.  For example:

  if readlines.any? { |line| line == chosen_one }
    ...
  end

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Aaron Patterson
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