From: ronald braswell <rpbraswell@...>
Date: 2007-08-08T02:07:57+09:00
Subject: Re: array.each puzzle from new ruby-er

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On 8/7/07, Gani Ruthellen <ganietse@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Given:
> lines = file.readlines("\x15")  # don't ask :)
>   lines.each do |y|
>     y.chomp!("\x15")
>     y.sub!(/^\n/,"") #kill off the extra line feeds
>     if y =~ /^\*\*\*/ then
>       y = "<someTag>" + y + "</someTag>"
>     ...
> [ assume ends]
> puts lines
>
> my output for the affected elements is:
> <someTag>
> value of y</someTag>
>
> How can I get the results to be
> <someTag>value of y</someTag>
>
> I've tried changing y to y.to_s; I still get the new line.
>
> I'm sure this is obvious if you know what you're doing, but I'm stumped.
> Can somebody give me a clue?
>
> TIA if you take a moment to point me in the right direction.
> Gani
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Hi Gani,

try
  y.gsub!(/^\n/,"") #kill off the extra line feeds
instead of
  y.sub!(/^\n/,"") #kill off the extra line feeds

Ron

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