From: 7stud -- <dolgun@...>
Date: 2007-10-10T12:45:34+09:00
Subject: Re: reading files

smc smc wrote:
> this is just a very basic example but how would you make it so that a 
> user
> may put their name (or some other info) into a file and then the program
> reads it and sets it as a variable?
> 
> so like:
> 
> def say_hi(who)
> result = "hello " + who
> return result
> end
> 
> puts say_hi(person_name)

data.txt
-------
Sally Smith
123-4567
sally@yahoo.com


data = IO.readlines("data.txt")

puts data[0].strip
puts data[1].strip
puts data[2].strip


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