From: Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@...>
Date: 2007-12-13T23:54:23+09:00
Subject: Re: read in file

Chris Daves wrote:
> f = File.open(references, 'r')
> file_data = f.read
> f.close

That can be written as
file_data=File.read("references")
It's generally better not to use File in a way that you have to manually close 
the file.


> but i want to take this file data and interpret each line of data and
> the put each line into a new file line by line.

File.open(outfile, "w") do |of|
  File.foreach(infile) do |line|
    do_something_with line
    of.puts line
  end
end


HTH,
Sebastian
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