From: Mike McKinney <mike.s.mckinney@...>
Date: 2007-12-14T00:20:26+09:00
Subject: Re: read in file

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another way...

File.open('out.txt', 'w') do |out|
  File.open('test.txt', 'r').each do |line|
    out.puts line if (line.size > 4)
  end
end

Here are some ways to pull each line from a file in other languages:
http://blog.huikau.com/2007/11/25/simple-file-io-in-different-dynamic-languages/

M

On Dec 13, 2007 9:54 AM, Sebastian Hungerecker <sepp2k@googlemail.com>
wrote:

> 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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