From: Peter Loftus Date: 2007-12-14T18:16:39+09:00 Subject: Re: pulling out a specfic feild from a line > arr.map! {|line| line.split("\t")[2]} > arr.each_with_index do |field, i| > if field > puts "Found field #{field} in line #{i}" > else > puts "No third field in line #{i}" > end > end > thanks alot! if i want to check that fields value how do i check it like it prints it out to the screen but i want to use something like this if field = "example 3" puts "Found field #{field} in line #{i}" end but its still just spitting out each line I dont want to print each line that has a third field just the specic one -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.