From: "lrlebron@..." <lrlebron@...>
Date: 2007-12-29T05:20:08+09:00
Subject: Re: How to jump over the first line in a file? (newbie)

On Dec 28, 12:49 pm, Mark Toth <mark.t...@telia.com> wrote:
> I have this code:
>
>  file = "filename.txt"
>     File.open(file) do |sFile|
>     while line = sFile.gets
>         row = line.split("\t")
>       a_product = Product.new(
>         :sku => row[0] ,
>         :name => row[1] ,
>         :price => row[2] ,
>       a_product.save
>       end
>     end
>
> What if I want to jump over the first line of the file so it won´t be
> imported?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Mark
> --
> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

The $. variable holds the line number so you could do something like
this:

File.open("filename.txt") do |aFile|
   aFile.each_line do |line|
     if $. > 1
        #processs data here

    end
  end
end


Luis