From: Joe <qbproger@...>
Date: 2007-12-29T06:01:02+09:00
Subject: Re: How to jump over the first line in a file? (newbie)

I don't see File.open here: http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html
Am I looking in the wrong place?

Also, how do you find out about globals like $. ?

Joe

On Dec 28, 2007 3:20 PM, lrlebron@gmail.com <lrlebron@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>