From: Lars Zeb <larzeb@...>
Date: 2008-01-30T05:59:57+09:00
Subject: newbie file write problem

This is my first attempt at ruby. I've written a class (SicCode) which
parses a line and outputs a SQL command.

I use the following to read an input file and to attempt to write:

f = File.new("text.txt", "w")
File.open("small.txt").each {
 |line|
 s = SicCode.new(line).get_sql
 f.puts "#{s}"
 }
 f.puts "This is a string"
f.close

The output file contains a blank line for each input line, plus the
"This is a string" line. If I change the put to f.puts s, I get a nil
for each input line. The get_sql method works fine interactively when
I pass the class a string.

What am I doing wrong?

Frustrated