From: Siep Korteling <s.korteling@...>
Date: 2008-02-28T07:06:06+09:00
Subject: Re: checking for blank line

Justin Collins wrote:
> Jeff Miller wrote:
(...)>
> Also, using split on an empty string is not going to give you nil, but
> an empty array:
> 
> irb(main):003:0> "".split(":")
> => []
> 

Yes, but array[0] will return nil if array is empty, so the OP is doing 
ok.

> If you don't want the line endings in your strings, try using
> 
> while (line = file.gets.chomp)

This is too early, it will error when you get to the end of the file.
One line later is fine:

@array = line.chomp.split(':')

> or
> 
> while (line = file.gets.strip)
> 
> 
> instead.
> 
> -Justin


Regards,

Siep
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