From: "Andrés Suárez" Date: 2008-08-01T19:38:06+09:00 Subject: Re: Read text file Hi, there is another solution: File.open('pp.txt') do |infile| while line = infile.gets #the loop ends if infile.gets == EOF line_split = line.split(" ") #split line through spaces; return vector puts line_split[0] #the first element of the line is the number end end for more information of this topic: http://pleac.sourceforge.net/pleac_ruby/fileaccess.html -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.