From: Justin Collins <justincollins@...>
Date: 2009-02-27T11:38:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting the contents of a file to a variable?

Stefan Codrescu wrote:
> Ok so...
> Ok... so I have file1 and it contains a number
> and I want file2 to tell me what that number is
> file2 would be something like
>
> class Tell
> def get_num(file = "file1.txt")
>      num = contents of file1
>      $num = num
> end
> def tell_num
>      puts "The number in file1 is #{$num}."
> end
> end
>
> What do I put instead of "contents of file1"
> Or some completely new code that does the same thing.
>
>   

File.read file


You probably also want $num to be @num instead (that is, an instance 
variable rather than a global variable).

-Justin