From: Stefan Codrescu <fixxie.wits@...>
Date: 2009-03-07T07:57:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting the contents of a file to a variable?

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ok, thanks ill try that but i also found
file = File.open("guess.txt")
$guess = file.gets
which works for what im using it for.

On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Justin Collins <justincollins@ucla.edu>wrote:

> 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
>
>


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