From: chutsu Date: 2009-08-08T01:50:04+09:00 Subject: How do I add ? I've got a file that is in two columns, how do I add the second column up as I read through the file? Code: #!/usr/bin/ruby file = File.open('some_file.txt') # Going through each line file.each do |line| data = line.split("\t") total += data[1] # How do I make this line work? end puts total