From: Ben Martinek <keynesiandream@...>
Date: 2009-08-09T12:40:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Basic iteration through text

Ben Martinek wrote:
> Howdy!
> 
> So I am trying to parse a bit of an ugly text file to a new file, and
> hence read each line of the old file, check the line for some conditions
> and then execute some other stuff, and then write out some results to a
> new file. Here is what I came up with:
> 
> my_file = File.new("New_file.txt", "w+")
> 
> File.foreach("LOG02.txt") do |line|
>        if line =~/^\$GPRMC/.
>          my_file.puts line
>        else
>          print "I did not read this line: #{line}"
>        end
> end
> 
> I have a feeling that I am missing something stupid but not quite sure
> what it is.
> 
> Good karma for a solution :-)

Okay solved my problem, it was something stupid, like the period I 
didn't see after my line match statement.

Nothing to see here people, move along....
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