From: Charles Oliver Nutter Date: 2010-01-22T07:29:11+09:00 Subject: Re: an elegant way to modify all lines from file by using map() function? On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 4:20 PM, RobertGawron wrote: > but in your language I didn't find the way to create in one step array > of all lines from file, that could be used by map(). If I really want > to use map in this situation I have to use secondary array (called > arr) like in this snippet? > > arr = Array.new > File.open('foo').each_line{ |l| arr.push l } > p arr.collect{ |l| l.upcase } On 1.8.7+, you can use .lines to get an Enumerator: p File.open('foo').lines.map {|l| l.upcase} - Charlie