From: fuglyducky <fuglyducky@...>
Date: 2010-05-24T23:30:09+09:00
Subject: Ruby Newbie...Classes and Objects, oh my!

I'm very new to Ruby and I'm trying to create a program that will take
one text file and dump each line into an array. Then I take a second
file and dump that into a string. Then I insert the string into the
array. The code for these pieces work. However, for flexibility I want/
need to be able to use OO methods and that is where I seem to hit a
wall. Not sure what I am supposed to do or how to call it. Below is my
code, any input you may have would be greatly appreciated!!!

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class XMLProcessing
	def initialize(array_file, string_file, output_file)
		@array_file = array_file
		@string_file = string_file
		@output_file = output_file
	end

	def lines_to_array
		# Dump each line from text file into array
		File.open(@array_file).each do |line|
			my_array << line
		end
	end

	def file_to_string
		# Create string from text file
		@my_string_file = File.open(@string_file)
		my_string = @my_string_file.read
	end

	def string_into_array
		# Insert string into array
		my_array.insert((my_array.length - 1), my_string)
	end

	def new_array_to_file
		# Dump the array to a text file
		newFile = File.new(@output_file, "w+")
		my_array.each { |element| newFile.puts element }
		print 'New file created: ' + (@output_file)
	end
end


stat_xml = XMLProcessing.new("Stat.Template.xml", "Seg.Template.xml",
"stat.xml.txt")

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