From: Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@...>
Date: 2010-05-26T09:42:29+09:00
Subject: Re: In-code data

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If you'd like to include some data inline with your code, you can do it like
this:

puts DATA

__END__
Look at me, I'm some data!

The DATA constant will be populated with whatever text remains after __END__

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 4:26 PM, Jerome David Sallinger <
imran.nazir@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What is the best way/practice of storing data that is to be used and
> accessed within your code. For example if I downloded a language
> dictionay in txt format. Would it make more sense to read it from a text
> file and parse it into a hash table variable. Or could I have it
> contained within a secondary source file and simple use 'require' to
> load it. I work with a lot of specifications which often contain lots of
> tables with values, I would like to simply cut and paste the tables into
> my code. This would make the code easier to update between versions of
> specs especially where the data in the tables has changed. I know this
> sounds like a general question, but I am all ears to any ideas of new
> ways of working.
>
> TC
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> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>


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Tony Arcieri
Medioh! A Kudelski Brand

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