From: Janko Muzykant Date: 2011-12-09T18:44:16+09:00 Subject: Re: reading from file without end-of-lines Robert Klemme writes: [cut] > values = File.foreach("cl").first(4).map! &:strip! > > If there are proper names for variables one can do > > name, street, zip, city = File.foreach("cl").first(4).map! &:strip! > This is exactly what I tried to figure out. thanks guys :) jm.