From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2012-08-29T16:31:40+09:00
Subject: Re: What Really is Happening?

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 5:58 AM, Jam <jam@jamandbees.net> wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:46 PM, Pepe Pew <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello, I need your help.
>> I just made the file "analyzer.rb" and placed on a folder.
>> This file has the code:
>>
>> line_count = 0
>> File.open("text.txt").each { |line| line_count += 1 }
>> puts line_count
>>
>> I tried to run it by CMD, but it doesn't oppened the "text.txt" file.
>> "analyzer.rb" and "text.txt" are on the same folder.
>
> it looks like you're executing the script from a different directory than it exists in.

The important bit here is to execute the script from the directory
where text.txt sits since the path is hardcoded in the script.

Btw, in Ruby 1.9.3 you can do

line_count = File.foreach("text.txt").count

:-)

Kind regards

robert

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