From: 7stud -- <lists@...>
Date: 2012-12-07T11:48:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Rows and columns in a text file.

results = nil

File.open ("data.txt") do |f|
  lines = f.readlines
  results = Array.new(lines[0].length - 1) { "" }

  lines.each do |line|
    line = line.chomp

    line.each_char.with_index do |char, row|
      results[row] << char
    end
  end

end

p results



--output:--
["NAMEONE  ", "NAMETWO  ", "NAMETHREE", "NAMEFOUR ", "NAMEFIVE ", 
"NAMESIX  ", "NAMESEVEN", "NAMEEIGTH"]

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